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SON THE ROCK STAR: The parents of Duran Duran have formed a "support
group" to help them cope with the problems of having pop idols for
sons. The Duran Parents Association--DPA for short--meets informally
in the Birmingham suburbs where the boys grew up. "It's a big comfort
for us to all join up and talk about what's been happening," says
Roger Bates, whose son is keyboardist Nick Rhodes.
On Nick's birthday last month, hundreds of teenage girls kept watch
on Bates' lawn, and more than 50 knocked on the door. Says Nick's
dad: "It was getting a bit much." Guitarist John Taylor's father,
Jack, a retired sales manager, says, "The band's success has been
hard for us to assimilate, but we're trying to lead a normal existence
and keep our sons' feet on the ground." |
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People Weekly; 7/1/1985; Bernstein, Fred |
