Founded: 1981
Location: United Kingdom
Culture Club are an English pop band formed in London in 1981. The band comprises Boy George (lead vocals), Roy Hay (guitar and keyboards), and Mikey Craig (bass guitar), and formerly included Jon Moss (drums and percussion). Emerging in the New Romantic scene, they are considered one of the most representative and influential groups of the 1980s.Led by singer and frontman Boy George, whose androgynous style of dressing caught the attention of the public and the media in the early 1980s, the band have sold more than 50 million records, including over six million BPI certified records sold in the UK and over seven million RIAA certified records sold in the US. Their hits include "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me", "Time (Clock of the Heart)", "I'll Tumble 4 Ya", "Church of the Poison Mind", "Karma Chameleon", "Victims", "Miss Me Blind", "It's a Miracle", "The War Song", "Move Away", and "I Just Wanna Be Loved". In the UK they amassed twelve Top 40 hit singles between 1982 and 1999, including the number ones "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me" and "Karma Chameleon", the latter being the biggest selling single of 1983 in the UK, and hit number one on the US Hot 100 in 1984. The song "Time (Clock of the Heart)" is included on the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's list of 500 songs that shaped rock and roll.
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The British pop music icon has amassed debts of $1.9 million while fighting a legal battle with a former Culture Club member.
With Berlin on board as a special guest on all shows.
"Boy George's song and art would never be used to endorse any political campaign."
"All four original members (Boy George, Mikey Craig, Roy Hay and Jon Moss) still look more fabulous than ever despite the legendarily hedonistic decades that have passed."
"George's delivery is drenched in pathos even though he reckons he's a 'tough bird' these days."
The singer has since addressed the interview on Twitter.
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"...I am ready to sprinkle some pop-tactic glitter dust all over the show.”
"You simply can’t get rid of us that easily!"
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