Full Birth Name: Nicholas James Bates

Stage Name: Nick Rhodes

Birthdate: June 8, 1962

Astrological Sign: Gemini with Gemini rising

Birthplace: Mosley, England (in Sylvia Bates' mother's home)

Hometown: Hollywood, England (suburb of Birmingham)

Parents: Sylvia and Roger

Children: Tatjana Lee Orchid, born August 23, 1986

Marital Status: "Happily Divorced" (July 1992)

Current Ladylove: Actress/Model Meredith Ostrom (since 2001)

Exes: Heiress/Actress/Model Julie Anne Friedman (married August 18, 1984 - divorced in July 1992), Artist/Writer Madeleine Farley (Dated and lived with 1992-1999), Socalite Tara Palmer-Tomkinson (2000), Lady Victoria Hervey (2000)

Bands: Duran Duran (1978-current), Band Aid (November 1984), Arcadia (1985), The Krush Brothers (1998/9), TV Mania (late 1996 - ?), The Devils (2002).

Spare-Time Activities: Shopping, watching films,mingling in high society, clubbing, writing (film scripts and things for books), reading magazines and newspapers, photography, going to museums, attending fashion shows and movie premieres, talking on the telephone, watching CNN, sleeping, painting, traveling, going to the opera

Collects: Books, DVDs, CDs, clothes, fashion magazines, art, cameras, antiques, plastic bags, invitations, hats, jokes, synths (he owns most of the "polyphonic synths")

Pets: Yag, a Russian Blue cat that wears a diamonté collar and sleeps in a leopard skin basket

Shoe Size: 7 1/2 (UK)

Shirt Size: Medium

Complusive Habit: Thinking, list-ism, fidgetness

Allergies: Cough syrup, ginger

Dislikes: Getting up early in the morning, flying, panicking, reading maps, hot drinks

Fears: Illness, flying, dying before he finishes what he's got to do

Fantasy: Secret!

Religion: Detail

Extravagence: Credit Cards (doesn't mind what colour)

Over-used Phrase: "Sorry I'm late"

Turn-Ons: Pussycat eyes, sleek bones, long legs, money (jk!), intelligence, sense of humor

Turn-Offs: Fat ankes, bad manners, bigotry, narow-mindedness

Random Nick trivia:
The giggle at the beginning of 'Hungry Like The Wolf' was from a girlfriend of Nick's at the time
He is the godfather of Alex Sadkin's children
One colour he'd never dye his hair is green
He and Julie Anne named their daughter Tatjana to prevent people from calling her "Tati" for short
He isn't afraid of spiders
He keeps all his outfits and stores them away (inspired by David Bowie)
He owns the name Duran Duran
Nick is said to be worth 5.5 million pounds (as of 2003/4, according to icbirmingham website)
Nick uses K-Y Jelly as a remedy for under-eye puffyness (frozen in a ziplock bag) and for an alternative to hairgel!
He does not have a driver's license (he claims to know how to drive though)
He tries to see a movie at least twice a week
He usually sleeps five hours a night
He reads at least two newspapers a day
The noises at the start of "Rio" were created by Nick throwing small metal rods on the strings of a grand piano (the sound was then reversed to desired effect)
Nick's top 5 Duran Duran songs are "Skin Trade", "The Chauffeur", "Be My Icon", "Come Undone", and "Pop Trash Movie" (as of 2000)
It is Nick mock-playing sax on the raft in the "Rio" video
Some of the backing vocals he's done are for "Last Chance On The Stairway", "Big Thing", "Drug", "All She Wants Is"
If Nick were a porn star, his name would be Blackie Mill-Close (to come up with your porn name, you combine the name of your first pet with the street you grew up on)
Nick's favorite Duran Duran album covers are for Rio, The Wedding Album, and Pop Trash (as of 2001)
Nick's favorite Duran Duran video is "Perfect Day" (as of 2001)
Nick was determined to title a Duran Duran song "Hothead" after hearing the phrase in America (he had been carrying it in his pocket for six months waiting for the opportunity to put it in a song)

Keep in mind: Many of these facts were collected from the 1980s and 1990s, so some of these might have changed ~ Nick is welcomed to contact me to update us ;) And don't forget that some of these are things Nick mentioned he likes, not necessarily loves .. and as with all of the site, everything is always under constructions so visit, rinse, repeat :b

Colours: Red, black, pink, grey, white

Films: La Dolce Vita, Tess, ET, The Yellow Earth, Jean Cocteau's Beauty and the Beast, Cabaret, Sunset Boulevard, Performance, Rope, Belle du Jour, Chelsea Girls, Trash, Midnight Express, Death In Venice, Beetlejuice, Gigi, Mars Attacks, Blue Velvet, The Tenant, The Sound of Music, Bullets Over Broadway, Eraserhead, Niagara, Un Chien Andalou, Napoleon, All About Eve, A Clockwork Orange, The Nightporter, Peeping Tom, The Criminal Life of Archibaldo dela Cruz, Repulsion, Zetig, The Trial, 8 ˝, Kiss of the Spider Woman, Jason and the Argonauts, Sweet And Lowdown, Casablanca, Goodfellas, Edward Scissor Hands, Being John Malkovich, The Madness of King George, Harry Potter, Another Country, Once Unpon A Time In America, The Man Who Wasn't There, anything with Sophia Loren and Elizabeth Taylor, vampire movies, Finding Neverland, The Motorcycle Diaries, My Summer of Love, Trollywood, Team America, The Incredibles, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Sideways

Film Directors: Tim Burton, Fedrico Fellini, Jean Cocteau, Steven Spielberg, Chen Kaiger, Ed Wood, Alfred Hitchcock, Billy Wilder, Bergman, Pedro Almodovar, Roman Polanski, Stanley Kubrick, George Lucas, Nick Roeg, Michael Powell, Woody Allen, Francis Ford Coppola, Godard, Welles, Visconti, Bunuel, Martin Scorcese, Burnel

Actors and Actresses: Dustin Hoffman, John Hurt, Dirk Bogarde, Johnny Depp, Sophia Loren, Elizabeth Taylor, Marilyn Monroe, Natassja Kinski, Joan Crawford, Marlene Dietrich, Orson Welles

TV Shows: The Simpons (the episode "Lisa's Wedding" is one of his favorites), Southpark, Seinfield, CNN, The Munsters, David Letterman, Arena, Not The Nine O'Clock News, Funky Tomato (Tokyo), Family Feud, Don Laine (Sydney)

Books: "Tiger Chase" by Andrew McDermott, "From A to B and Back Again" by Andy Warhol, "The Last Tycoon" and "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fritzgerald, "Visions" by Michio Kaku, "Genome" by Matt Ridley, "The History of Surrealist Painting" by Marcel Jean, "Easy Riders, Raging Blues" by Peter Biskind, "The Muses Are Heard" by Truman Copote

Authors: Oscar Wilde, Jean Cocteau, Lewis Carroll, Andy Warhol, F. Scott Fritzgerald, Franz Kafka, Lord Byron, Jack Kerouac, Truman Capote, Dr. Seuss, William Gibson, Phillip K. Dick, William Burroughs, Michael Crichton, Nietzche, Aleister Crowley, Bram Stoker

Art Movements: Pop, Art Deco, Russian Constructivism, Bauhaus, Renaissance, Modern

Artists: Andy Warhol, Malcolm Garrett, Jean Cocteau, Nancy Grey, Vasily Kandinsky, Robert Rauchenberg, Roy Lichtenstein, Yves Klein, Marcel Duschamp, Matisse, Cezanne, Francesco Clemente, Man Ray, Francis Bacon, Patrick Nagel, Raphael, Pablo Picasso, Dali, Picabia, Jean Paul Basquiat, Stephen Sprouse, Stephen Cornell

Music: David Bowie, The Velvet Underground, Roxy Music, Lou Reed, The Rolling Stones, Mark Bolan, Erik Satie, Stravinsky, The Beatles, Brian Eno, Blondie, Kraftwerk, Donna Summer, The Temptations, U2, Blondie, The Police, Sly and the Family Stone, Chopin, Talking Heads, Suede, Cockney Rebel, Iggy Pop, Grace Jones, Gary Glitter, Beck, Air, Kruder & Dorfmeister, Frank Sinatra, James Brown, Yellow Magic Orchestra, Miles Davis, Shostakovich, Groove Armada, Sneaker Pimps, Chemical Brothers, Macy Gray, New York Dolls, T. Rex, The Prodigy, Aphex Twin, Fat Boy Slim, ABC, Outkast, Dr. Dre, Britney Spears, Madonna, Stevie Wonder, Neneh Cherry, Terence Trent D'Arby, Prince, Debussey, Vivaldi, John Cage, Laurie Anderson, Japan, Radiohead, The Verve, Kate Bush, Goldfrapp, The Rapture, Dallas Austin, The Neptunes, Daft Punk, The Killers, Gary Numan, Ultravox, John Foxx

Guitarists: Mick Ronson, Bill Nelson, Phil Manzanera, Johnny Marr, Robert Fripp, Jimi Hendrix, Marc Bolan, Carlos Alomar, Nile Rodgers, Johnny Thunders

Albums: Andy Warhol's Velvet Underground by The Velvet Underground, Transformer by Lou Reed, Stranded by Roxy Music, Nightclubbing by Grace Jones, Station to Station by David Bowie, Technodelic by Yellow Magic Orchestra, Music For Films by Brian Eno, The Doors by The Doors, Remain In Light by Talking Heads, Peter Gabriel by Peter Gabriel, Blondie's Greatest Hits by Blondie, Parade by Prince, Moon Safari by Air, Achtung Baby! by U2, United States Parts 1-5 by Laurie Anderson, Ray of Light and Music by Madonna, Innervisions and Talking Book by Stevie Wonder, These Foolish Things by Bryan Ferry, Man Machine and Transeurope Express by Kraftwerk, Baduizm by Erykah Badu, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill by Lauryn Hill, Play by Moby (thanks to madame duran for the previous three factoids), Thirteen Tales From Urban Bohemia by Dandy Warhols, Speakerboxxx/The Love Below by Outkast, Tasty by Kelis, Love Angel Music Baby by Gwen Stefani, Encore by Eminem, Scissor Sisters by Scissor Sisters, Hot Fuss by The Killers, Franz Ferdinand by Franz Ferdinand

Glam Rock Songs: "In Every Dreamhome A Heartache" by Roxy Music, "Moonage Daydream" by David Bowie, "This Town Ain't Big Enough For The Both Of Us" by Sparks, "Judy Teen" by Cockney Rebel, "20th Century Boy" by T. Rex, "Vicious" by Lou Reed, "Search & Distroy" by Iggy Pop, "Stage Whispers" by Be-Bop Deluxe, "Trash" by New York Dolls

Photographers: Ellen Von Unwerth, Dean Chamberlain, Helmut Newton, Man Ray, Richard Avedon, Guy Bourdin, Andy Warhol, Irving Penn, Erwin Blumenfeld, Weegee, Horst, Cecil Beaton, Norman Parkinson

Fashion/Designers: Anthony Price, Ebony, Chanel, Dolce & Gabbana, Gianni Versace, Gucci, Vivian Westwood, Giorgio Armani, Rifat Ozbek, Sandy Dahal, Miss Patty Bell, whatever he's wearing at the time

Cosmetics: Lancome, Chanel, Yves Saint Laurent

Video Games: Asteroids, Galaga, and "brief bouts" with Tetris and "quick pratice runs" with Tatjana's Super Mario

Shopping: Harvey Nichols, electronics in Hong Kong, junk in Manila

Shampoo: Paul Mitchell Awapuhi Shampoo

Toothpaste: Colgate

Magazine: Italian Vogue, Keyboard, Smash Hits, Flair, Verve, Nova, Vanity Fair, Andy Warhol's Interview, National Geographic, Visionaire, The Spectator, Private Eye

Flowers: Red roses, orchids

Fictional Characters: Cruella De Vil, Catwoman, Marina, Count Dracula, Captain Scarlet, The Simpsons (especially Homer and Mr Burns), Mr Hat (from Southpark)

Games: Scrabble, Monopoly, Pop Group, Chess, Tennis, Speculate, Mousetrap, Twister

Drink: Red wine (Saint Emilion, The Super Tuscans, Margaux, Chianti Classico), white wine (usually for lunch), Bloody Mary, Screwdriver, Russian vodka, Remy Martin brandy, Perrier, Pink Gin, Drug, Bollinger (but not '73!), orange juice, bottled water (Evian, Vittel)

Food: Vegetarian, Italian, Quorn, strawberries, fresh fruit, potatoes, carrots, frozen peas, broccoli, Swiss chocolates, Thornton's Alpinis, candy bars

Country: Italy

Cities: London, New York City, Paris, Rome, Tokyo, Birmingham, Chicago, Geneva, Gaul, Las Vegas, Vienna, Venice

Holiday Destination: Ibiza, South of France, New York, Caribbean, Mustique

Hotels: Ambassador East (Chicago), Kao Plaza (Tokyo), New Oriental (Gaul), Savoy (London), The Ritz (Paris)

Clubs: The Rum Runner, China Club, Studio 54, Kulibiza Club

Restaurants: Mr. Chow's, Sketch, Locanda Locatelli

UK Radio Stations: XFM, KISS

Animals: Black panthers, tigers, all kinds of cats, pandas, pink flamingos

Textures: Plastic, silk, gold, nylon, latex, petals, pearls, skin, chrome, velvet, paper, hair, porcelain, wood, fur

Storage: Boxes, crates, vases, suitcases, plastic bags, wardrobes, fridges, bottles, ink pens, folders, clothes

Words and phrases: Turgid, dilemma, sex, koala, benestrophe, "talented young man", meow, beatnik, "good answer, good answer", "bumble bee", aroused