Culture Club

Culture Club is a British pop band formed in 1981, known for new wave and synth-pop hits like "Karma Chameleon" and "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me." The group became as famous for lead singer Boy George's androgynous appearance as for their music, helping define the flamboyant style of early 1980s MTV-era pop.

band

Boy George

Androgynous British pop vocalist

vocals · Virgin Records · album · single · tour · concert · performance · stage · reunion · MTV

eighties

new wave

Emerging trend or movement

  • synthpopElectronic keyboard-based music genre
  • MTVYouth-oriented video network
  • androgynyCombined sex characteristics

gender-bending · New Romantics · Duran Duran · Spandau Ballet · Wham! · electropop · legwarmers · mullets · shoulder pads · neon

legacy

influential

Having considerable effect

trailblazer · visionary · LGBTQ · icon · androgyny · glamour · fashion · style · distinctive · charisma

Categories
Opposites
1980s MUSICAL STYLE/IMAGE

Culture ClubDef Leppard

Ratt · Quiet Riot · Iron Maiden · AC/DC · Guns N' Roses

cultural stance/subversion

Culture ClubTed Nugent

Kid Rock · Lynyrd Skynyrd · Toby Keith · Alabama · REO Speedwagon

sound/production style

Culture ClubMetallica

Sandman's musical summoners

Megadeth · Anthrax · Pantera · thrash metal · death metal

Family

culture, club, cultures, cultured, cultural, culturally, culturing, cultivate, cultivation

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G