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George Alan O’Dowd (born June 14, 1961, in London, United Kingdom) better known as Boy George, is a Irish/British singer, songwriter, and disc jockey who gained fame with his group Culture Club during the 1980s. He epitomized the term “blue-eyed soul” and received just as much airplay on R&B radio stations as pop stations.

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George’s androgynous style caught the attention of music executive Malcolm McLaren, who arranged for George to perform with the group Bow Wow Wow, featuring Annabella Lwin, at various shows. George called himself Lieutenant Lush and nearly stole the spotlight from Lwin. George and Bow Wow Wow didn’t last long after that and George started his own group with bassist Mikey Craig. In Praise Of Lemmings was to be the name of the group. Jon Moss (who had drummed with The Damned, Adam and the Ants and London) came aboard. Shortly thereafter, Roy Hay came into the mix, after an association with another guitarist proved unsatifactory, and they abandoned yet another name, Sex Gang Children. After realizing that the group consisted of an Irish transvestite singer, a Jamaican-Briton on bass, a Jewish drummer, and an Englishman on guitar, they settle on the name Culture Club.

The band signed with Virgin Records in the U.K. and with Epic Records in America, as Virgin didn’t have a U.S. presence at the time, and released it’s debut album “Kissing To Be Clever” in 1982.

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plesiu wrote:
22 days ago

http://www.lastfm.pl/group/Guyliner check it out :D

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Robert_Smith wrote:
last month

I love Boy George. A must check out album is High Hat.

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besto76 wrote:
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Everything I Own super song

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virulentwestie wrote:
last month

Brüno > Boy George

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Sayurisama wrote:
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>FELIDAE!!!! +1

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risothebest wrote:
August 2009

boy? really?

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digiroro wrote:
July 2009

my fave queer <3

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redevil1990 wrote:
July 2009

"She is so beautiful... <3 " hope you were kidding

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July 2009

'Rebel Rebel Anti Style' is published Rizzoli on Sept 8th. http://rebelrebelantistyle.blogspot.com/

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magnoz wrote:
July 2009

She is so beautiful... <3

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M_Marina wrote:
July 2009

Do You Really Want to Hurt Me - волшебно)

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milluien wrote:
July 2009

beaut... :)

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katy80s wrote:
June 2009

Boy George come back!!

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linc- wrote:
June 2009

FELIDAE!!!!

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xFOSSAx wrote:
May 2009

let's celebrate that Boy George is FREE!!! http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/entertainment/Boy+George+Is+Free-66873.html i'll drink for that :)

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PurpleAirplane wrote:
May 2009

I've always adored Boy George and Culture Club. I would love to fly to Europe one day and meet him but I've got absolutely no idea what I'd say!?

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Aristoi wrote:
May 2009

Could help anyone? I'm looking for video, which I sow very long time ago. I think it was one of the first of BG. I only remember, that in vid was raven.

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discokiddd wrote:
April 2009

quite liking american heart with bliss!

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TippinMyStuff wrote:
March 2009

happiness!!!!

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March 2009

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