TV Mania was a British-American

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band founded in 1995 that consisted of keyboardist

Nick Rhodes Nick Rhodes (born Nicholas James Bates, 8 June 1962) is an English keyboardist and producer, best known as a founding member, keyboardist, and only continuous member of the band Duran Duran. He is also informally monikered as "The Controller ...

and guitarist

Warren Cuccurullo Warren Bruce Cuccurullo (born December 8, 1956) is an American musician, singer-songwriter, restaurant owner and former body builder who first worked with Frank Zappa during the 1970s. He was also a founding member of Missing Persons in the 1980s ...

(both of Duran Duran), long-time Duran Duran keyboard tech and collaborator

Mark Tinley Mark Ty-Wharton (born Mark Tinley; 18 March 1963) is a British music technologist, informal logician and public speaker who specialises in presentations using sound art. He is best known for his work as a guitarist, programmer, sound engineer and ...

(a.k.a. Mark Ty-Wharton) and producer/multi-instrumentalist Anthony J. Resta.

History

This long-running side project, which Rhodes and Cuccurullo returned to whenever work on various Duran Duran projects slowed down, produced more than 60 songs, but did not see a commercial release at the time, although the Duran Duran album ''

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'' contained some re-worked TV Mania material. A few songs have appeared on Cuccurullo's website and in the 2004 movie '' Trollywood'', directed by Madeleine Farley. The project was thought to be largely abandoned since Cuccurullo's dismissal from Duran Duran in 2001.Malins, Steve. (2005) ''Notorious: The Unauthorized Biography'', André Deutsch/Carlton Publishing, UK () Production of the Duran Duran albums ''

'' and ''

Pop Trash ''Pop Trash'' is the tenth studio album by English new wave band Duran Duran. It was released on 19 June 2000 by Hollywood Records. ''Pop Trash'' was the band's first release after parting ways with EMI, with whom they had been signed since 198 ...

'' by Cuccurullo, Rhodes and Anthony J. Resta was also credited to TV Mania, as well as SYN Productions, the production company founded by LeBon, his wife Yasmin, and Nick Wood. This was a departure from previous albums, where production was always credited to Duran Duran plus any outside producer. After Rhodes came upon the original TV Mania DAT

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in a storage facility, an official release was planned.TV Mania Official News Page
In 2013, the long lost TV Mania album, '' Bored with Prozac and the Internet?'', finally saw an official release on vinyl and a limited edition box set. The artwork was created by

and Andrew Day and features a cover illustration by Vania Zouravliov. It was released through The Vinyl Factory and digitally via The Orchard/Beatport.

Discography

Studio albums

* '' Bored with Prozac and the Internet?'' (2013)

References

External links

TV Mania websiteTV Mania on TwitterTV Mania on YouTubeDuran Duran website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Tv Mania English electronic music groups Musical groups established in 1995 Duran Duran