Biography
Fusing a New Romantic worldview, synth-pop beats, and plenty of eyeliner, Boy George went on to become one of the most recognizable pop stars of the 1980s. The flamboyant singer-songwriter came to prominence after forming the band Culture Club, the Grammy Award-winning quartet who helped define the decade with its ubiquitous hits "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me?" (1982) and "Karma Chameleon" (1983). Yet even with the band's commercial success …
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Career Milestones
2011 | Published the memoir King of Queens | |
2010 | Released first solo album in more than ten years, "Ordinary Alien - The Kinky Roland Files" | |
2006 | Appeared in the French film "Twice Upon a Time" | |
2002 | Reunited again with Culture Club for a 20th anniversary concert at the Royal Albert Hall; reunion was short-lived due to Boy George's successful DJ career | |
2002 | Began performing as an electronic artist/DJ under the pseudonym "the Twin" | |
2002 | Portrayed performance artist Leigh Bowery in the semi-autobiographical musical "Taboo"; premiered in London's West End and financed by Rosie O'Donnell for Broadway; production closed due to poor attendance and lack of interest | |
1999 | With Culture Club, released the album Don't Mind If I Do | |
1998 | Feature film debut as narrator of "The Wolves of Kromer" | |
1998 | Reunited with Culture Club for a tour and a performance of "VH1 Storytellers" | |
1995 | Released the rock-driven album Cheapness and Beauty | |
1992 | Made a chart comeback with a cover version of Dave Berry's "The Crying Game" (1964) recorded for the film soundtrack of the same name | |
1989 | Formed his own record label More Protein and began recording under the name Jesus Loves You | |
1987 | Released solo debut "Sold," which was a moderate success in the U.K. but not in the U.S. | |
1986 | Culture Club disbanded mostly due to Boy George's drug addiction and legal problems | |
1984 | Joined a lineup of British music superstars to record the charity single "Do They Know It's Christmas?" | |
1984 | Received less-than-stellar reviews for Culture Club's third album Waking Up with the House on Fire | |
1984 | Contributed two songs, "Love is Love" and "The Dream," to the soundtrack of the film "Electric Dreams" | |
1983 | Yielded international No. 1 hit with the single "Karma Chameleon" off the band's second album Colour by Numbers | |
1982 | Culture Club released debut album Kissing to Be Clever; first single released in the U.S. "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me" landed on the Billboard Hot 100 chart | |
1981 | Formed new group with Mikey Craig, Jon Moss and Roy Hay; originally named In Praise of Lemmings, then Sex Gang Children, eventually called themselves Culture Club | |
1981 | Occasionally sang with the group Bow Wow Wow under the stage name Lieutenant Lush; left group due to friction with Bow Wow Wow lead singer Annabella Lwin | |
| Lived at the infamous Warren Street Squat in Central London during the late 1970s | ||
1984 | Culture Club named Best New Artist at the Grammy Awards | |
Awards
1983 | Grammy Award for Best New Artist |