WHEN IT COMES TO GENERATIONAL ICONS, YOU DON’T GET MUCH BIGGER THAN BOY GEORGE. FOR MANY 80S MUSIC FANS, IF THEY’RE ASKED TO CONJURE UP A DEFINING IMAGE OF THE DECADE IT’S LIKELY THAT HIS EYE-CATCHING LOOK IN THE EARLY DAYS OF CULTURE CLUB IS ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT SPRINGS TO MIND – NO DOUBT RIGHT UP THERE WITH SIMON LE BON SINGING ON THE FRONT OF A YACHT IN AN ANTONY PRICE SUIT, OR ADAM ANT IN FULL WARPAINT.
Yet beyond the iconic and ground-breaking image that George spearheaded, let’s not overlook one hugely important aspect of the group he fronted – their astonishing music.