'''George Alan O'Dowd (born June 14, 1961), better known as Boy George''', is a British singer, musician, and disc jockey who gained a large degree of fame with his group Culture Club in the 1980s.
Musical career
George's androgynous style caught the attention of music executive Malcolm McLaren, who arranged for George to appear as ''Lieutenant Lush'' in a theater concert with Annabella Lwin. Although George and Lwin's act didn't last long, it did introduce George to former DJ Mikey Craig, with whom he created a duo named ''In Praise Of Lemmings'', with Craig playing bass guitar. Shortly after, Adam Ant drummer Jon Moss and guitarist Roy Hay came into the mix, and they changed the name of the band to ''Culture Club''.The band's breakthrough hit was "Do You Really Want To Hurt Me?", which enjoyed wide exposure on the music station, MTV. This was followed by "Time (Clock Of The Heart)" and the debut album ''Kissing To Be Clever''. In 1983, the band had their biggest year, dominating the singles charts with "Church Of The Poison Mind"; "Karma Chameleon" (the biggest selling UK single of the year, which had six weeks at No.1) and "Victims". The corresponding album, ''Colour By Numbers'', was a massive seller and spawned a fourth and final single, "It's A Miracle" in early 1984.George's striking looks inspired many a Boy George look-alike contest around the world, and George's face became the image of Culture Club. He became an alternative teen idol, and had the extravagant lifestyle to go with it. Part of his unique appeal was attributed to his wit and charisma; he is responsible for one of the 1980s' most famous quotes - "I prefer a nice cup of tea to sex" - and his distinctive, soulful voice. By 1984 Boy George had become a household name in many countries around the world. That year he appeared, orange-haired, on the Band Aid single to raise money for aid to famine-stricken Ethiopia, performing the second line of the song after Paul Young sang the first. The band flew in on Concorde from New York especially for the recording at the SARM studios. They arrived 12 hours after everyone else, meaning that George was the last to record his vocals and they were absent from the official photograph. In 1986, he guest-starred on an episode of ''The A-Team'' titled "Cowboy George".When George said he was bisexual in the mid 1980s, his sexual lifestyle became the target of widespread tabloid newspaper speculation, and eventually he stated he was simply gay. During this time he became addicted to heroin, with an American friend found dead at his his London mansion from an overdose. George's brother went on UK national television and blew the whistle on him, in a desperate attempt to get him to leave the world of drugs. George had recently collapsed on stage at a benefit concert. He finally quit using heroin in 1987.At the same time, Culture Club was dissolved, and his solo hit "Everything I Own" became a No.1 hit in the UK. Many of his following releases were produced to protest against the UK's restrictions on sex education relevant to the needs of homosexual students (known as Clause 28). In 1989, George formed his own label, named More Protein, and a band named Jesus Loves You, a tribute to the Christianity that helped him overcome his drug problem and included the hit "Bow Down Mister", which was attributed to George's belief in the Hare Krishna movement.Life after Culture Club
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