Boy George

Boy George born George Alan ODowd is an English singer songwriter DJ and fashion designer He is the lead singer of the Grammy and Brit Awardwinning pop band Culture Club At the height of the bands fame during the 1980s they recorded global hit songs such as Do You Really Want to Hurt Me Time Clock of the Heart and Karma Chameleon and George is known for his soulful voice and androgynous appearance He was part of the English New Romantic movement which emerged in the late 1970s to the early 1980s His music is often classified as blueeyed soul which is influenced by rhythm and blues and reggae He was lead singer of Jesus Loves You during the period 19891992 His 1990s and 2000sera solo music has glam influences such as David Bowie and Iggy Pop More recently he has released fewer music recordings splitting his time between songwriting DJing writing books designing clothes and photography In 2015 Boy George received an Ivor Novello Award from the British Academy of Songwriters Composers and Authors for Outstanding Services to British Music Description above from the Wikipedia article Boy George licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia