NOTORIOUS The story of a great Love

NOTORIOUS is the electrifying journey of a fan who transformed the music of Duran Duran into the lifelong soundtrack of his existence. From “Year Zero” in 1983 to the front-row lines of 2025, Pasquale Kovacic recounts how his passion for “his wonderful ones” has been a compass, a cure, and an inexhaustible source of energetic wonder. This is a book for anyone who knows that a great Love, when nourished by the right sound, never fades away.

The journey of a lifetime, set to the soundtrack of Simon Le Bon, Nick Rhodes, John Taylor, Roger Taylor, and Andy Taylor. It all begins in 1983, when a close friend hands Pasquale a pair of headphones. As the opening notes of Hungry Like the Wolf explode, his heart syncs to a frequency it will never leave behind. So begins an adventure spanning over forty years, where Duran Duran’s records cease to be mere objects and become the milestones of an entire life.

From wild rides through the streets of Brianza, screaming the lyrics to Vertigo (Do the Demolition), to the frustration of watching the epochal Sanremo ’87 or the Palatrussardi concert through a screen—held back by his young age or the duty of his fatigues—the narrative weaves through the decades, charting a man’s journey to maturity alongside the evolution of the Birmingham band.

The book is filled with incredible, almost magical coincidences: encounters, friendships, loves, and twists of fate that serve as the backdrop to the raw emotions tied to every Duran Duran release.

NOTORIOUS is more than just a chronicle of concerts and albums; it is a manifesto on “energetic wonder”—the power of music to light up the dark moments, to keep the inner child alive, and to forge unbreakable bonds. Pasquale shows us that being a “die-hard fan” isn’t a sign of immaturity, but an act of pure resistance and Love for life itself.