Roger Taylor (Duran Duran drummer)

Roger Andrew Taylor ( born April 26, 1960 in Birmingham, England) is the drummer of the pop group Duran Duran.

Biography

Taylor came in 1979 when Duran Duran and made ​​the whole success story of the band. In 1984 he worked with his fellow band members Simon Le Bon and Nick Rhodes on the album So Red The Rose for the side project Arcadia. For " Live Aid " benefit concert in Philadelphia on July 13, 1985, he came to provisionally the last time with the band on the stage. In October 1985, Roger Taylor announced his departure from Duran Duran and the retreat into private life, to devote himself for nearly fifteen years, only his family.

After a failed attempt to re-enter the music market with its own project, Taylor went again in 2001 to Duran Duran, who then began to record music all the original members.

Roger Taylor was married from 1984 to 2006 with the Italian Giovanna Cantone. They have three children, James ( * 1988), Eliot (* 1990) and Ellea (* 1992). In May 2007, Roger Taylor married the Peruvian Gisella Bernales. In July 2011, their son Julian Roger was born. Taylor is not to be confused with the drummer of the band Queen.

  • Drummer
  • Briton
  • English
  • Born in 1960
  • Man
  • Duran Duran
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