Then in April 1980, as Taylor puts it, 'I made that fateful train journey down to Birmingham.'ĭuran Duran began their rise to fame at a Birmingham club named the ' Rum Runner'. He dropped out of school early to tour England and Europe with several different bands, playing working men's clubs and air force bases. He received guitar tuition from Dave Black, a member of the short-lived, post-David Bowie version of Bowie's sometime backing band the Spiders from Mars. He began playing guitar at the age of eleven and was soon playing with local bands, even producing one at the age of 16.

History Background / early musical career Īndrew Taylor was born in Tynemouth and raised in the town of Cullercoats, Northumberland in northeast England, and attended Marden High School. Catch, Paul Rodgers (with The Law), Belinda Carlisle, and Gun. He has also recorded and performed as a solo artist, and served as a guitarist, songwriter, and record producer for the likes of Robert Palmer, Rod Stewart, the Almighty, Thunder, Love and Money, Mark Shaw, Then Jerico, C. Andrew James Taylor (born 16 February 1961) is an English guitarist, best known as a member of Duran Duran across three stints and a former member of the Power Station.

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