Profile
Andy Taylor
Guitarist + Songwriter + Singer
Male
Born
Feb 16, 1961
Age
52
Hometown
Tyne and Wear
Genres
Rock music + New ...
Instruments
Guitar
Performed With
Mark Shaw (Singer...
Record Label
EMI Records
Andrew Arthur "Andy" Taylor is an English guitarist, singer, songwriter, and record producer, best known as a member of Duran Duran and The Power Station. He has also recorded and performed as a solo artist, and served as a guitarist, songwriter and record… Read More
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Andy Griffith's Widow Gets Permit To Demolish Actor's Longtime HomeHuffington Post - Mar 21, 2013
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Christian Josi: Being Jt: Duran Duran's John Taylor Lays It All Out In New MemoirHuffington Post - Oct 14, 2012
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Visitors Come To Mount Airy Looking For MayberrySeattle Pi - Aug 17, 2012
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Andy Griffith's Greatest TriumphCNN - Jul 15, 2012
Timeline
Learn about the memorable moments in the evolution of Andy Taylor.
CHILDHOOD
1961
Birth
Born on February 16, 1961.
TWENTIES
1981
20 Years Old
Their debut single "Planet Earth" was released shortly after that, with their self-titled debut album, Duran Duran, released in June 1981.
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1985
24 Years Old
While Duran Duran were on hiatus in 1985, Andy Taylor and bassist John Taylor joined renowned session drummer and former Chic member Tony Thompson and Robert Palmer to form the band Power Station.
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1988
27 Years Old
Taylor also contributed a cover of "Dead on the Money" to the Tequila Sunrise soundtrack in 1988 (Taylor's former band Duran Duran would also allow one of their own songs, "Do You Believe In Shame?
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THIRTIES
1994
33 Years Old
Taylor based himself in his now refurbished Trident Studios in London with then manager and partner Rob Hallett, until 1994 when he returned to Los Angeles in order to write and produce tracks for a second Power Station album and the 1995 Rod Stewart album A Spanner in the Works.
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FORTIES
2001
40 Years Old
In 2001, Taylor reunited with the other original members of Duran Duran to record their first new music together since 1985.
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2006
45 Years Old
In 2006, whilst recording a new Duran Duran album, Taylor once again parted ways with the band.
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2007
46 Years Old
In November 2007 Taylor co-founded RockAffairs.com alongside Sarah Eaglesfield, the former Flightside vocalist and webmistress at duranduran.com.
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A short controversy followed as Taylor wrote in his 2008 autobiography that there was no "blunt message" and that in addition to the problems of writing and recording Reportage, old conflicts between himself and other bandmembers had resurfaced.
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FIFTIES
2011
50 Years Old
As of 2011, Taylor remains the owner of RockAffairs Ltd in the UK.
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