2/20/2023 0 Comments Roger taylor duran duranAs well as being the opportunity to express a major musical statement, I guess it was also as much of a statement against the label demands."Īfter six years of being a member of Duran Duran, Taylor had realised both he and the band were in free fall. It was an extraordinary time, everything we were associated with just flew off the shelves. I think we were all surprised at the amount of success the project achieved, particularly Robert, whose career was reignited in the USA. Taylor said: "I don't think any of us could have known at the time that this little venture would lead to the breakup of DD But it did or at least it exposed the cracks in the pavement. Robert recruited Wally Badarou, another Compass Point Star who had laid synthesizer tracks on the Power Station album, plus his long-term drummer, Dony Wynn, for this production as well. Palmer recorded the album Riptide in 1985, recruiting Thompson and Andy Taylor to play on some tracks and Power Station producer Bernard Edwards, who worked with Thompson in the group Chic, to helm the production. Taylor also performed with Duran Duran at the Live Aid event. The band toured, and even played Live Aid with singer Michael Des Barres after Palmer bowed out at the last moment to go back into the studio to further his newly revitalized solo career. Palmer performed live with the band only once that year, on Saturday Night Live. Rex song " Get It On (Bang a Gong)" (UK No. 22, US No. Their eponymous album, recorded mostly at the New York studio after which the band was named, reached the top 20 in the UK and the top 10 in the US, and spawned two hit singles with " Some Like It Hot" (UK No. 14, US No. 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. By 1983, the band was a global success story. Their debut single "Planet Earth" was released shortly after that, with their self-titled debut album, Duran Duran, released in June 1981. The band signed to EMI Records in December 1980, only seven months after completing the line-up. I'm a rock fan, but the girls hung-out at the disco – I recommend a large portion of both." It was all part of the matrix – we tested our first hits on the dance-floor before going anywhere near the radio – it was the way you defined your style and who you were, through the club you were associated with – where you hung-out. "Anybody who is familiar with early DD (Duran Duran) will be aware of the Night Versions concept… the underlying influence of the 12" mix – Edwards & Rodgers – Giorgio Moroder. The band was heavily influenced by the 12 inch cuts of the day. It was centred on the music and ostentatious fashion of the era, particularly house & disco music, which had fused with punk and electronic to create the sound and look adopted by various " New Romantic" acts of the time. The club was owned by their managers and mentors, brothers Paul and Michael Berrow. 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 sixteen. History Background / early musical career Īndrew Taylor was born in Tynemouth England, and raised in the town of Cullercoats, Northumberland, in northeast England, and attended Marden High School.
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