After six years of being a member of Duran Duran, Taylor had realized both he and the band were in free fall and together with drummer Roger Taylor leaves the band. Their eponymous album, recorded mostly at the New York studio for which the band was named, reached the Top 20 in the UK and the Top 10 in the US. While Duran Duran was 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 Hard Rock band Power Station. By 1983, the band was a global success story and scored hits such as “Is There Something I Should Know”, “Rio”, “Save A Prayer”, “Wild Boys”, “The Reflex”, “A View To A Kill” and “Hungry Like A Wolf” among many others. 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. Their music, which was a fusion of Punk, Post Punk, and Electronica, was labeled as “New Romantic”, a post-punk fashion and music movement that signaled the beginning of the new 1980’s music period. Then in April 1980 he traveled to Birmingham and joined Duran Duran who was a rising band at the time, playing at a Birmingham club named the “Rum Runner”. He received guitar tuition from Dave Black, a member of David Bowie’s backing band the Spiders from Mars.He dropped out of school early to tour England and Europe with several different bands, playing working men’s clubs and air force bases. With Duran Duran, he reached the pinnacle of his success during the 1980’s Original Duran Duran guitarist Andy Taylor turns 62 todayĪndy Taylor was born on February 16, 1961, in Cullercoats, England.
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