Nigel John Taylor (born 20 June 1960) is an English
musician who is best known as the bass guitarist and co-founder of pop rock
band Duran Duran. Duran Duran were one of the most popular groups in the world
during the 1980s due to their revolutionary music videos that played in heavy
rotation in the early days of MTV. Taylor played with Duran Duran from its
founding in 1978 until 1997, when he left to pursue a solo recording and film
career. He recorded a dozen solo releases (albums, EPs, and video projects)
through his company "Trust The Process" over the next four years, had
a lead role in the movie Sugar Town, and made appearances in a half dozen other
film projects. He rejoined Duran Duran for a reunion of the original five
members of the group in 2001 and has remained with the group to this day.
Taylor also founded two supergroup side projects:
Power Station and Neurotic Outsiders.
History
Taylor grew up in Hollywood, a suburb of Birmingham, England. As a child he attended Our Lady of the Wayside Catholic school and the Abbey High School, in Redditch, wore glasses (due to severe myopia, over -10 dioptres), enjoyed James Bond movies and the hobby of wargaming with hand-painted model soldiers. In his early teen years he discovered music, choosing Roxy Music as his favourite band, and before long was collecting records and teaching himself to play piano. His first band was called Shock Treatment.
Taylor grew up in Hollywood, a suburb of Birmingham, England. As a child he attended Our Lady of the Wayside Catholic school and the Abbey High School, in Redditch, wore glasses (due to severe myopia, over -10 dioptres), enjoyed James Bond movies and the hobby of wargaming with hand-painted model soldiers. In his early teen years he discovered music, choosing Roxy Music as his favourite band, and before long was collecting records and teaching himself to play piano. His first band was called Shock Treatment.
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