Roger Taylor (Duran Duran drummer)

Roger Andrew Taylor (born 26 April 1960) is an English musician, best known as the drummer of the rock band Duran Duran from their inception until 1985, and again from 2001 onwards, the band selling in excess of 70 million records in the process.

Early life

Roger Andrew Taylor was born into a modest family and was brought up in the Shard End area of Birmingham up until the age of 11, and then a small suburban house in Castle Bromwich (15 Hawthorne Rd). His father worked in the car industry. He began drumming at around the age of 12, teaching himself by playing along with his favourite records. His first ambition was to be a goalkeeper for English football club Aston Villa, and as a child he was taken to every home match by his father. He would eventually "play" at Villa Park but as Duran Duran's drummer for their 1983 charity concert there. Taylor has cited drummers Paul Thompson of Roxy Music, Charlie Watts of The Rolling Stones and Tony Thompson of Chic as his key musical influences growing up.

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Famous quotes by Roger Taylor:

"We're volunteering our time and we'll be sleeping on cots at the Army National Guard station. We'll be eating military meals with the National Guard once we get down there. It's just tragic and we're just thankful it's not in our back yard."
"It's a lot like baling hay,"
"Paul is not someone trying to be Freddie. He's someone trying to take this somewhere else... I'm very excited about working it all out."
"We just can't leave them. But I guess on the other hand we can't do it all, either. We can't save a whole city."
"It looks like I-15 up here,"
"There would be 15 to 20 ATV's lined up at the tanks at the only gas station in the village,"
"This is the third year we've done it. The first year we did this we had a five-gallon bucket full of dead mosquitoes. Last year wasn't as successful, but it was still a hit."
"It's funny. I went to a bowling convention and the bowling industry now calls me the 'Mosquito Man.' They even had me speak at a seminar for bowlers on promotional ideas."
"We have kids who will sit under bug zappers to get their mosquitoes or will take Scotch Tape and pick them up that way. I once had a group bring in 100 dead mosquitoes at once."
"No sir, I don't think she's a truthful woman at all."

Roger Taylor

ALBUMS

Roger Taylor

ALBUMS

Fun on Earth

Released 2013

Seldom Heard

Released 2005

Electric Fire

Released 1998

Strange Frontier

Released 1996

Foreign Sand

Released 1994

Happiness?

Released 1994

Live Cowdray Ruins 1993

Released 1993

Fun in Space

Released 1981

Strange Tracks

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Airheads

by: Roger Taylor

Red light warning
Break down coming
Red light warning
People round here
Call me an airhead
People round here
Know I like a bottle of wine
People round here
Think I'm better off dead
The folks round here
Call me an airhead
The folks round here
Ain't too refined
Break -- down -- comin'
Raw -- nerve end -- tingle
Cops -- bust -- run in
Speed -- hurts -- keys jangle
Airheads -- stick together
Airheads -- till the end of time
Airheads -- don't know better
Airheads -- I feel fine
Brain -- on -- bed -- Where am I
Liverpool -- Leeds -- Miami
Real nutcracker this morning
Real nutcracker last night
Red light warning
No panic station
People round here
Call me an airhead
People round here
Say I've got space for brains
People round here
Are no better than junk food
The jerks round here
Should go play with the traffic
The folks round here
Should go play with the traffic




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Thank you Freddie Mercury and Roger Taylor – how my 1990s teenage self found somebody to love

The Observer 23 Mar 2025
Queen’s Freddie Mercury, with Roger Taylor behind drums, on stage in California, 1982 ... from left, John Deacon, Freddie Mercury, Roger Taylor and Brian May ... Roger Taylor’s house in Cornwall ... Roger Taylor and Brian May at the 2011 Q awards in London.

Thank you Freddie Mercury and Roger Taylor – how my 1990s teenage self found somebody ...

The Guardian 23 Mar 2025
In her new book, music writer Kate Mossman looks back at her favourite type of encounter – interviews with charismatic, ageing, male rockers. Here she remembers the band – and specifically drummer – who electrified her as a girl growing up in Norfolk.

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Cincinnati.com 23 Mar 2025
Even before spring training started, the Reds added former closers Scott Barlow, a right-hander, and Taylor Rogers, a lefty, in late-winter acquisitions.

Andy Peebles death: BBC Radio 1 DJ behind John Lennon’s final interview dies suddenly aged 76

AOL 23 Mar 2025
He was 76 ... We joined Radio 1 together ... He joined BBC Radio 1 in 1978, hosting the weekday evening show between 8pm to 10pm and interviewing stars including David Bowie, Paul Simon, Debbie Harry, Cliff Richard, Phil Collins and Roger Taylor ... .

Trump targets lawyers in immigration cases

Taipei Times 23 Mar 2025
‘CHILL AND INTIMIDATE’ ... Reuters, WASHINGTON ... “President Trump is delivering on his promise to ensure the judicial system is no longer weaponized against the American people,” White House spokeswoman Taylor Rogers said ... .

Trump unleashes AG Pam Bondi on law firms to combat 'baseless' civil litigation against president ...

The Daily Mail 23 Mar 2025
A White House spokesperson, Taylor Rogers, said 'President Trump is delivering on his promise to ensure the judicial system is no longer weaponized against the American people.' ... Donald TrumpWhite House. .

$1.175 million Montgomery home sale among the week's top property transfers

Cincinnati.com 22 Mar 2025
Boone Jack to Conners Roger T & Deborah; $130,000 ... Eggleton Aubrey Taylor to Adams Paula; $217,500 ... The Drees Company to Taylor and Aaron Hassen; $581,500 ... 3203 Rogers St.. Taylor Veneman to Brandi Cain; $165,000.

17 basketball players from the Texas Panhandle selected to TABC All-State Teams

Amarillo Globe-News 21 Mar 2025
The high school basketball season has come to an end in the Lone Star State, with the state championships wrapping up a few weeks ago in San Antonio ... Check out who made the cut below. BOYS ... Kayle Rogers, sr., Nazareth. Corbin Taylor, fr., ValleyGIRLS.

Why Cincinnati Reds' Graham Ashcraft wants closer role and why Reds believe he can do it

Lancaster Eagle Gazette 21 Mar 2025
With the Dodgers favored to repeat, is the MLB becoming too top-heavy? ... Sports Seriously ... Yikes ... The Reds made sure to add ninth-inning depth near the end of the offseason with the acquisitions of former closers Taylor Rogers and Scott Barlow.

Cincinnati Reds LHP Andrew Abbott to open on injured list; Carson Spiers 5th starter

Chillicothe Gazette 20 Mar 2025
"If everything went perfect, he could have started Game 5 (of the season)," manager Terry Francona said ... He'd probably be pretty good." ... left-handers Brent Suter, Taylor Rogers and Sam Moll, and righties Tony Santillan, Scott Barlow and Emilio Pagán.

SF Giants’ 2025 Opening Day roster projection 2.0 — who gets final rotation spot?

Monterey Herald 20 Mar 2025
Ryan Walker (closer), Tyler Rogers, Camilo Doval, Randy Rodrîguez, Erik ... The Giants, then, will enter the season with just one left-handed reliever after trading Taylor Rogers to the Cincinnati Reds.

Trump fires Democrats on Federal Trade Commission

Chatanooga Times Free Press 20 Mar 2025
Slaughter and Bedoya said they planned to challenge Trump’s decision in court ... “Why? Because I have a voice ... “President Trump has the lawful authority to manage personnel within the executive branch,” said Taylor Rogers, a White House spokesperson ... Sen.

Inside Eddie Jordan's millions: Formula One mogul leaves a £463m fortune to his wife of ...

The Daily Mail 20 Mar 2025
However, it has still, of course, shaken the F1 world ... Jordan has performed alongside music legends including Bryan Adams, Roger Daltry, and Roger Taylor - and more under the radar artists such as Damon Hill and Michael Schumacher ... Splashing the cash ... .

NL Central division preview: Lineups, rotations and one question to watch for each team ahead ...

CBS Sports 20 Mar 2025
Heading into last season, many folks believed the NL Central would be the most competitive division, top to bottom, in all of baseball ... The Cubs were a mild disappointment last season, winning 83 games for the second-straight season ... LHP Taylor Rogers.

The Latest: Trump administration targets Maine and University of Pennsylvania over trans athletes

The Enterprise-Tocsin 20 Mar 2025
The Education Department began a separate investigation into the school over the program last month ... Here's the latest. ... Trump “reaffirmed his commitment to restore America’s energy dominance and drill, baby, drill,” spokesperson Taylor Rogers said ... .

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