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England
Roger Taylor
Drums | Songwriter | Composer
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About Roger Taylor
Hometown
King's Lynn, Norfolk, England
Born
July 26, 1949
Genre
Rock
Best known as the drummer in the hugely successful British rock act Queen, Roger Taylor is also an accomplished multi-instrumentalist whose solo career began with a 1977 solo single, "I Wanna Testify," and stretched into the 21st century. He joined the London-based hard rock act Smile in 1968, featuring the guitarist Brian May. In 1970, that act morphed into Queen, but in 1981, during their fruitful run, Taylor issued a solo album, Fun in Space. He followed this in 1984 with Strange Frontier, then formed the Cross, who issued three albums between 1988 and 1991. The '90s brought two further solo LPs, 1994's Happiness? and 1998's Electric Fire. Like much of his solo work, 2013's Fun on Earth leant fully into political protest. 2021's COVID-19-inspired Outsider hit number three on the U.K. chart, and 2026's Violence Insane in a Beautiful World returned him to the Top Ten.
Roger Taylor has also released music as a member of Queen + Paul Rodgers.
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