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+ "page_snippet": "There's a lot you might not know about Roger Taylor, drummer for Queen.There are legendary bands\u2026and then there\u2019s Queen. 300 million record sales and an induction into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame later, it\u2019s safe to say drummer Roger Taylor contributed heavily to the iconic stadium sound that defined the \u201970s and \u201980s. Songs like \u201cKiller Queen\u201d and the bridge of \u201cCrazy Little Thing Called Love\u201d have tricky arrangements, but Roger Taylor\u2019s drum parts helped make the flow feel natural and comfortable to the listener. Like many other top drummers (Phil Collins comes to mind), Roger Taylor does a lot more than just \u2018warm the throne\u2019. He\u2019s released six solo studio albums since 1981, often singing, drumming, playing guitar and more. You can hear a nod to John Bonham in \u201cMore Kicks\u201d, which sounds a lot like Led Zeppelin\u2019s \u201cWhen The Levee Breaks\u201c: ... Between collaborating with legends like Gary Newman, Elton John and Taylor Hawkins, Roger Taylor is one of the world\u2019s top drummers because he knows how to support the music. Between collaborating with legends like Gary Newman, Elton John and Taylor Hawkins, Roger Taylor is one of the world\u2019s top drummers because he knows how to support the music. What have you learned from him?",
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There are legendary bands…and then there’s Queen. 300 million record sales and an induction into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame later, it’s safe to say drummer Roger Taylor contributed heavily to the iconic stadium sound that defined the ’70s and ’80s.
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He cowrote some of Queen’s biggest hits, contributed vocal harmonies, and pursued a solo project as a singer-songwriter. Here’s why Roger Taylor is irreplaceable.
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1. His style is unique
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One of Roger Taylor’s most recognizable features is that he often barks the hi-hat with the snare to emphasize every backbeat. For example, in “Play The Game” by Queen:
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And in the verse of “Somebody To Love”:
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“Somebody To Love” by Queen
If there’s a snare hit on the backbeat, it’s definitely going to be a rimshot in Roger’s world.
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Roger Taylor’s cymbal work has always been next level while staying tasteful, like in Queen’s “Bicycle Race”:
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“Bicycle Race” by Queen
“I love cymbals. They provide wonderful dynamics. Quite often, I’ll overdub very specific cymbals…you have to know which ones to use in which places.”
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For example, Roger went back and overdubbed the ride cymbal in “I Want To Break Free”:
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“I Want To Break Free” by Queen
Listen to the layered wood block and choked crashes in “Good Old Fashioned Loverboy”:
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And of course, there’s also Roger’s drum fills. In “Innuendo”, the song opens with a triplet march on the snare that builds tension and excitement:
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His fill choices (like the key fill in “You’re My Best Friend” played in reverse) and his ability to use them to build energy (like in “I Was Born To Love You” and “Under Pressure”) have set him apart during his 50-year career.
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2. His pocket is undeniable
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Whether the beat is simple or supporting complex changes, Roger Taylor’s drumming has always perfectly complemented the music.
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“Another One Bites The Dust” is a great example of a song that wouldn’t sound quite the same with another drummer behind the kit. The part may be simple, but the pocket is perfect.
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You can hear his epic pocket in “Cool Cat”, “Don’t Stop Me Now” and “A Kind Of Magic.” Simple, sure, but his cymbal choices and feel were exactly what the songs needed.
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3. He’s a chameleon
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Songs like “Killer Queen” and the bridge of “Crazy Little Thing Called Love” have tricky arrangements, but Roger Taylor’s drum parts helped make the flow feel natural and comfortable to the listener.
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“Crazy Little Thing Called Love” by Queen
He’ll often make subtle but interesting changes to songs live, like subbing rim clicks with cowbell.
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The drum parts even complemented Freddy Mercury‘s vocals. Check out “Death On Two Legs”, which features fills and changes that often matched the vocal phrasing:
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And the shots in the bridge of “Hammer To Fall”:
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“Hammer To Fall” by Queen
While he’s known for being a rock drummer, Roger has incorporated a punk edge here and there, like the snare roll and double time feel in the outro of “It’s Late”, or the beats in “Stone Cold Crazy” and “I Want It All”.
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Of course, there’s also Bohemian Rhapsody (Roger sang the highest harmonies!), which has one of the most intricate and chaotic arrangements in popular rock music.
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“Bohemian Rhapsody” by Queen
The latter half of the song wouldn’t be what it is without the polyrhythmic bass drum pattern:
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+ "page_snippet": "Roger Meddows Taylor is the drummer in Queen Roger Taylor was born in Kings Lynn, Norfolk, on July 26th 1949, Roger became fascinated with music in the early 50s, when his family moved to Cornwall. He learned his first instrument, the ukulele, at a tender age, and enjoyed a brief taste of things ...Roger Meddows Taylor is the drummer in Queen Roger Taylor was born in Kings Lynn, Norfolk, on July 26th 1949, Roger became fascinated with music in the early 50s, when his family moved to Cornwall. He learned his first instrument, the ukulele, at a tender age, and enjoyed a brief taste of things to come in a pre-teen skiffle band whose collective talent survived just two public performances, both apparently excruciating! By 1966 Roger had not only progressed to drumming in Cornwall's most popular band, the Reaction, but had also become their lead singer, with his drum kit placed -- where else? -- in the principal position, at the front of the stage. That year, the Reaction won a hotly- contested local talent contest and, according to newspaper reports, were duly \"mobbed by young girls\". While maintaining his keen interest in music, Roger decided to study dentistry, and in 1967 moved to London to enrol at the London Hospital Medical College. He learned his first instrument, the ukulele, at a tender age, and enjoyed a brief taste of things to come in a pre-teen skiffle band whose collective talent survived just two public performances, both apparently excruciating! His music took on a different direction in 1960, when he became a rather reluctant member of the Truro Cathedral Choir -- a prerequisite of his scholarship. He taught himself the guitar around this time, but by the following year had moved over to drums. By 1966 Roger had not only progressed to drumming in Cornwall's most popular band, the Reaction, but had also become their lead singer, with his drum kit placed -- where else? Roger began writing songs for Queen from day one, and each of the band's fifteen studio albums included at least one of his compositions. History notes that all four members of Queen wrote No.1 singles: Taylor dutifully provided his with Radio Ga Ga , A Kind Of Magic and These Are The Days Of Our Lives amongst his.1977 was the landmark year in which Queen released We Are The Champions and We Will Rock You. Roger bought a Ferrari, and became the first member of Queen to launch a solo career with the release of the single I Wanna Testify.",
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Roger Taylor was born in Kings Lynn, Norfolk, on July 26th 1949, Roger became fascinated with music in the early 50s, when his family moved to Cornwall. He learned his first instrument, the ukulele, at a tender age, and enjoyed a brief taste of things to come in a pre-teen skiffle band whose collective talent survived just two public performances, both apparently excruciating!\n
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His music took on a different direction in 1960, when he became a rather reluctant member of the Truro Cathedral Choir -- a prerequisite of his scholarship. He taught himself the guitar around this time, but by the following year had moved over to drums.\n
By 1966 Roger had not only progressed to drumming in Cornwall's most popular band, the Reaction, but had also become their lead singer, with his drum kit placed -- where else? -- in the principal position, at the front of the stage. That year, the Reaction won a hotly- contested local talent contest and, according to newspaper reports, were duly \"mobbed by young girls\".\n
While maintaining his keen interest in music, Roger decided to study dentistry, and in 1967 moved to London to enrol at the London Hospital Medical College. He later studied biology, obtaining a BSc in the subject.\n
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In 1968 Roger formed another group, Smile, with Middlesex guitar ace Brian May. Smile played sporadically over the next few years and even issued a single in the United States. By 1971, Roger had long abandoned any desire to become a dentist or a biologist, and with new additions to the line-up John Deacon and Freddie Mercury, Smile became known as Queen.\n
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The Queen legend often refers to how Taylor and Mercury were particularly close, and spent many hours on the town together seeing bands who at that time were their heroes: The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Led Zeppelin, David Bowie, The Who, all of whom influenced them and helped shape the musical destiny of Queen.\n
\nRoger began writing songs for Queen from day one, and each of the band's fifteen studio albums included at least one of his compositions. History notes that all four members of Queen wrote No.1 singles: Taylor dutifully provided his with Radio Ga Ga , A Kind Of Magic and These Are The Days Of Our Lives amongst his.1977 was the landmark year in which Queen released We Are The Champions and We Will Rock You. Roger bought a Ferrari, and became the first member of Queen to launch a solo career with the release of the single I Wanna Testify.
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His solo album Fun In Space followed in 1981, and was succeeded by 1984's rock-based Strange Frontier. Both LPs reached the Top 30. In 1987 Roger formed his own band The Cross, in which after more than 20 years he finally resumed the role of lead singer. The Cross released three distinctive albums and toured extensively in the UK and Europe.\n
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After the tragic death of Freddie Mercury, Roger returned to his solo career with 1994's Happiness?, an album on which he explored the theme of \"dealing with life and looking for happiness\". The success of the album prompted further tours of the UK and Italy. Then came perhaps his most potent album, Electric Fire, which clearly showed Taylor as an acute observational songwriter. Rich in contemporary reflections on life, the album was full of attention-grabbing songs tackling thought-provoking and sometimes challenging issues \u2014 national obsolescence, domestic violence, and poverty, among them. One track, People On Streets, was inspired by visits Roger made to India and the inequalities he witnessed in the fortunes of that country's vast population. Never shy to express himself, several super- rich and powerful world figures get name checked in the song.\n
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Roger worked on the biopic Bohemian Rhapsody and the musical we will rock you. \n
he knows how to play the guitar, tambourine, maracas and ukuele.\n
he came up with the idea for the i want to break free music video\n
he loves cars, i mean loves cars\n
Favourite Musician: Jimi Hendrix, John Lennon\nFavourite Group: The Who, Jimi Hendrix Experience\n
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Roger Meddows TaylorOBE (born 26 July 1949) is an English musician, songwriter and record producer. He achieved international fame as the drummer and backing vocalist for the rock band Queen.[1] As a drummer, Taylor was recognised early in his career for his unique sound[2] and was voted the eighth-greatest drummer in classic rock music history in a listener poll conducted by Planet Rock in 2005.[3] He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2001 as a member of Queen.\n
As a singer, Taylor employs a falsetto vocal range. During the 1980s, in addition to his work with Queen, he formed a parallel band known as the Cross, in which he was the lead singer and rhythm guitarist. During the early 1980s, Taylor was also a panellist on the UK quiz show Pop Quiz, hosted by Mike Read. In 2014, he appeared in The Life of Rock with Brian Pern as himself.\n
Roger Meddows Taylor was born on 26 July 1949 at West Norfolk and Lynn Hospital in King's Lynn, Norfolk. The new maternity ward was opened by Princess Elizabeth (the future queen, Elizabeth II), where she was introduced to 16 new mothers including Winifred Taylor, his mother. Taylor first lived at 87 High Street in King's Lynn and later moved to Beulah Street in the town. Taylor's first school was Rosebury Avenue school.[6] Taylor moved to Truro, Cornwall, in south west England, with his mother Winifred, father Michael and younger sister Clare. When he was seven years old, he and some friends formed his first band, the Bubblingover Boys, in which he played the ukulele. He briefly attended Truro Cathedral School; at the age of 13, he joined Truro School as a day boy.[7] \n
At the age of 15, Taylor became a member of the Reaction, a semi-professional rock band formed mainly of boys from Truro School. Taylor had originally learned guitar, but became a drummer when he realised he had a more natural aptitude for it. Taylor taught himself to tune his drums, inspired by Keith Moon of the Who because of the \"great drum sounds\" on the early Who records.[8] Another key influence on Taylor was Mitch Mitchell of the Jimi Hendrix Experience, who Taylor stated was his early role model.[9]\n
Taylor met Brian May and Tim Staffell in 1968 after a friend saw an advert for a drummer on a noticeboard at Imperial College. Smile included May on lead guitar, Staffell on lead vocals and bass, and later Taylor on drums. The band lasted for two years before Staffell departed to join Humpy Bong, leaving the band with a catalogue of nine songs.\n
Smile reunited for several songs on 22 December 1992. Taylor's band the Cross were headliners and he brought May and Staffell on to play \"Earth\" and \"If I Were a Carpenter\".[12]\n
\nTaylor (pictured in 2005) has been with Queen since the band's inception\n
In 1969, Taylor was working with Freddie Mercury at Kensington Market in London (they were sharing a flat at around the same time).[13] Mercury, then known as Farrokh \u201cFreddie\u201d Bulsara, was a fan of Smile. The band split up in 1970. In the same year, Taylor turned down the chance to become drummer for Genesis, which led to Phil Collins joining instead.[14] Bulsara convinced the remaining two members of Smile to continue and he eventually joined the band, which he renamed Queen. In 1971, they recruited bassist John Deacon, before going on to release their self-titled debut album in 1973. Taylor is the third most credited songwriter for the band, usually contributing one or two tracks per album.\n
Taylor has had a productive solo career, releasing six albums. His first single was \"I Wanna Testify\" in 1977, recorded during Queen's sessions for the News of the World album. The A-side, although a cover of the Parliaments song of the same name, was completely different from the original. The B-side was a self-penned song \"Turn on the TV\".\n
\nTaylor onstage in Palermo, Italy, January 1995\n
Taylor's first solo album, released in 1981, was Fun in Space, on which he performed all vocals and played all instruments aside from about half of the keyboards, which were contributed by engineer David Richards. With Queen still touring heavily and recording at the time of release, Taylor was unable to promote the album to its fullest extent, only appearing on some European TV shows to promote the single, \"Future Management\", including Top of the Pops. A second single from the album was titled \"My Country\". The only US single released from the album was \"Let's Get Crazy\".\n
Taylor's next solo venture, Strange Frontier, came in June 1984. The three singles from the album were the title track, \"Beautiful Dreams\" (in Portugal only) and \"Man on Fire\", the latter becoming a live favourite for him in later years. No attempts to promote the singles were made since Queen was touring to promote The Works, with Taylor not even performing on any TV shows. Strange Frontier included guest appearances by bandmates Freddie Mercury, Brian May and John Deacon. Mercury sang backing vocals on \"Killing Time\", Deacon remixed the B-side \"I Cry For You\" and Rick Parfitt co-wrote and played on \"It's An Illusion\". David Richards, Queen's engineer and producer at the time, also co-wrote two of the tracks. The album includes covers of Bruce Springsteen's \"Racing in the Street\" and Bob Dylan's \"Masters of War\".\n
\nTaylor (left) in concert with Jeff Beck in May 2013\n
In 1986, Taylor co-produced Vigilante, the sixth studio album by rock band Magnum.[15] After Queen finished their 1986 Magic Tour, Taylor started a new band, the Cross, which released three albums over their six years of existence. In 1993, the band split up, after performing one final gig at the Gosport Festival.[16]\n
In 1994, Taylor worked with Yoshiki, drummer and pianist of X Japan and released the song \"Foreign Sand\" and a reworking of the Cross's \"Final Destination\". The album Happiness? was \"Dedicated to the tasmanian tiger \u2013 thylacinus cynocephalus, but most especially... for Freddie\". \"Nazis 1994\" from this album became Taylor's first hit single in England and was followed by two other top 40 UK hits, \"Happiness\" and \"Foreign Sand\".\n
In 1998, Taylor released his fourth solo album Electric Fire.[17] Taylor also performed one of the first Internet-gigs \u2013 for which he got a mention in the Guinness Book of World Records.[18] On 11 November 2013, Taylor released the album Fun on Earth,[19] On the same day, Taylor released his compilation album The Lot, which includes all of his work outside of Queen.[20]\n
In response to the global COVID-19 pandemic, Taylor released a new single \"Isolation\" on 21 June 2020.[21] The song debuted on the top of the UK iTunes Rock chart.[22] On 7 May 2021, Taylor announced his new solo album, Outsider, which was released on 1 October 2021, and debuted at number three on the UK Albums Chart.[23][24]\n
The Cross were a side project of Taylor's that existed from 1987 to 1993 and released three albums. While still the drummer for Queen, Taylor fronted the Cross as rhythm guitarist and lead vocalist. On its debut release, The Cross incorporated dance influences which they dropped on their remaining two albums.\n
Taylor and May, performing as Queen, also appeared three times on the American singing contest television show American Idol. The first appearance was on 11 April 2006, during which that week's contestants were required to sing a Queen song. Songs performed included \"Bohemian Rhapsody\", \"Fat Bottomed Girls\", \"The Show Must Go On\", \"Who Wants to Live Forever\", and \"Innuendo\". The second time Queen appeared was on the show's season 8 finale in May 2009, performing \"We Are the Champions\" with finalists Adam Lambert and Kris Allen. The third appearance was during the eleventh season on 25 and 26 April 2012, performing a Queen medley with the six finalists on the first show. The following day, they performed \"Somebody to Love\" with the Queen Extravaganza band.[28]\n
\nTaylor on drums with vocalist Adam Lambert in 2012\n
In November 2009, Taylor appeared on the reality TV show The X Factor with May as Queen mentoring the contestants and performing \"Bohemian Rhapsody\". That month Taylor confirmed he was planning to tour with Taylor Hawkins, which Taylor described as a \"quick tour\".[29] At the 2011 MTV Europe Music Awards on 6 November, Queen received the Global Icon Award, and Taylor and May closed the awards ceremony, with Adam Lambert on vocals, performing \"The Show Must Go On\", \"We Will Rock You\", and \"We Are the Champions\".[30] In 2011, Taylor, along with Steven Tyler and Roger Daltrey, joined the advisory board of Edge Music Network. Taylor performed in the 2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony in London on 12 August.\n
In 2013 and 2014, Taylor served as an executive producer of the film Solitary, directed by Sasha Krane. In addition to those duties, he provided original music, including the song \"When We Were Young\" and three instrumental songs which serve as incidental/background music in the film and during the closing credits. Taylor also appeared as a special guest for Welsh Rock artist Jayce Lewis[31] providing drums for the track \"Wrath\" which were recorded at Taylor's personal studio in Surrey, the song was released as a single from the Welshmans album Nemesis.[32][33][34][35] On 15 November 2014, Taylor joined the charity group Band Aid 30, playing drums alongside current British and Irish pop acts on the latest version of the track \"Do They Know It's Christmas?\" at Sarm West Studios in Notting Hill, London, to raise money for the 2014 Ebola crisis in Western Africa.[36]\n
On 5 and 6 September 2015, Taylor, along with Led Zeppelin's John Paul Jones, joined Foo Fighters on stage in Milton Keynes to perform a cover of the Queen and David Bowie song \"Under Pressure\". Taylor released a new single called \"Gangsters Are Running This World\" on 1 April 2019, and on 8 April released a more rocking version of this song called \"Gangsters Are Running This World-Purple Version\". Both versions became available for streaming on 8 April 2019.[37] On 10 May 2019 he and Czech Arsenal goalkeeper Petr \u010cech released a song called \"That's Football\" which \u010cech wrote for his retiring football career.[38]\n
In October 2021, Taylor embarked on a 14-date solo tour (Outsider Tour) in the UK, from 2 to 22 October.[39]\n
In November 2023, Taylor's bar The Wild, a collaboration with his wife Sarina Taylor, Adam Lambert, Bryan Patrick Franklin, and Michael Solis, opened in West Hollywood, California.[40][41]\n
Taylor has stated that his early role model as a drummer was Mitch Mitchell of the Jimi Hendrix Experience. He said: \"I still think listening to Mitch Mitchell, especially the early stuff with Hendrix, is just fantastic. This fusion of jazz technique and wonderful riffs but with this rolling ferocious attack on the whole kit, it had lots of jazz influences I think. In fact for me he played the kit like a song, it was just wonderful. Total integration into the song. Not just marking time\".[9]\n
Taylor has also expressed great admiration for John Bonham of Led Zeppelin. Speaking of Bonham, Taylor said, \"The greatest rock and roll drummer of all time was John Bonham, who did things that nobody had ever even thought possible before with the drum kit. And also the greatest sound out of his drums \u2013 they sounded enormous, and just one bass drum. So fast on it that he did more with one bass drum than most people could do with three, if they could manage them. And he had technique to burn and fantastic power and tremendous feel for rock and roll\".[9] For sheer technique, Taylor described the jazz and big band drummer Buddy Rich as \"the best I've ever seen\".[9]\n
Speaking to Modern Drummer in 1984, Taylor described Keith Moon, the drummer of the Who, as \"absolutely brilliant...he had a total unique style; he didn't owe anyone anything.\"[8]\n
\nTaylor drum displayed at the Hard Rock Cafe in Madrid\n
In 2013, a newly discovered species of the genus Heteragrion (Odonata: Zygoptera) from Brazil was named Heteragrion rogertaylori after Taylor, in honour of his \"powerful sound, wonderful lyrics and raspy voice \"; one of four Heteragrion flatwing damselflies named after the bandmates, paying tribute to the 40th anniversary of Queen's founding.[42]\n
In 1999, Taylor became the second living person, other than members of the British Royal Family and Sir Francis Chichester in 1967, to appear on a Royal Mailstamp, being seen behind Freddie Mercury as part of a \"Great Britons\" issue. This caused controversy as it was an understood rule that the only living people allowed to appear on British stamps could be members of the Royal Family.[43][44]\n
^Patrick Lemieux; Adam Unger (2013). The Queen Chronology: The Recording & Release History of the Band. Across the Board Books. p. 54. ISBN978-0991984046.\n
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+ "page_snippet": "This article will cover frequently asked questions about Queen drummer, so let's start with the most important one for drummers.No, Roger Taylor is not a dentist. He has never been one, but he did study dentistry. His profession before Queen\u2019s success was a drummer in many different bands like The Reaction and Smile. There were rumors about his second job as a dentist, but this was soon revealed as nothing more than another rumor. Roger Taylor has a net worth of $200 million. Although he is best known for being the drummer for Queen, Roger also achieved considerable success as a songwriter and singer with his band\u2019s music featured on albums released by Mercury Productions Ltd. Although he is best known for being the drummer for Queen, Roger also achieved considerable success as a songwriter and singer with his band\u2019s music featured on albums released by Mercury Productions Ltd. Roger has been married to Sarina Potgieter since 2010, having previously been wed to Dominique Beyrand from 1977 until about 1988. He struggled hard against criticism. He said, \u201cBad reviews usually mean that it\u2019s going to be successful.\u201d \u00b7 The movie landed a Metacritic score of 49 of 100, so Taylor reacted: \u201cI think people know a lot more than film critics, and word of mouth via social media is so much more powerful than a review from a guy who probably watches 40 movies a week, and has probably lost the essence of the joy of a movie.\u201d Truly an epic band with legendary musicians behind each instrument. As a drummer, Taylor was recognized early in his career for his unique sound. He performed on Queen\u2019s albums from the beginning and often composed songs by himself or co-wrote them with Brian May (Guitar).",
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Queen is one of the most famous rock bands ever. They were formed in 1971 and have been rocking out for over 50 years now. Truly an epic band with legendary musicians behind each instrument.
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As a drummer, Taylor was recognized early in his career for his unique sound. He performed on Queen’s albums from the beginning and often composed songs by himself or co-wrote them with Brian May (Guitar). He contributed three UK hits: “These Are The Days Of Our Lives,” Innuendo, and Under Pressure, along with many more Queen’s hits.
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Taylor is a musical prodigy who can play any instrument he sets his mind to. His falsetto vocal range has made him famous beside his drumming skills.
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This article will cover frequently asked questions about Queen drummer, so let’s start with the most important one for the drumming community.
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Is Roger Taylor a good drummer?
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Yes, Taylor is a very good drummer. He used to be influenced by idols such as Ringo Starr and John Bonham but started developing his unique style and drumming techniques during Queen era.
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You can easily recognize his playing by hi-hat accents he plays every time along with snare. He tends to open his hi hat a little bit when he hits a snare drum.
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So is it recognizable? YES. Is he a drum virtuoso? NO. Taylor is a very good rock drummer and musician overall since he writes songs and sings songs, but his skill level in terms of drums is somewhere in the middle.
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What drums does Roger Taylor use?
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When it comes to drumming, Roger is a die-hard Ludwig man.
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He once revealed that he had an amazing Gretsch kit in their studio in Switzerland.
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He had exclusive Ludwig’s endorsement, but after many years of playing Ludwig, he switched to DW. A lot of elements on his kit are custom built and can’t be found in stores.
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The element that can be bought is his signature snare drum DW Roger Taylor “Queen Crest” ICON Snare Drum.
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When did Roger Taylor start playing drums?
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From the very beginning, he knew that music was in his blood. He began drumming at around 12 years old and only kept practicing because it made him feel like no other activity could do so much for him.
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Roger taught himself how to play by playing with Beatles records and old blues albums until.
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Roger’s story about his journey to becoming a musician should inspire any aspiring musician. When you’re all on your own, it can be hard work – even for someone with Roger’s experience!
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Still, he persevered and not only mastered drums but few other instruments along with working on his vocals.
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Why did Roger Taylor put beer on his drums?
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Beer and drumming go hand in hand. Roger Taylor was not an exception to that rule, as he would pour beer onto his floor tom whenever it required extra emphasis during a solo spot when playing with Queen.
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Is Roger Taylor a dentist?
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No, Roger Taylor is not a dentist. He has never been one, but he did study dentistry. His profession before Queen’s success was a drummer in many different bands like The Reaction and Smile. There were rumors about his second job as a dentist, but this was soon revealed as nothing more than another rumor.
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What did Roger Taylor do after Queen?
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Taylor has had a very successful solo career, releasing six albums. After Queen’s 1986 Magic Tour ended, he started working with other musicians in what would be known as The Crossband, which released three full-length records during their 6-year tenure together! In 1993 they called it quits after performing one final gig at the Gosport Festival.
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John Bonham
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Taylor said that he had always admired drummers, but without a doubt, one of his favorites was John Bonham. He remembered the first time he saw Led Zeppelin play live and how thunderous their sound seemed on stage: “Another drummer that blew me away, he sounds like a thunder.”
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Mitch Mitchell
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Taylor was pointed out just how talented Mitch is: “I was blown away by his playing; everything about it seemed perfect and precise. He played for the song each time – you could tell that every note mattered in what came next; His fills were fantastic, too, without being flashy or overdoing things. It’s kind of hard seeing his hands when they are moving so fast!”
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Keith Moon was an influence on me. He played the drums like there’s no tomorrow, and his sound is unmatched in rock history.
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I first noticed Keith moon when he appeared on-stage with The Who at Woodstock. His drumming style had such raw power that day – you couls feel it during each hit of those drums.
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What Queen songs did Roger Taylor write?
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Roger Taylor is a musical genius and a key member of Queen. He has written many hits for them, including:
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Radio Ga Ga
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These Are the Days of Our Lives
Heaven for Everyone
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Roger Taylor net worth
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Roger Taylor has a net worth of $200 million. Although he is best known for being the drummer for Queen, Roger also achieved considerable success as a songwriter and singer with his band’s music featured on albums released by Mercury Productions Ltd.
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Who are Roger Taylor’s wives?
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Roger has been married to Sarina Potgieter since 2010, having previously been wed to Dominique Beyrand from 1977 until about 1988.
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What did Roger Taylor think of the movie Bohemian Rhapsody?
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He struggled hard against criticism. He said, “Bad reviews usually mean that it’s going to be successful.”
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Roger Meddows TaylorOBE (born 26 July 1949) is an English musician, songwriter and record producer. He achieved international fame as the drummer and backing vocalist for the rock band Queen.[1] As a drummer, Taylor was recognised early in his career for his unique sound[2] and was voted the eighth-greatest drummer in classic rock music history in a listener poll conducted by Planet Rock in 2005.[3] He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2001 as a member of Queen.\n
As a singer, Taylor employs a falsetto vocal range. During the 1980s, in addition to his work with Queen, he formed a parallel band known as the Cross, in which he was the lead singer and rhythm guitarist. During the early 1980s, Taylor was also a panellist on the UK quiz show Pop Quiz, hosted by Mike Read. In 2014, he appeared in The Life of Rock with Brian Pern as himself.\n
Roger Meddows Taylor was born on 26 July 1949 at West Norfolk and Lynn Hospital in King's Lynn, Norfolk. The new maternity ward was opened by Princess Elizabeth (the future queen, Elizabeth II), where she was introduced to 16 new mothers including Winifred Taylor, his mother. Taylor first lived at 87 High Street in King's Lynn and later moved to Beulah Street in the town. Taylor's first school was Rosebury Avenue school.[6] Taylor moved to Truro, Cornwall, in south west England, with his mother Winifred, father Michael and younger sister Clare. When he was seven years old, he and some friends formed his first band, the Bubblingover Boys, in which he played the ukulele. He briefly attended Truro Cathedral School; at the age of 13, he joined Truro School as a day boy.[7] \n
At the age of 15, Taylor became a member of the Reaction, a semi-professional rock band formed mainly of boys from Truro School. Taylor had originally learned guitar, but became a drummer when he realised he had a more natural aptitude for it. Taylor taught himself to tune his drums, inspired by Keith Moon of the Who because of the \"great drum sounds\" on the early Who records.[8] Another key influence on Taylor was Mitch Mitchell of the Jimi Hendrix Experience, who Taylor stated was his early role model.[9]\n
Taylor met Brian May and Tim Staffell in 1968 after a friend saw an advert for a drummer on a noticeboard at Imperial College. Smile included May on lead guitar, Staffell on lead vocals and bass, and later Taylor on drums. The band lasted for two years before Staffell departed to join Humpy Bong, leaving the band with a catalogue of nine songs.\n
Smile reunited for several songs on 22 December 1992. Taylor's band the Cross were headliners and he brought May and Staffell on to play \"Earth\" and \"If I Were a Carpenter\".[12]\n
\nTaylor (pictured in 2005) has been with Queen since the band's inception\n
In 1969, Taylor was working with Freddie Mercury at Kensington Market in London (they were sharing a flat at around the same time).[13] Mercury, then known as Farrokh \u201cFreddie\u201d Bulsara, was a fan of Smile. The band split up in 1970. In the same year, Taylor turned down the chance to become drummer for Genesis, which led to Phil Collins joining instead.[14] Bulsara convinced the remaining two members of Smile to continue and he eventually joined the band, which he renamed Queen. In 1971, they recruited bassist John Deacon, before going on to release their self-titled debut album in 1973. Taylor is the third most credited songwriter for the band, usually contributing one or two tracks per album.\n
Taylor has had a productive solo career, releasing six albums. His first single was \"I Wanna Testify\" in 1977, recorded during Queen's sessions for the News of the World album. The A-side, although a cover of the Parliaments song of the same name, was completely different from the original. The B-side was a self-penned song \"Turn on the TV\".\n
\nTaylor onstage in Palermo, Italy, January 1995\n
Taylor's first solo album, released in 1981, was Fun in Space, on which he performed all vocals and played all instruments aside from about half of the keyboards, which were contributed by engineer David Richards. With Queen still touring heavily and recording at the time of release, Taylor was unable to promote the album to its fullest extent, only appearing on some European TV shows to promote the single, \"Future Management\", including Top of the Pops. A second single from the album was titled \"My Country\". The only US single released from the album was \"Let's Get Crazy\".\n
Taylor's next solo venture, Strange Frontier, came in June 1984. The three singles from the album were the title track, \"Beautiful Dreams\" (in Portugal only) and \"Man on Fire\", the latter becoming a live favourite for him in later years. No attempts to promote the singles were made since Queen was touring to promote The Works, with Taylor not even performing on any TV shows. Strange Frontier included guest appearances by bandmates Freddie Mercury, Brian May and John Deacon. Mercury sang backing vocals on \"Killing Time\", Deacon remixed the B-side \"I Cry For You\" and Rick Parfitt co-wrote and played on \"It's An Illusion\". David Richards, Queen's engineer and producer at the time, also co-wrote two of the tracks. The album includes covers of Bruce Springsteen's \"Racing in the Street\" and Bob Dylan's \"Masters of War\".\n
\nTaylor (left) in concert with Jeff Beck in May 2013\n
In 1986, Taylor co-produced Vigilante, the sixth studio album by rock band Magnum.[15] After Queen finished their 1986 Magic Tour, Taylor started a new band, the Cross, which released three albums over their six years of existence. In 1993, the band split up, after performing one final gig at the Gosport Festival.[16]\n
In 1994, Taylor worked with Yoshiki, drummer and pianist of X Japan and released the song \"Foreign Sand\" and a reworking of the Cross's \"Final Destination\". The album Happiness? was \"Dedicated to the tasmanian tiger \u2013 thylacinus cynocephalus, but most especially... for Freddie\". \"Nazis 1994\" from this album became Taylor's first hit single in England and was followed by two other top 40 UK hits, \"Happiness\" and \"Foreign Sand\".\n
In 1998, Taylor released his fourth solo album Electric Fire.[17] Taylor also performed one of the first Internet-gigs \u2013 for which he got a mention in the Guinness Book of World Records.[18] On 11 November 2013, Taylor released the album Fun on Earth,[19] On the same day, Taylor released his compilation album The Lot, which includes all of his work outside of Queen.[20]\n
In response to the global COVID-19 pandemic, Taylor released a new single \"Isolation\" on 21 June 2020.[21] The song debuted on the top of the UK iTunes Rock chart.[22] On 7 May 2021, Taylor announced his new solo album, Outsider, which was released on 1 October 2021, and debuted at number three on the UK Albums Chart.[23][24]\n
The Cross were a side project of Taylor's that existed from 1987 to 1993 and released three albums. While still the drummer for Queen, Taylor fronted the Cross as rhythm guitarist and lead vocalist. On its debut release, The Cross incorporated dance influences which they dropped on their remaining two albums.\n
Taylor and May, performing as Queen, also appeared three times on the American singing contest television show American Idol. The first appearance was on 11 April 2006, during which that week's contestants were required to sing a Queen song. Songs performed included \"Bohemian Rhapsody\", \"Fat Bottomed Girls\", \"The Show Must Go On\", \"Who Wants to Live Forever\", and \"Innuendo\". The second time Queen appeared was on the show's season 8 finale in May 2009, performing \"We Are the Champions\" with finalists Adam Lambert and Kris Allen. The third appearance was during the eleventh season on 25 and 26 April 2012, performing a Queen medley with the six finalists on the first show. The following day, they performed \"Somebody to Love\" with the Queen Extravaganza band.[28]\n
\nTaylor on drums with vocalist Adam Lambert in 2012\n
In November 2009, Taylor appeared on the reality TV show The X Factor with May as Queen mentoring the contestants and performing \"Bohemian Rhapsody\". That month Taylor confirmed he was planning to tour with Taylor Hawkins, which Taylor described as a \"quick tour\".[29] At the 2011 MTV Europe Music Awards on 6 November, Queen received the Global Icon Award, and Taylor and May closed the awards ceremony, with Adam Lambert on vocals, performing \"The Show Must Go On\", \"We Will Rock You\", and \"We Are the Champions\".[30] In 2011, Taylor, along with Steven Tyler and Roger Daltrey, joined the advisory board of Edge Music Network. Taylor performed in the 2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony in London on 12 August.\n
In 2013 and 2014, Taylor served as an executive producer of the film Solitary, directed by Sasha Krane. In addition to those duties, he provided original music, including the song \"When We Were Young\" and three instrumental songs which serve as incidental/background music in the film and during the closing credits. Taylor also appeared as a special guest for Welsh Rock artist Jayce Lewis[31] providing drums for the track \"Wrath\" which were recorded at Taylor's personal studio in Surrey, the song was released as a single from the Welshmans album Nemesis.[32][33][34][35] On 15 November 2014, Taylor joined the charity group Band Aid 30, playing drums alongside current British and Irish pop acts on the latest version of the track \"Do They Know It's Christmas?\" at Sarm West Studios in Notting Hill, London, to raise money for the 2014 Ebola crisis in Western Africa.[36]\n
On 5 and 6 September 2015, Taylor, along with Led Zeppelin's John Paul Jones, joined Foo Fighters on stage in Milton Keynes to perform a cover of the Queen and David Bowie song \"Under Pressure\". Taylor released a new single called \"Gangsters Are Running This World\" on 1 April 2019, and on 8 April released a more rocking version of this song called \"Gangsters Are Running This World-Purple Version\". Both versions became available for streaming on 8 April 2019.[37] On 10 May 2019 he and Czech Arsenal goalkeeper Petr \u010cech released a song called \"That's Football\" which \u010cech wrote for his retiring football career.[38]\n
In October 2021, Taylor embarked on a 14-date solo tour (Outsider Tour) in the UK, from 2 to 22 October.[39]\n
In November 2023, Taylor's bar The Wild, a collaboration with his wife Sarina Taylor, Adam Lambert, Bryan Patrick Franklin, and Michael Solis, opened in West Hollywood, California.[40][41]\n
Taylor has stated that his early role model as a drummer was Mitch Mitchell of the Jimi Hendrix Experience. He said: \"I still think listening to Mitch Mitchell, especially the early stuff with Hendrix, is just fantastic. This fusion of jazz technique and wonderful riffs but with this rolling ferocious attack on the whole kit, it had lots of jazz influences I think. In fact for me he played the kit like a song, it was just wonderful. Total integration into the song. Not just marking time\".[9]\n
Taylor has also expressed great admiration for John Bonham of Led Zeppelin. Speaking of Bonham, Taylor said, \"The greatest rock and roll drummer of all time was John Bonham, who did things that nobody had ever even thought possible before with the drum kit. And also the greatest sound out of his drums \u2013 they sounded enormous, and just one bass drum. So fast on it that he did more with one bass drum than most people could do with three, if they could manage them. And he had technique to burn and fantastic power and tremendous feel for rock and roll\".[9] For sheer technique, Taylor described the jazz and big band drummer Buddy Rich as \"the best I've ever seen\".[9]\n
Speaking to Modern Drummer in 1984, Taylor described Keith Moon, the drummer of the Who, as \"absolutely brilliant...he had a total unique style; he didn't owe anyone anything.\"[8]\n
\nTaylor drum displayed at the Hard Rock Cafe in Madrid\n
In 2013, a newly discovered species of the genus Heteragrion (Odonata: Zygoptera) from Brazil was named Heteragrion rogertaylori after Taylor, in honour of his \"powerful sound, wonderful lyrics and raspy voice \"; one of four Heteragrion flatwing damselflies named after the bandmates, paying tribute to the 40th anniversary of Queen's founding.[42]\n
In 1999, Taylor became the second living person, other than members of the British Royal Family and Sir Francis Chichester in 1967, to appear on a Royal Mailstamp, being seen behind Freddie Mercury as part of a \"Great Britons\" issue. This caused controversy as it was an understood rule that the only living people allowed to appear on British stamps could be members of the Royal Family.[43][44]\n
^Patrick Lemieux; Adam Unger (2013). The Queen Chronology: The Recording & Release History of the Band. Across the Board Books. p. 54. ISBN978-0991984046.\n
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