“It’s really helped me to live with the pessimism of an incurable disease,” he notes, “but the optimism of creating music. Playing guitar has had an unexpected benefit. Taylor has recorded three albums since learning of his illness, and continues to perform when possible. He’d reunite with DD for 2004’s Astronaut album, and for tour dates in support. Taylor contributed to sessions for the 1986 album Notorious, then went his own way with a solo career. Andy Taylor’s son, who also goes by Andy J. The pair’s firstborn is their only son, named Andrew James Taylor. Just after two years of their wedding, on August 20, 1984, the couple had their first child. When the group split in two in 1985, following the release of the James Bond theme “A View to A Kill,” Taylor and bassist John Taylor formed The Power Station with the late Robert Palmer and Tony Thompson, while the others created Arcadia. Duran Duran’s former guitarist married his wife, Tracey Wilson-Taylor, on July 29, 1982. ![]() Without Andy Taylor’s contribution, many fans and critics argue, Duran Duran wouldn’t be the Hall of Famers they are today. As Duran Duran was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame at a ceremony at L.A.’s Microsoft Theater on Saturday, one of the band’s founding members was absent from the festivities. Duran Duran's Andy Taylor reveals cancer diagnosis. Duran Duran were awarded in their hometown of Birmingham, where they had formed in 1978. With his rock ‘n’ roll attitude and playing style, Taylor was something of an outlier in the band, contributing a rawness to Duran Duran’s sound during those golden years. Duran Duran were awarded in their hometown of Birmingham, where they had formed in 1978. On Monday evening of March 14, just hours before they were scheduled to hit the stage at The Joint in Las Vegas, Duran Duran guitarist Andy Taylor received news that his father's health had seriously deteriorated and that doctors were requesting his immediate return to the UK, where his father has been in hospital for the past few weeks. The band rose to conquer the globe with a string of unforgettable hits such as 'Rio,' 'Hungry Like the Wolf,' and 'The Reflex.' With Simon Le Bon as their frontman, they were the defining pop act of the 1980s, but Andy Taylor. All those numbers came with slick music videos which either looked like shorts from blockbuster movies, or, in the case of “Girls On Film” and “The Chauffeur,” were too risqué for mainstream TV. Wild Boy is the explosive first inside account of the rise and fall of Duran Duran. With a string of hits, including “Girls On Film,” “Rio,” “Hungry Like The Wolf,” “Is There Something I Should Know,” “The Reflex,” “Wild Boys,” Duran Duran was arguably the most popular band on the planet in the first half of the 1980s. Taylor has lived the dream like few others. Original Duran Duran guitarist Andy Taylor was unable to attend tonight’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony in Los Angeles honoring the group, as the guitarist has been battling. I’ve had so much in terms of living the dream.” ![]() “You really want to get the most out of life. “Every minute is like an hour, every day is like a week,” he explains. Duran Duran have a superb new album, Future Past, out this Friday. In a fight with cancer, time is precious.
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