![]() ![]() “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. 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 Andy Taylor Says His Wife of '40,000 Years' Deserves an Award for Her 'Tolerance Meter' 'I kind of always thought it was worth working it out,' the guitarist says of the secret to a. Without Andy Taylor’s contribution, many fans and critics argue, Duran Duran wouldn’t be the Hall of Famers they are today. The band’s original guitarist has revealed he has stage 4 metastatic prostate cancer. With Simon Le Bon as their frontman, they were the defining pop act of the 1980s, but Andy Taylor, the enigmatic lead guitarist, is widely acknowledged to have been their musical driving force. 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, L-R: Roger Taylor, Simon Le Bon, John Taylor, Nick Rhodes and Andy Taylor. Former Duran Duran guitarist Andy Taylor was unable to attend the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony with his bandmates on Saturday in Los Angeles. 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. 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. 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. His bandmates read a letter onstage, however, in which Taylor revealed to the Los Angeles crowd that he has stage 4 prostate cancer. In a fight with cancer, time is precious. Duran Duran have a superb new album, Future Past, out this Friday. Duran Duran guitarist Andy Taylor, 61, and Rage Against the Machine bassist Tim Commerford, 54, separately revealed they are each battling prostate cancer. When Duran Duran was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame on Saturday, guitarist Andy Taylor was notably absent. ![]()
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