Life Goes On – A straight up ballad and something Bryan Adams would love to have in his arsenal.Ĥ. Don’t Let Me Die Young – How come I never heard this song before? Two for two.ģ. Starts out like Motley Crue but settles back into a fun pop groove with great guitars.Ģ. I Might Lie – An 80s hard rock song and a total delight. Girls like the glam, guys like the music evidently because after listening to Thunder just once, I’m trying to understand how he ever got lost.ġ. Basically, if a record had the slightest connection to Duran Duran I bought it, even if it was Andy Taylor, as I’ve come to learn, was the least favorite of the Fab 5 among the so-called Duranies. I picked up Thunder at a record store in Portland (probably in the last five years) only because of my wife’s love for Duran Duran. I don’t know how long Thunder has sat on my record shelf but I never listened to it. Taylor also brought former Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones onboard to help out on Thunder as the former punk rocker contributed additional guitars and co-writing duties. Taylor provides vocals for all the songs on Thunder and don’t tell Simon Le Bon, but he’s got a great voice. Thunder peaked at 46 in the United States and an even worse 61 in his home country. Clearly, a hard rocker at heart, I’m guessing based on his 1987 solo album Thunder, he got bored to tears with the prolific use of keyboards and synthesizers along with the occasional guitar for Duran Duran’s music, so he went his own way.Īndy Taylor wants to rock out and play the guitar! That’s exactly what the former Duran Duran guitarist accomplishes on Thunder, the first of two solo albums. Whatever you call Andy Taylor you can kind of see why he separated with Duran Duran not once, but twice. You can find all dates and tickets here.The lost member? The forgotten member? The expendable member? Rolling Stone UK has contacted Duran Duran’s press representative for comment.ĭuran Duran are heading out on a UK, Ireland and North American tour this year, kicking off in Manchester on April 29, with two dates scheduled for London’s O2 Arena (May 2, 4) with further dates in Leeds, Birmingham, Dublin and Glasgow before they head to the States in late May. “ said it was stage four, metastatic – which is a death sentence.” I started having these symptoms… and then I noticed on my neck I had what felt like tumours. “We are going back into the studio together in a month or so, just to see what we can cook up.”Īndy Taylor opened up about discovering his cancer diagnosis earlier this year, telling 5 News: “I was out jogging, and I started to notice what you would think was a kind of arthritic sort of pain, and I never thought more of it than that. “It’s mostly covers, actually that’s part of a whole conceptual project we’re working on,” he added. John also alluded to the new project in an interview with 99X Atlanta earlier this month, sharing: “There’s a project that we have in the works that’s going to be coming out towards the end of the year.” The bassist did not say if Andy Taylor’s involvement will be part of a documentary, but said: “Somebody will have an iPhone on it.” They haven’t been in the studio together in maybe 10 to 20 years.” “ LeBon is flying to Ibiza to work with Andy. The band are also reportedly recording in London and LA. So having him be a part of that project is great.” There’s a lot of cover songs on the album, songs meaningful to us when we were kids.
ANDY TAYLOR DURAN DURAN 2021 TV
He continued: “Had he come to LA and just gone on the TV show, we probably wouldn’t have even thought about it. “We’re working on an album right now that is going to be coming out at the end of the year and he’s playing guitar.” Location courtesy of Gagosian gallery 980 Madison, New York) Duran Duran in New York, 2021 (Picture: Sacha Lecca for Rolling Stone. “When he dropped the bomb two days before the Hall of Fame, it was really shocking and terribly sad,” John said (via The Mirror), speaking at An Unforgettable Evening in Los Angeles on Thursday (March 16). Now, bassist John Taylor has said that the band are working with the guitarist again on new material. Taylor was set to reunite with Duran Duran onstage for the first time in 17 years at their Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction in November 2022, but was forced to miss it after experiencing a setback in treatment. Madonna breaks silence after hospitalisation: ‘I’m on the road to recovery’.Check out our exclusive photos of Self Esteem’s stunning Wembley Stadium show.
The guitarist – who played with the band on-and-off between 19 – has terminal stage 4 prostate cancer, having being diagnosed with the illness around four years ago. Duran Duran are reportedly working with former guitarist Andy Taylor on a new album.
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