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Roger Meddowes-Taylor
born 26/7 1949 in Kings Lynn /Norfolk). When he was eight his family moved
to Truro in Cornwall. There he was educated at Truro School. During this
time he played in various local bands, first as a guitarist than as a
drummer (with vocals). Roger came to London as a dentistry student (London
Hospital Medical School), but left before completing his course in favor
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Smile was the name of Roger's band under
this studies time. Tim Staffel and Brian May were the other members. Smile
did only one released single Earth/Step on me. 1969 Freddie Mercury (also
Staffel`s flat mate) joined Roger in running a secondhand clothes
stall in Kensington Market. After two years a new band was born,
"Queen " the era begins. |
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Discography |
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- Fun In Space
- Strange Frontier
- Happiness?
- Electric Fire
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- 1988 Shove it
- 1990 Mad Bad And Dangerous To Know
- 1991 Blue Rock
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Queen
did not do so many performances at this time, and Roger wanted to play live
with a group (after two solo record). 1987 he started to choose members for
the new group. The name was "the Cross", and this time Roger did
practice he's guitar skill.
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The Cross
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Clayton Moss, Leadguitar |
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Roger Taylor, Vocals, Guitar |
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Peter Noone, Bass |
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Josh Macrae, Drums |
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Spike Edney, Keyboards |
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Live Cyberbarn
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Roger did a live show only for the net. The concert were containing
following tracks.
- We Will Rock You
- Pressure On
- A Nation Of Haircuts
- Believe In Yourself
- People On Streets
- No Moore Fun
- Tonight
- Surrender
- These Are The Days Of Our Lives
- Radio-Ga-Ga
And hit a world record (595000 hits from internet viewers during the
concert)
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Some
of Roger's Other Project
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- Roger produced Magnum Lp "Vigilante" with Dave
Richards (Later the Cross played with magnum on tour ,I had the privileges
to see one concert)
- Backing vocals for Ian Hunter "All American Boy"
- Backing vocals on Billy Squier`s Emotions in Motion
- Drums for some Gary Numan tracks
- Also drums on Elton John tracks 1985-86
- Jimmy Nail track "Take It On Fire" played and
co-produced
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