John Taylor Played Guitar When Duran Duran Was Founded, But Switched To Bass

Born in Solihull which was then in Warwickshire, John Taylor grew up in nearby Hollywood Worcestershire England. As a child he attended Our Lady of the Wayside Catholic School and the Abbey High School in Redditch, wore glasses enjoyed James Bond movies and was interested in the hobby of wargaming with hand painted model soldiers. In his early teen years he discovered music, choosing Roxy Music as his favourite band and before long was collecting records and teaching himself to play the piano, His first band was called Shock Treatment. In 1978 Taylor and school friend Nick Rhodes formed Duran Duran with Stephen Duffy while attending the School of Foundation Studies & Experimental Workshop at Birmingham Polytechnic. Soon after Taylor underwent an ugly duckling transformation, ditching the glasses for contact lenses adopting the ruffles and sashes of the fashion that would become known as the New Romantic style and learning to wear eyeliner and lipstick, He stopped using the name Nigel and has been known throughout his professional career as John Taylor. Taylor played guitar when Duran Duran was founded, but switched to bass guitar after discovering the funky rhythms of Chic and learned to enjoy playing in the rhythm section with Duran's newly recruited drummer Roger Taylor. He has frequently cited Chic's Bernard Edwards and the Clash's Paul Simonon as his strongest influences, in addition to Paul McCartney, James Jamerson and Roxy Music players Graham Simpson and John Porter, Duran Duran released their first album in 1981 and went on to worldwide success in the early 1980s.
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