Roger toca vários instrumentos, incluindo guitarra, baixo e teclado, como pode ser ouvido em seu álbum de estreia a solo, em que ele tocou todos os instrumentos e cantou todos os vocais. Ele já tocou com artistas como Eric Clapton, Roger Waters, Roger Daltrey, Robert Plant, Phil Collins, Genesis, Jimmy Nail, Elton John, Gary Numan, Shakin' Stevens, Foo Fighters, Al Stewart, Steve Vai, Yoshiki Hayashi, Cherie e Bon Jovi. Como produtor, ele produziu álbuns de Virginia Wolf e Magnum.
A história musical de Roger inicia-se aos oito anos quando ganhou uma Ukelele, uma guitarra havaiana, onde aprendeu sozinho os primeiros acordes.
Em maio de 1960, em troca de uma bolsa de estudos, Roger começou a cantar no coro da escola. No natal de 1961 o pai ofereceu-lhe um bombo e um tambor. Depois de ter tocado em algumas bandas, em 1967, Roger foi para Londres estudar biologia e conheceu Brian May e Tim Staffell formando o grupo Smile.
Ele é mais conhecido como baterista/percussionista da banda de rock Queen. Ele escreveu músicas para todos álbuns do grupo, contribuindo com, pelo menos, uma faixa de cada álbum, tais como: "I'm In Love With My Car", "Radio Ga Ga", "A Kind Of Magic", "Innuendo", "The invisible Man", entre outras famosas canções.
Roger foi o primeiro integrante do Queen a desenvolver uma carreira a solo em 1979 com o compacto "I Wanna Testify/Turn on the TV".
Após a morte de Freddie Mercury, em 1994 Roger gravou o single "Foreign Sand" com o ex-X japonês Yoshiki, e regravou "Final Destination" do The Cross.
Roger Taylor foi considerado um dos melhores bateristas de todos os tempos.
Born in King's Lynn, Norfolk, Roger Taylor moved to Truro, Cornwall, south west England, with his mother Winifred, father Michael and younger sister Clare. When he was seven years old he and some friends formed his first band, the Bubblingover Boys, in which he played the ukulele. He briefly attended Truro Cathedral School, then at the age of thirteen joined Truro School as a day boy. At the age of 15 Taylor became a member of The Reaction, a very busy semi-pro rock band formed mainly of boys from Truro School. In 1967, he went to London to study dentistry at the London Hospital Medical College.
By the time News of the World came out, Taylor met his future girlfriend Dominique Beyrand. She was working for Richard Branson at the time, who was at the helm of Queen's free concert at Hyde Park. They lived together from 1980–1987, raising their two children, Felix Luther and Rory Eleanor. They decided to get married for reasons relating to his estate, to protect his children's interest in the future. At the time, Taylor was seeing another girl, Debbie Leng (also seen in the "Breakthru" video); he moved in with her a month after his marriage of convenience to Dominique. Before Freddie Mercury's death, Roger and Debbie had their first child, Rufus Tiger, who was born in March 1991. He ended up having two more children with Debbie: Tiger Lily (1994), and Lola Daisy May (2000). In late 2002, they decided to break up. Taylor remarried on 3 October 2010, to Sarina Potgieter, his girlfriend of six years.
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Born in King's Lynn, Norfolk, Roger Taylor moved to Truro, Cornwall, south west England, with his mother Winifred, father Michael and younger sister Clare. When he was seven years old he and some friends formed his first band, the Bubblingover Boys, in which he played the ukulele. He briefly attended Truro Cathedral School, then at the age of thirteen joined Truro School as a day boy. At the age of 15 Taylor became a member of The Reaction, a very busy semi-pro rock band formed mainly of boys from Truro School. In 1967, he went to London to study dentistry at the London Hospital Medical College.
By the time News of the World came out, Taylor met his future girlfriend Dominique Beyrand. She was working for Richard Branson at the time, who was at the helm of Queen's free concert at Hyde Park. They lived together from 1980–1987, raising their two children, Felix Luther and Rory Eleanor. They decided to get married for reasons relating to his estate, to protect his children's interest in the future. At the time, Taylor was seeing another girl, Debbie Leng (also seen in the "Breakthru" video); he moved in with her a month after his marriage of convenience to Dominique. Before Freddie Mercury's death, Roger and Debbie had their first child, Rufus Tiger, who was born in March 1991. He ended up having two more children with Debbie: Tiger Lily (1994), and Lola Daisy May (2000). In late 2002, they decided to break up. Taylor remarried on 3 October 2010, to Sarina Potgieter, his girlfriend of six years.
