Roger Taylor Bio

Although best known for his powerhouse role in Queen, Roger Taylor is anything but a drummer confined to his kit. With rock ‘n’ roll in his veins all through his schooldays, he has always been a highly active, vocal member of Queen. He famously wrote Queen’s
No.1 hits Radio Ga Ga, Days of our Lives and A Kind of Magic, amongst others. Each of the band’s 15 studio albums included compositions by him including such eternal classics as I’m In Love With My Car and Sheer Heart Attack . He was also the first to make a solo album, 1981’s Fun in Space. To date he has released four solo albums, which, aside from his work with Queen, further highlighted Taylor as an musician and writer with a strong sense of identity, a wide musical perspective, and a defined political awareness, more often than not conveyed in characteristic irony. He is kept busy these days overseeing Queen’s worldwide hit musical We Will Rock You and as the creator and driving force behind the Queen Extravaganza, the hugely successful official Queen tribute band. The Extravaganza is undertaking its second tour of North America and then takes its unique show to the UK. For the immediate future Roger is to release new solo material with the album “Fun On Earth” as well as a retrospective box set, “The Lot”, possibly followed by a solo tour.