Taylor also contributed percussion to the other Duran Duran splinter-group The Power Station, performing on ' Some Like It Hot' from their self titled album.

The album featured Sting, David Gilmour, Herbie Hancock and Grace Jones. Prior to formally leaving the band, Taylor worked with Duran Duran bandmates Simon Le Bon and Nick Rhodes on Arcadia's album So Red the Rose, side project of Duran Duran in 1985. His final performance with Duran Duran was in July 1985 at Live Aid, an event that reached a global audience of 2 billion people. However, the intense schedule of recording and touring coupled with the pressures of fame left Taylor exhausted. In 1985, the band recorded the theme to the James Bond film A View To A Kill which became their second US no.1 hit.

Taylor played drums on the band's first three studio albums ( Duran Duran, Rio, and Seven and the Ragged Tiger) and the live album Arena. Taylor became an international star with the other members of Duran Duran as they rose to fame in the early-mid 1980s. After the band split in 1979 he joined Duran Duran. After being inspired by the punk bands playing at Barbarella's in Birmingham, he formed the New Wave/Punk outfit Scent Organs, who became regional finalists in the Melody Maker young band of the year in 1978. Taylor cited drummers Paul Thompson of Roxy Music, Charlie Watts of The Rolling Stones and Tony Thompson of Chic as his key musical influences growing up.īefore joining Duran Duran, he played with several school and local club bands. He would eventually 'play' at Villa Park, but as Duran Duran's drummer at the MENCAP Concert. His first ambition was to be a goalkeeper for English Premier League club Aston Villa, and as a child he was taken to every home match by his father Hugh, but at 5'9 never grew tall enough to realise his dream. Roger began drumming around the age of twelve, teaching himself by playing along with his favorite records.

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