Andy Taylor

Andy Taylor (born 16 February 1961) is a British guitarist who plays guitar in the electronic rock/pop band Duran Duran. He was born and raised in Newcastle, and began playing guitar at the age of eleven.

Andy Taylor (born 16 February 1961) is a British guitarist who plays guitar in the electronic rock/pop band Duran Duran. He was born and raised in Newcastle, and began playing guitar at the age of eleven. He was soon playing with local bands, and even took a hand at producing one at the age of sixteen. He dropped out of school early to tour England and Europe with several different bands, playing men's clubs and air force bases.

Taylor joined Duran Duran in 1980 (easily the most experienced musician in the band), and enjoyed their crazy rise to fame over the next five years. He married Tracey Wilson, one of the band's hairstylists, in 1982. They have four children. He grew dissatisfied with the band's keyboard-heavy synth pop, however, and longed to stretch out his rock muscles.