Brian "Dolph" Taylor (born 10 November 1958) is a British former drummer.

Career

Tom Robinson Band

Taylor's first band was Dragon's Playground, which earlier had had

Annie Lennox Ann Lennox (born 25 December 1954) is a Scottish singer-songwriter, political activist and philanthropist. After achieving moderate success in the late 1970s as part of the new wave band the Tourists, she and fellow musician Dave Stewart w ...

as a vocalist. In 1976 Dragon's Playground appeared on ATV's ''

New Faces ''New Faces'' is a British television talent show that aired in the 1970s and 1980s. It has been hosted by Leslie Crowther, Derek Hobson and Marti Caine. It was produced for the ITV network by ATV, and later by Central. Original series: ...

''. His career with the Tom Robinson Band started when Taylor gave a friend a lift to an audition as bass guitarist for the Tom Robinson Band in 1976. As the band had no drummer at that point, Taylor (who was already a drummer) filled in. By the end of the evening, the band was still looking for a bass guitarist, but had found their drummer. He stayed for two years, eventually resigning in 1978.

Stiff Little Fingers

In 1982 he joined

Stiff Little Fingers Stiff Little Fingers are a Northern Irish punk rock band from Belfast. They formed in 1977 at the height of the Troubles, which informed much of their songwriting. They started out as a schoolboy band called Highway Star (named after the Deep P ...

, playing on the ''£1.10 or less'' EP, and the '' Now Then...'' (1982) album, before the band split in 1983.

Spear of Destiny

In 1983 after the demise of SLF, Taylor become the occasional session drummer for producer Nick Tauber. Towards the end of 1983 through his work with Nick Tauber, he was introduced to and joined Kirk Brandon's

Spear of Destiny A spear is a polearm consisting of a shaft, usually of wood, with a pointed head. The head may be simply the sharpened end of the shaft itself, as is the case with fire hardened spears, or it may be made of a more durable material fastened to t ...

as their full-time drummer. Dolph became a part of The Engine Room, the

rhythm section, along with bass player

Stan Stammers Stan Stammers (born 19 May 1961, England) is an English musician best known as the bass player for the bands Theatre of Hate, Spear of Destiny (band), Spear of Destiny and Plastic Eaters. Early life Stammers grew up in Saffron Walden, Essex. ...

. He left

in 1986 after they were dropped by their record label CBS, and after the band went through a line-up change.

Marius Müller-Westernhagen

Taylor also was working with a German artist for quite some time in the late 70's and early 80's, singer-songwriter Marius Müller-Westernhagen, appearing on the latter's 1983 album 'Geiler Is' Schon', as an example.

Stiff Little Fingers

In 1987 Taylor was asked to join the reformed SLF, with whom he stayed until 1996, playing on 1991's '' Flags and Emblems'' and 1994's '' Get a Life''.

Post-SLF

In 1997 he and one time SLF manager Russell Emanuel set up Extreme Music, a company that composes and sells

production music Production music (also known as stock music or library music) is recorded music that can be music licensing, licensed to customers for use in film, television, radio and other media. Often, the music is produced and owned by production music libra ...

References

External links

Extreme Music

Stiff Little Fingers
* – Spear of Destiny's Rhythm Section {{DEFAULTSORT:Taylor, Dolph 1958 births Living people English rock drummers Stiff Little Fingers members Spear of Destiny (band) members Tom Robinson Band members