Career
Taylor started playing in local bands in his youth before joining Neon as a session musician in the early 1980s. During this time he met Curt Smith and Roland Orzabal who, after founding Tears for Fears, asked Taylor to tour with them and play guitar tracks for their second album, Songs from the Big Chair (1985), and their third The Seeds of Love (1989). Taylor toured with the band several times between 1983 and 1990 and appears on their live concert videos In My Mind"s Eye (1984) and Going to California (1990).
In 2011, Taylor released his first solo album, Number Self Control, and toured Germany assisted by Gary Nuttal.
In April 2012, he released his second album Chasing Butterflies.
