Education
Taylor-Taylor attended Sunset High School in Beaverton, a suburb of Portland and studied sociology, psychology and music at Cascade College, also in Portland.
Taylor-Taylor attended Sunset High School in Beaverton, a suburb of Portland and studied sociology, psychology and music at Cascade College, also in Portland.
He is the lead singer and guitarist of alternative rock band The Dandy Warhols, a band he co-founded. Taylor-Taylor co-wrote a graphic novel titled One Model Nation about a fictional 1970s German krautrock band, which was released in 2009. This was accompanied by a studio album titled Totalwerks, Volume
1 (1969–1977), a fake greatest hits album by the fictional band, released in 2012.
He recalls sticking out as a teenager: "You don"t fit in if you"re a make-up-wearing weirdo, surrounded by large, clumsy guys and cheerleaders". He found refuge in the work of Friedrich Nietzsche and Kurt Vonnegut.
lieutenant was here he met future bandmate Peter Holmström. After graduating, Taylor-Taylor worked as a mechanic while playing drums for the local band Nero"s Rome.
He was also the drummer in the Portland-based glam rock-popular band The Beauty Stab.
Music career
Non-music career
Taylor-Taylor appeared in an episode of the second season of the television show Veronica Mars, "Cheatty Cheatty Bang Bang", performing the song "Love Hurts". He appeared in the 2009 music documentary film The Heart Is a Drum Machine as well as a 2011 episode of the Australian music quiz television show Spicks and Specks. Taylor-Taylor was one of the contributors to the book Sex Tips from Rock Stars by Paul Miles, published by Omnibus Press in July 2010.