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Dolph Taylor
Taylor performing in 1985
Background information
Birth name	Brian Taylor
Born	(1958-11-10) 10 November 1958 (age 66)
Origin	England
Genres	Rock, punk rock
Occupation	Drummer

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 as a vocalist.^[1] In 1976 Dragon's Playground appeared on ATV's New Faces.

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, 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 Spear of Destiny as their full-time drummer.^[2] Dolph became a part of The Engine Room, the Spear of Destiny rhythm section, along with bass player Stan Stammers. He left Spear of Destiny 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.

References

^ "Mike Dolbear DRUMS". Archived from the original on 27 February 2012. Retrieved 14 April 2012.
^ Thompson, Dave. "Biography: Spear of Destiny". AllMusic. Retrieved 8 May 2010.

External links

Extreme Music
Stiff Little Fingers
The Engine Room^[usurped] – Spear of Destiny's Rhythm Section

Preceded by Jim Reilly	Drummer for Stiff Little Fingers 1981–1982	Succeeded by Group Disbanded
Preceded by group inactive	Drummer for Stiff Little Fingers 1987–1996	Succeeded by Steve Grantley

v t e Stiff Little Fingers
Jake Burns Ali McMordie Steve Grantley Ian McCallum Henry Cluney Brian Faloon Gordon Blair Jim Reilly Dolphin Taylor Bruce Foxton
Studio albums	Inflammable Material Nobody's Heroes Go for It Now Then... Flags and Emblems Get a Life Tinderbox Hope Street Guitar and Drum No Going Back
Live albums	The Christmas Album Broken Fingers/Live in Aberdeen Hanx! Live and Loud No Sleep 'til Belfast Greatest Hits Live See You Up There Alternative Chartbusters Fly the Flags Pure Fingers
Compilation albums	All the Best The Radio One Sessions
Singles	"Suspect Device" "Alternative Ulster"
Related articles	Discography

v t e Spear of Destiny
Craig Adams Kirk Brandon Mike Kelly Adrian Portas Chris Bostock Robin Goodridge Marco Pirroni Alan St. Clair Stan Stammers Dolphin Taylor Mark Thwaite
Studio albums	Grapes of Wrath One Eyed Jacks World Service Outland The Price You Pay Sod's Law Religion Volunteers Morning Star Loadestone Imperial Prototype Omega Point
Singles	"Never Take Me Alive"
Related	Theatre of Hate Dead Men Walking Kirk Brandon's 10:51

v t e Tom Robinson Band
Mark Ambler Danny Kustow Tom Robinson Dolphin Taylor Preston Heyman Nick Plytas Charlie Morgan
Studio albums	Power in the Darkness (1978) TRB Two (1979)
Songs	"2-4-6-8 Motorway" "Glad to Be Gay"

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