Courtney Taylor-Taylor
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 Courtney Taylor-Taylor performing live with The Dandy Warhols in 2003 |
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| Birth name | Courtney Taylor |
| Born | July 20, 1967 |
| Origin | Portland, Oregon, United States |
| Genres | Alternative rock |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar, drums |
| Associated acts | The Dandy Warhols, The Beauty Stab, Nero's Rome, One Model Nation |
Courtney A. Taylor (born 20 July 1967), known as Courtney Taylor-Taylor, is an American singer-songwriter from Portland, Oregon. He is the lead singer and guitarist of alternative rock band The Dandy Warhols, a band he co-founded. The majority of the band's songs are written by Taylor-Taylor, including hits "We Used to Be Friends" and "Bohemian Like You".[1] 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, Vol. 1 (1969-1977), a fake greatest hits album by the fictional band, released in 2012.
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Biography [edit]
Early life [edit]
Taylor-Taylor attended Sunset High School in Beaverton, a suburb of Portland and studied sociology, psychology and music at Cascade College, also in Portland.[citation needed] 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."[2] He found refuge in the work of Friedrich Nietzsche and Kurt Vonnegut.[2] It was here he met future bandmate Peter Holmström. After graduating, he worked as a mechanic while playing drums for the local band Nero's Rome.[2] He was also the drummer in the Portland-based glam rock-pop band The Beauty Stab.[3]
Taylor-Taylor informally added the second "Taylor" to his last name around 1999.[citation needed]
Like his cousin and bandmate Brent DeBoer, Taylor-Taylor is of Dutch ancestry.[4]
Taylor-Taylor appears in and narrates the film Dig!, a documentary about the relationship between his band The Dandy Warhols and sometime friends/rivals The Brian Jonestown Massacre.
Non-music career [edit]
Taylor-Taylor appeared in an episode of the second season of the TV show Veronica Mars, "Cheatty Cheatty Bang Bang", performing the song "Love Hurts".[5] He appeared in the 2009 music documentary film The Heart Is a Drum Machine[6] as well as a 2011 episode of the Australian music quiz television show Spicks and Specks.[7]
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.[8]
References [edit]
- ^ "BMI". bmi.com. Retrieved 29 July 2012. Text " Repertoire Search " ignored (help)
- ^ a b c Diaz, Silva (16 May 2003). "Fast And Louche". independent.co.uk. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
- ^ Clarke, SP (2011). "History of Portland Rock 7 : spclarke.com". spclarke.com. Retrieved 29 July 2012.
- ^ "The Dandy Warhols - A Hard Day's Night (live acoustic in SF) - YouTube". YouTube. 3 October 2006. Retrieved 29 July 2012.
- ^ "Cheatty Cheatty Bang Bang". Veronica Mars. Season 2. Episode 3. 12 October 2005. CBS.
- ^ "Courtney Taylor-Taylor - IMDb". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 29 July 2012.
- ^ "Episode Eleven". Spicks and Specks. 20 July 2011. ABC.
- ^ "Rock Stars". paul-miles.com. Retrieved 14 October 2011.
External links [edit]
- Courtney Taylor-Taylor at the Internet Movie Database
- The Dandy Warhols' official website
- One Model Nation website
- Interview with Courtney Taylor-Taylor (via Talk Rock To Me) April 20, 2012
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