Courtney Taylor-Taylor
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| Birth name | Courtney Taylor |
| Born | July 20, 1967 |
| Origin | Oregon, USA |
| Genres | Alternative rock Psychedelic rock Garage rock |
| Instruments | Guitar, drums |
| Associated acts | The Dandy Warhols |
Courtney Taylor-Taylor (born Courtney Taylor, 20 July, 1967) is the primary songwriter, lead singer and guitarist for The Dandy Warhols, a band he co-founded. He attended Sunset High School in Beaverton, Oregon, a suburb of Portland. The majority of the songs are written by Taylor-Taylor, including hits "We Used to Be Friends" and "Bohemian Like You".
He 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. Taylor also appeared in the second season of the TV show Veronica Mars performing the song "Love Hurts".
He was the drummer in the Portland-based glam rock/pop music band The Beauty Stab.[1]
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Personal life
He once dated Jane Pratt, the founder of Jane and Sassy magazines. On 22 December 2007, he married his long-time girlfriend Lockett Allbritton.
[edit] Family
Taylor-Taylor's cousin, Michael E. Armagost, was Third Mate on the SS Edmund Fitzgerald, which sank on Lake Superior in 1975, drowning all men on board. The Dandy Warhols released a cover of the Gordon Lightfoot song "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" on their second album, The Black Album. Like his cousin and fellow bandmate, Brent DeBoer, Courtney is of Dutch ancestry.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ "History of Portland Rock - Part 7: The Early ‘90s". http://www.spclarke.com/historyofportlandrockpart7.htm. Retrieved 2008-10-10.
- ^ The Dandy Warhols - A Hard Day's Night (live acoustic in SF). youtube.com
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