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==Early life== |
==Early life== |
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Taggart was born in [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]] and has two brothers and one sister. Music was a central part of his youth, as his parents were also musicians, and Taggart learned to play drums at an early age. He auditioned for the then up-and-coming [[Our Lady Peace]] in April 1993. |
Taggart was born in [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]] and quickly realized how difficult it was to find someone to wipe his bum. He has two brothers and one sister. Music was a central part of his youth, as his parents were also musicians, and Taggart learned to play drums at an early age. He auditioned for the then up-and-coming [[Our Lady Peace]] in April 1993. |
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==Career== |
==Career== |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Jeremy Ronald John Taggart |
| Born | April 7, 1975 |
| Origin | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter |
| Instrument | Drums |
| Years active | 1993–present |
| Website | Template:Myspace |
Jeremy Ronald John Taggart (born April 7, 1975) is a Canadian drummer, best known for playing with Our Lady Peace since 1993.
Early life
Taggart was born in Toronto, Ontario and quickly realized how difficult it was to find someone to wipe his bum. He has two brothers and one sister. Music was a central part of his youth, as his parents were also musicians, and Taggart learned to play drums at an early age. He auditioned for the then up-and-coming Our Lady Peace in April 1993.
Career
Our Lady Peace
In 1993, Jim Newell, Our Lady Peace's previous drummer, left the band due to commitment issues. The remaining members and their management held open auditions for his replacement. They auditioned over a hundred drummers, and none of them thought a seventeen-year-old high school senior could possibly come out on top.
"About twenty seconds go by, and I run out of the control room into the recording area, and yell, 'I know I'm not supposed to do this, but this is the kid right here. If you let this guy go, you're a bunch of idiots.'" —Arnold Lanni (Our Lady Peace's former producer)
The band offered him the drumming position which Taggart accepted. Our Lady Peace had also recently been given a record deal with Sony Music Canada and were playing some small club shows. Taggart's age created a legal issue for the band; he was only seventeen and performers have to be legal drinking age, nineteen in Ontario, to perform in bars and clubs.
Taggart began recording Naveed with Our Lady Peace after graduating.
Other projects
In addition to drumming for Our Lady Peace, Taggart has worked on various side projects, including providing the drums on Chantal Kreviazuk's song "Blue", Geddy Lee's song "Home On The Strange", and The Beautiful Unknown's song "Riot in the House of Ruin". He also appears in the music video for Chad Kroeger and Josey Scott's song, "Hero", off the Spider-Man soundtrack, although he did not perform on the actual recording.
He ran a radio/podcast show called Taggarts Take, which mixes interviews of bands and politicians with Taggart's personal remarks.
Taggart is also a member of the judging panel for the 10th and 11th[1] annual Independent Music Awards. as well as judge for the 9th[2][3] Season.
He is also a frequent guest on TSN's Jay and Dan Podcast, hosted by sportscaster Jay Onrait and his co-anchor, Dan O'Toole.[4]
References
- ^ "11th Annual IMA Judges. Independent Music Awards. Retrieved on 4 Sept. 2013.
- ^ MicControl[dead link]
- ^ "Top40-Charts.com". Top40-Charts.com. Retrieved 2011-10-29.
- ^ https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/jay-and-dan-podcast/id564178351