Rufus Tiger Taylor
British drummer
Rufus Tiger Taylor (born 8 March 1991) is an English musician. He is best known as the drummer for the rock band the Darkness since May 2015, and as a touring drummer for the Queen + Adam Lambert stage shows. He is the son of Queen drummer Roger Taylor.
Early life
Taylor was born on 8 March 1991 in London, to Queen drummer Roger Taylor and his longtime girlfriend Deborah Leng. According to his father, Rufus' middle name "Tiger" was chosen by Queen lead singer Freddie Mercury. Taylor claims that growing up with drums made him decide that he wanted to follow in his father's footsteps, as he was uninterested academically, leaving school at the age of 16 in favour of a ski instruction course with Warren Smith Ski Academy.
Career
Taylor's first notable appearance was the 2008 Royal Variety Performance, where he played drums for Kerry Ellis and his father Roger Taylor's Queen partner Brian May to an audience including Charles III, then-Prince of Wales, and his wife Camilla, then-Duchess of Cornwall. In 2009, he played with Queen touring musician Spike Edney as part of his SAS (Spike's All-Stars) band. He toured with the Queen musical stage show, We Will Rock You, and worked again alongside Brian May as well as his father with Kerry Ellis on her album Anthems, contributing some drum tracks.
In 2011, Taylor performed alongside his father, when he joined the Queen + Adam Lambert collaboration as a touring musician, providing drums and percussion for the stage show.
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