BiografieTaz Taylor was born and raised just outside Birmingham, England. His two earliest musical memories are "Parisienne Walkways" by Gary Moore and "Since You Been Gone" by Rainbow.



"I remember sitting in the middle of the floor in front of the T.V watching Rainbow perform "Since You Been Gone" on Top of the Pops. I was transfixed" says Taz. He took up the guitar shortly afterwards and soon discovered the playing of Michael Schenker, via the UFO classic "Strangers in the Night".



The early ´80s was a great time to be obsessed with guitar, albums by the Michael Schenker Group, Gary Moore, Van Halen and Ozzy Osbourne (with Randy Rhoads) became both the sound track to Taz´s life and his subconscious music teacher.



Disillusioned by the music scene in the early ´90s Taz more or less dropped out of playing completely for a few years, until suddenly in ´95 "I simply became suddenly obsessed once more. I decided to become the best guitar player that I could. Not trying to compete with anyone, not trying to prove anything to anyone.........I simply wanted to play my best and communicate.



Taz spent almost a decade working on his craft, no band, no jam sessions; he was something of a musical recluse, holed up in his practice room in San Diego California, where he had moved to in January ´97.



The result of this was the highly acclaimed instrumental album "Caffeine Racer". Taz then set about putting together a band to promote the album.

Bob Miller was drafted to play Keyboards, Dirk Krause on Bass and a succession of drummers!! When it came time to record again, the whole band knew that they wanted vocals this time around. Taz put in a call to his all time favorite vocalist Graham Bonnet. He figured, he may as well start at the top of his list and work down. As it turned out, Graham got in touch just a couple of days later and they hit it off instantly. "Probably because we are a couple of English guys in exile here in Southern California!" says Taz. The writing of the material for "Welcome to America" flowed. Says Taz “When Graham commented that he found it really easy to write to my musical arrangements, I replied that, that was probably because I learned to play guitar whilst listening to albums that he sang on!" The results speak for themselves. If you love that Rainbow sound then this will not disappoint, this is a tremendous rock album bursting with melody and well written songs. A great rock album which deserves your attention.
Quelle: http://www.escape-music.com/frames1.htmDiscografie1997 - Caffeine Racer

2006 - Welcome To America
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