Sometimes there’s two guitars mixed together to sound like one. It wasn’t the sort of thing like Angus or Eddie where they write a whole guitar part with a solo. We kept things hybrid, and kept the guitar. Everyone moved away from guitars and made things synth-dominant with the LinnDrum and the 808. I learned all these different styles of playing, which was really what was the most necessary thing for guitar to work in Duran. I was playing covers, but you couldn’t get away with cheating. You had to do six 45-minute sets, so I learned all kinds of material and could do all that. I learned that stuff when I played American military bases before I joined Duran Duran. We were a little bit young for punk, since we were all like 13 or 14 when it happened. Maybe they’re not quite as definitive culturally now. It’s amazing how decades were so definitive. When you watch the videos from this time, you can basically see the Seventies ending and the Eighties beginning. It took us about six months from our first gig to releasing our first single. By that time we had all the first album written and demoed. By the time we got up to the autumn, we got a break supporting Hazel O’Connor. I don’t know if we had “Planet Earth” then, but we had the sound. I’m still in kind of a little sort of heavenly space of, “Did this really happen? Did I get this lucky?” When it was diagnosed five years ago, I was told that I would have five years, max. But they said, “There’s now a better likelihood that you won’t die than you will die.” They said, “This will keep you going for years,” and then after that something else comes along, so you’re constantly chasing treatments. Turns out I’ve got a gene mutation, a hereditary thing, and they saw how this other treatment could work for me. We’re probably a little bit behind in cancer care in the U.K. He did a genomic test on me, which I hadn’t had done. He said to me, “Can I take a look at it with my team?” I’m like, “Sure. He’s a cancer specialist, and a lot of other things as well. After that, I met a British scientist named Sir Chris Evans. You just learned of it because you decided to go public on the night of the Hall of Fame? I was bopping around and she said, “Here we are, Power Andy is back.” It just takes me about four days to recover from treatment. I was tested for it, and they said it would work really well.ĭuran Duran Do the 'Danse Macabre' on Title-Track From New Halloween-Themed Album And lo and behold, I found a new type of treatment. Then I started to talk to some other medical professionals, and they opened up my eyes to other treatments. We really hadn’t spoke about it publicly, but I’ve been dealing with it for five years now. In the aftermath, I had an amazing outpouring of help and love and support from people. I’m going to be able to do this.” But just a few days before it, I had to really come clean with myself. Prior to that night, I was in a great deal of denial. I missed the biggest night of my life, which led to me finding a treatment that is going to extend my life for around five years, at which point there will be some other treatment. I really didn’t think we’d be talking talking like this a year after the Hall of Fame. Nearly a year after Duran Duran’s bittersweet Hall of Fame induction, it felt like a small miracle. He was sharp, vibrant, funny, and lacking any outward signs that he’s spent five years battling cancer. We hopped on a Zoom with Taylor to discuss the new album, his health struggles, the history of Duran Duran, his recent reunion with them, and his hopes for the future. I’m sure as hell glad I’m around to see the day.” Let there be no doubt I was stoked about the whole thing - even bought a new guitar with the essential whammy! I’m so very proud of these four brothers, I’m amazed at their durability, and I’m overjoyed at accepting this award. “I’m truly sorry and massively disappointed I couldn’t make it. “Just over four years ago, I was diagnosed with stage 4 metastatic prostate cancer,” Taylor told the stunned room through his letter. Frontman Simon Le Bon read a letter from the guitarist instead. But when the band walked up to the podium, Taylor was nowhere in sight. The Hall of Fame induction ceremony was supposed to include a big moment where the classic five-man lineup of the band reassembled, and Duran Duran fanatics from around the world gathered at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles to experience it live. The guitarist had co-founded the band back in 1980 and co-wrote many of their biggest songs, including “Rio” and “Hungry Like the Wolf,” but he hadn’t shared a stage with them since 2006, when old tensions resurfaced during the creation of their aborted album Reportage and they parted ways. After years of waiting, Duran Duran were finally entering the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. 5, 2022 was going to be one of the greatest nights of his life.
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