creative life.  Like so many musicians who find success at a young age, Taylor was propelled onto the world stage with no preparation for the obstacle course he would be navigating when he got there.  He offers a lot of useful insights for young players and reminds us that all that glitters is not gold. It was 1973 when Taylor (at age 13) met Nick Bates ( "the man who would be Rhodes" ).  They spent the seventies in and out of garage bands and playing high school socials, soaking up as much live music as their part-time jobs would fund, enjoying the earliest performances by acts like Rod Stewart, Siouxsie Sioux and Blondie.   As college students in Birmingham, they embraced the intersecting worlds of art, music and fashion as punk made way for androgynous glamour, military chic and disco dazzle.  They cherry-picked chords and clothes from a range of musical influences, spent long nights outlining nave plans for musical world domination, and experimented with their looks and identities as all good teenagers should.  For most keen teens these bedroom daydreams are about as far as the fame boat sails.  But by the age of 21, Taylor was one of the best known bass players in Britain, clocking up hit records and TV appearances, cowering in the back of black cabs while screaming girls pummelled the windows, with his every public utterance on record for the teen zines. As a long time fan of Duran Duran, In the Pleasure Groove