Andy Taylorthe original guitarist of the historic British group last lastrevealed that he has “stage four cancer”.
As reported CNNThe band read a letter from the guitarist as he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on Saturday in Los Angeles, a bittersweet event for the 1980s hit machine led by Simone Le Bon. Needless to say, Taylor was not in play during the event due to ongoing treatment for the disease.
“A little over four years ago I was diagnosed metastatic prostate cancer in phase four, ”said Taylor, of 61 years oldin the letter published on the Duran Duran website.
“Although my current condition is not immediately life-threatening, there is no cure,” he added.
“Recently it was fine after very sophisticated treatment to extend my life, it happened until a week ago, when I suffered a setback and, despite the exceptional efforts of my team, I had to be honest that, both physically and mentally, I would push my limits “, he written Taylor.
On losing the band’s inclusion in Hall of Fameaccording to the same source, Taylor expressed his sadness: “I’m really sorry and I am extremely disappointed not to be able to participate. Make no mistake, I was ecstatic with the whole thing, I even bought a new guitar with the essential pedal!
Reacting to Saturday’s letter, Duran Duran singer Simon Le Bon said: “This is devastating news to know and find out that a colleague … Not a colleague, a colleague, a friend, one of our family will not be here for very long. It is absolutely devastating. We love Andy so much. And I won’t be standing here crying. I don’t think it’s very appropriate, but that’s how I feel. “
What the Duran Duran meant
Nobody can imagine the 80s without the music of the superstars that was Duran Duran: with 120 million copies sold Around the world, Taylor was more than the guitar behind the band’s hits: planet Earth (1980), Girls at the cinema (1981), Hungry as a wolf(1982), River (1982), Save a prayer(1982), The reflection (1983), The wild boys (1984) and more!
“We come from the back of punk, maybe this taught us how radical we could be. Maybe it opened the doors to how far we could go,” he said in an interview, speaking of his legendary band.
“We explore things that people are still trying to understand. We were quite comfortable with our sexuality, not that we explored it in a very strange way. If I was in that band right now, I would look at the whole genre spectrum and think I’m absolutely not a boy, I’m not an athlete, I’m a kid and I like to look pretty, LOL… “.
Member of Duran Duran from his inception until 1986, when he began his solo career after joining The power plantnext to John Taylor, Tony Thompson Y Roberto PalmerTaylor was for many the songwriting talent behind the Birmingham band’s best songs. These faculties also earned him an accredited reputation as a producer.
In 2002 Duran Duran returnedand registered astronautt, the first recording with the original full line-up since 1985. With a more rocker character than the rest, in mid-2006 he left the band again due to creative differences with the rest of the members.
He currently lives in Ibiza, Spain where he has his own recording studio called Andy Taylor Studios Ibiza.
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Source: Clarin
