Editing Roger Taylor (Queen drummer) (section)

== Early life ==
Roger Meddows Taylor was born on 26 July 1949 at [[West Norfolk and Lynn Hospital]] in [[King's Lynn]], Norfolk. The new maternity ward was opened by Princess Elizabeth, the future queen, [[Elizabeth II]]. During her visit she was introduced to 16 new mothers including Winifred Taylor, his mother. Taylor first lived at 87 High Street in King's Lynn and later moved to Beulah Street in the town. Taylor's first school was Rosebery Avenue school.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Trevor|first1=Heaton|title=Rock Star's Norfolk Childhood|url=http://www.queenarchives.com/index.php?title=Roger_Taylor_-_03-20-1999_-_Eastern_Daily_Press_-_Rock_Star%27s_Norfolk_Childhood|website=Queen Archives|publisher=Eastern Daily Press|access-date=19 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160207235556/http://www.queenarchives.com/index.php?title=Roger_Taylor_-_03-20-1999_-_Eastern_Daily_Press_-_Rock_Star%27s_Norfolk_Childhood|archive-date=7 February 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> Taylor moved to [[Truro]], Cornwall, in south west England, with his mother Winifred, father Michael and younger sister Clare. When he was seven years old, he and some friends formed his first band, the Bubblingover Boys, in which he played the [[ukulele]]. He briefly attended [[Truro Cathedral School]]; at the age of 13, he joined [[Truro School]] as a day boy.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://themarchoftheblackqueen.piczo.com/?g=57322673&cr=6|title=Roger|website=Themarchoftheblackqueen.piczo.com|access-date=8 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203015952/http://themarchoftheblackqueen.piczo.com/?g=57322673&cr=6|archive-date=3 December 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> 

At the age of 15, Taylor became a member of Johnny Quale and the Reactions, a semi-professional rock band made up mainly of boys from Truro School. Taylor had originally learned guitar, but became a drummer when he realised he had a more natural aptitude for it. Taylor taught himself to tune his drums, inspired by [[Keith Moon]] of [[the Who]] because of the "great drum sounds" on the early Who records.<ref name="Roger Taylor Interview">{{cite web | url= http://www.queenzone.com/articles/roger-taylor-interview.aspx | title= Roger Taylor Interview | publisher= Queen Zone | access-date= 10 August 2015 | url-status=dead | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150715215326/http://www.queenzone.com/articles/roger-taylor-interview.aspx | archive-date= 15 July 2015 | df= dmy-all }}</ref> Another key influence on Taylor was [[Mitch Mitchell]] of [[the Jimi Hendrix Experience]], who Taylor stated was his early role model.<ref name="Roger's Drum Master Class">{{cite web | url= http://www.queenonline.com/en/the-band/interviews/roger-taylor-1/drum-master-class/ | title= Roger's Drum Master Class (Music Works – BBC World Service, November 28, 1993) | publisher= Queen Online | access-date= 10 August 2015 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150924084245/http://www.queenonline.com/en/the-band/interviews/roger-taylor-1/drum-master-class/ | archive-date= 24 September 2015 | url-status= live }}</ref>

In 1967, Taylor went to London to study dentistry at the [[Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry|London Hospital Medical College]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.queenonline.com/en/the-band/members/roger-taylor/|title=Roger Taylor|website=Queen official website|access-date=15 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170119013417/http://www.queenonline.com/en/the-band/members/roger-taylor/|archive-date=19 January 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> but he became bored with it and changed to biology obtaining a BSc at [[University of East London|East London Polytechnic]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.queenarchives.com/index.php?title=Roger_Taylor_-_09-XX-1975_-_Circus|title=Heavy Meddows Kid|last=Rose|first=Frank|website=Queen Archives|publisher=Eastern Daily Press|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170116181901/http://www.queenarchives.com/index.php?title=Roger_Taylor_-_09-XX-1975_-_Circus|archive-date=16 January 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>