Editing Roger Taylor (Queen drummer) (section)

=== 1968–1970: Smile ===
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Taylor met [[Brian May]] and [[Tim Staffell]] in 1968 after a friend saw an advert for a drummer on a noticeboard at [[Imperial College London|Imperial College]]. Smile included May on lead guitar, Staffell on lead vocals and bass, and later Taylor on drums. The band lasted for two years before Staffell departed to join [[Humpy Bong]], leaving the band with a catalogue of nine songs.

Smile reunited for several songs on 22 December 1992. Taylor's band [[The Cross (band)|the Cross]] were headliners and he brought May and Staffell on to play "Earth" and "If I Were a Carpenter".<ref>[http://www.queenzone.com/queenzone/article_show.aspx?Q=11] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070208151834/http://www.queenzone.com/queenzone/article_show.aspx?Q=11|date=8 February 2007}}</ref>