Courtney Taylor-Taylor

Courtney Taylor-Taylor
Performing at the Palmesus festival in 2011
Background information
Birth name	Courtney Taylor
Born	(1967-07-20) July 20, 1967 (age 49)
Origin	Portland, Oregon, United States
Genres	Alternative rock
Instruments	Vocals, guitar, keyboards, percussion
Associated acts	The Dandy Warhols, The Beauty Stab, Nero's Rome, One Model Nation
Notable instruments
Fender Coronado II Gibson SJ-200 Vox Phantom Special VI

Courtney A. Taylor (born July 20, 1967), known as Courtney Taylor-Taylor, is an American singer-songwriter from Portland, Oregon. He is the lead singer and guitarist of alternative rock band The Dandy Warhols, a band he co-founded. The majority of the band's songs are written by Taylor-Taylor, including hits "We Used to Be Friends" and "Bohemian Like You".

Taylor-Taylor co-wrote a graphic novel titled One Model Nation about a fictional 1970s German krautrock band, which was released in 2009. This was accompanied by a studio album titled Totalwerks, Vol. 1 (1969–1977), a fake greatest hits album by the fictional band, released in 2012.

Taylor-Taylor attended Sunset High School in Beaverton, a suburb of Portland and studied sociology, psychology and music at Cascade College, also in Portland. He recalls as a teenager: "You don't fit in if you're a make-up-wearing weirdo, surrounded by large, clumsy guys and cheerleaders". He found refuge in the work of Friedrich Nietzsche and Kurt Vonnegut. It was here he met future bandmate Peter Holmström.

After graduating, Taylor-Taylor worked as a mechanic while playing drums for the local band Nero's Rome. He was also the drummer in the Portland-based glam rock-pop band The Beauty Stab.