Rufus Tiger Taylor (born 8 March 1991) is an English musician, best known as the drummer for British rock band The Darkness since May 2015, and as a touring drummer for the Queen + Adam Lambert stage shows. He is the son of Queen drummer Roger Taylor.\n', '

Taylor was born on 8 March 1991 in London, to Queen drummer Roger Taylor and his longtime girlfriend Debbie Leng. According to his father, Rufus\' unusual middle name "Tiger" was chosen by the late Queen lead singer Freddie Mercury. Taylor claims that growing up with drums made him decide that he wanted to follow in his father\'s footsteps, as he was uninterested academically, dropping out of school at the age of 16 in favour of a ski instruction course with Formula One driver Damon Hill.\n', '

Taylor\'s first notable appearance was the 2008 Royal Variety Performance, where he played drums for Kerry Ellis and his father Roger Taylor\'s Queen partner Brian May to an audience including Charles, Prince of Wales and his wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall. In 2009, he played with famed Queen touring musician Spike Edney as part of his SAS (Spike\'s All-Stars) band. He then toured with the Queen musical stage show, We Will Rock You, and worked again alongside Brian May as well as his father with Kerry Ellis on her album Anthems, contributing some drum tracks.\n', '

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