It was near Birmingham, on April 26, 1960, that Roger Taylor was ... is sacred and young Roger never missed a match of his favourite team. At twelve, he started learning the drums.

If the guitars needed some TLC, Taylor’s drum sound was a different matter. That demanded a more radical intervention. He tracked his parts on the studio’s drum kit and it was a horrible experience.

Roger Taylor ... When Genesis drummer John Mayhew announced that he was leaving in the summer of 1970, they reached out to Taylor in the hope that he might be interested in joining.