Power Station
Feeling Duran Duran was becoming "a machine" the group
agreed to take a year's break in 1985. Members John (bass) and
Andy (guitar) Taylor decided to create a rock supergroup as a
hobby during the sojourn, with soul crooner Robert Palmer on
vocals and Chic drummer, Tony Thompson.Despite scoring big with Get It On (the
T. Rex
song) and Some Like It Hot, Power Station lost Palmer
before their tour. The Taylor's didn't care - they "thought it was all about
us". They were soon proved
wrong.
John Taylor commented in retrospect: "me and Andy were on
such a power trip, we thought we were kings of the fucking world.
Everything we touched turned to gold. We thought we were going to
be the next Led Zeppelin!".
Or not, as it turned out . . .
Tony Thompson died on 12 November 2003 within a month of being
diagnosed with renal cell carcinoma (kidney cancer).
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