Nicholas Taylor (American, born 1953)

Timeline

1953: Born: Belleville, Illinois
1977: Moved to New York
1979: joined GRAY a sound oriented/avant-garde “No Wave” band (Nick Played guitar) with Basquiat, Michael Holman, Vince Gallo and Wayne Clifford (now Justin Thyme)
1982: became “DJ HIGH PRIEST” and after experimenting with tape loop DJ’ing he opened for Africa Bambatta, Cool Herc and Jazzy J at Club Negril in the East Village
1998: his track Suicide Mode was on the BASQUIAT film (New Line Cinema) soundtrack directed by Julian Schnabel , track vocals: William Burroughs and Jeffery Wright
2005: released self produced vinyl lp PASSION AND DANGER

2007: Jean-Michel Basquiat Through Nicholas Taylor Studio Hz, Copenhagen May (solo)
2006: Breaknight Portraits Elliot Smith Gallery West 11 St NY,NY Feb (solo)
2005: An Intimate Portrait Susquehanna Museum Maryland (solo)
2004: An Intimate Portrait Castellani Museum Niagara, NY (solo)

English (US)