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Jeremy Taggart
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Background information
Birth nameJeremy Ronald John Taggart
OriginToronto, Ontario, Canada
Occupation(s)Musician, songwriter
InstrumentDrums
Years active1993–present
WebsiteTemplate:Myspace

Jeremy Ronald John Taggart is a Canadian drummer, best known for playing with Our Lady Peace from 1993 until 2014.

Early life

Taggart was born in Toronto, Ontario, later growing up in Mansfield, Ontario [2] and has two brothers and one sister. Music was a central part of his youth, as his parents were also musicians, and Taggart learned to play drums at an early age. He auditioned for the then up-and-coming Our Lady Peace in April 1993.

Career

Our Lady Peace

In 1993, Jim Newell, Our Lady Peace's previous drummer, left the band due to commitment issues. The remaining members and their management held open auditions for his replacement. They auditioned over a hundred drummers, ultimately choosing Taggart, who was 17 at the time.[1]

The band offered him the drumming position which Taggart accepted. Our Lady Peace had also recently been given a record deal with Sony Music Canada and were playing some small club shows. Taggart's age created a legal issue for the band; he was only seventeen and performers have to be legal drinking age, nineteen in Ontario, to perform in bars and clubs.

In June 2014, Taggart announced that he had left Our Lady Peace.[1]

Other projects

In addition to drumming for Our Lady Peace, Taggart has worked on various side projects, including providing the drums on Chantal Kreviazuk's song "Blue", Geddy Lee's song "Home On The Strange", and The Beautiful Unknown's song "Riot in the House of Ruin". He also appears in the music video for Chad Kroeger and Josey Scott's song, "Hero", off the Spider-Man soundtrack, although he did not perform on the actual recording.

He ran a radio/podcast show called Taggarts Take, which mixes interviews of bands and politicians with Taggart's personal remarks.

Taggart is also a member of the judging panel for the 10th and 11th[2] annual Independent Music Awards. as well as judge for the 9th[3][4] Season.

He is also a frequent guest on Fox Sports 1's, Jay and Dan Podcast, hosted by sportscaster Jay Onrait and his co-anchor, Dan O'Toole.[5]

In 2013, Taggart, who grew up in nearby Mansfield, emceed an event in Melanchton, Ontario celebrating the decision by The Highland Companies to withdraw its license to start mining in the area for limestone . He became involved in stopping the mine when a childhood friend alerted him about the issue.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b "Drummer Jeremy Taggart out of Our Lady Peace". Global News. June 30, 2014. Retrieved July 10, 2014.
  2. ^ "11th Annual IMA Judges. Independent Music Awards. Retrieved on 4 Sept. 2013.
  3. ^ MicControl[dead link]
  4. ^ "Top40-Charts.com". Top40-Charts.com. Retrieved 2011-10-29.
  5. ^ https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/jay-and-dan-podcast/id564178351
  6. ^ [1]
Preceded by
Jim Newell
Our Lady Peace percussionist
1993–2014
Succeeded by
Unknown

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