Texas News: RIP David Taylor: 12/5/64 � 6/30/09

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David Taylor, frontman of 80’s rockers DRIVE, has passed away at the tender age of 44…an official press release concerning the matter reads as follows…

“David Taylor was the lead vocalist for ’80s hard rock band, Drive. Formed in Houston, Texas by Rick Chavez and Mercy Valdez, Drive soon found their voice in a young David Taylor, just barely out of his teens. In the mid ’80s, the band moved to Los Angeles, which was quickly becoming the epicenter of the ’80s metal scene. Winning a radio contest with their song “I Need The Nights,” Drive landed on the Best Of...