Draft:Taylor Nelson Little

Taylor Nelson Little
TLITTLE
Background information
Birth nameTaylor Nelson Little
Born (1957-09-22) 22 September 1957 (age 66)
Kitimat, British Columbia, Canada
GenresPunk, new wave, roots rock, rock, rockabilly
Instrument(s)drums
Years active1970s–present

Taylor Nelson Little is a drummer from Vancouver British Columbia[1]. He has been a part of several well-known acts from the Vancouver and Seattle punk and rock scenes, including the Payola$, the Furies, Bughouse 5, 3 Swimmers, and Poisoned. He is most well known for his work drumming for juno award winner and Order of Canada recipient Art Bergmann[2]. Little currently plays in 20 Explosive Hits, Anna Bon Bon, and The Judys[3].

Career edit

Little played drums with The Shades in the late 1970s, which was started by Chris Arnett after the Furies, "Vancouver's first punk band", disbanded. He then went on to play with 3 Swimmers, a marxist-anarchist post-punk band based in Seattle[4]. After this he joined the early iteration of Art Bergmann's band in 1979, then known as the Psychic Healers. The Psychic Healers eventually became known as Poisoned, and finally as The Showdogs. Bergmann left the Showdogs in 1991 for a solo career[5].

Little went on to play drums for Vancouver-based rockabilly band Bughouse 5, before joining The Furies for their reunion in 2007. He also performed at the Poisoned reunion at Richards on Richards in 2009. [6][7][8]

Currently, Little performs in roots rock band Anna Bon Bon, rock band The Judys, and rock cover band 20 Explosive Hits[9].


Personal life edit

Little is the father of Vancouver musician Alex Little of Alex Little and the Suspicious Minds (Light Organ Records). He drives a 1964 Mercury Marauder named "Moondoggie"[10]. He worked previously as a hairdresser in Vancouver. [11]


Discography edit

Singles & Albums edit

  • 'Payola$ – "Introducing Payola$ (1980)
  • 'Payola$ – "China Boys (1980)
  • Payola$ – "In A Place Like This (1981)
  • Poisoned – "Poisoned (1985)
  • Art Bergmann – "Crawl With Me (1988)
  • Art Bergmann - "Sexual Roulette" (1990)
  • The Bughouse 5 – "Solid" (1992)
  • The Bughouse 5 - "Dark Days Passing" (1996)
  • The Bughouse 5 - "Everything Must Go!" (1998)[12]


References edit

  1. ^ "3 Swimmers". Jive Time Records. 26 August 2017. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
  2. ^ Schneider, Jason (Nov 4, 2022). The Longest Suicide: The Authorized Biography of Art Bergmann. Canada: Anvil Press. p. 168. ISBN 978-1-77214-196-2. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
  3. ^ "Anna Bon Bon > about". Retrieved 14 February 2024.
  4. ^ souldischarge99-blog. "3 Swimmers". tumblr. Retrieved 14 February 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ 2
  6. ^ Varty, Alexander (25 March 2009). "Art Bergmann revisits a chapter of his legendary Poisoned past". The Georgia Straight. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
  7. ^ MacInnis, Allan (5 July 2019). "The Furies, 42 years later: Vancouver's first punk band keeps on rocking". The Georgia Straight. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
  8. ^ Derdeyn, Stuart. "Dark Days Passing". DropDMagazine. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
  9. ^ 3
  10. ^ Derdeyn, Stuart. "Five things to know about No Control EP by Alex Little and the Suspicious Minds". Vancouver Sun. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
  11. ^ 4
  12. ^ "Taylor Nelson Little Discography". Discogs.