 In the late 70's Paul briefly played in a Northern California band called Stark Raving Mad (Paul on lead guitar, Piano and Vocals, with Donovan Stark, Gary Pihl (later of with Sammy Hagar and Boston), Jay Causbrook, and David Payne, with Eric Martin (of Mr. Big).Taylor experienced his first mainstream success in the early 1980s as the touring keyboardist in Canadian musician Aldo Nova's backing band, and he appears in the music video for Nova's biggest hit, "Fantasy.