Taylor met Brian May and Tim Staffell in 1968 after seeing an advert on a noticeboard at Imperial College for a drummer. Smile included May on lead guitar, Staffell on vocals and bass, and later Taylor on drums. The band only lasted for two years before Staffell departed to join Humpy Bong, leaving the band with only a catalogue of nine songs.Smile reunited for several songs on 22 December 1992. Taylor’s band The Cross were headliners and he brought May and Staffell on to play “Earth” and “If I Were a Carpenter”.