Amy Taylor

Amy Louise Taylor (born 4 January 1996) is an Australian musician and activist from Mullumbimby, Australia. She is known as a songwriter and lead vocalist of the ARIA Award-winning Australian pub rock and punk band Amyl and the Sniffers, based in Melbourne, Australia.

Taylor reminisces about growing up in Mullumbimby in the Amyl and the Sniffers song 'Snakes', on the band's second album Comfort to Me. "Dad was a craney and mum worked and studied, I was swimming in the brunny, I was buckteeth and pale".

Taylor worked full-time at her local IGA supermarket after finishing high school and saved money to move to the outer-western suburb of Laverton, Melbourne, aged 19. In 2018, Taylor was able to quit her job working at the “scoop and weigh” fruit and nut section at Coles to go on tour with the band. Taylor and Mehrtens relocated to Los Angeles in between touring.

In January 2022, the band opened for the Sydney Festival, despite the large boycott owing to the festival's financial support from the Israeli government. After hearing about the financial backing, Taylor said the performance was a mistake and that the band donated their festival fee to the Olive Kids foundation, which supports Palestinian children.

Songwriter of the Year