Raymond Taylor-Smith (born in Sierra Leone) was a drummer for several notable British post-punk and gothic rock groups during the early 1980s.
Ray Mondo first appeared on the British music scene when he joined the Harrow-based post-punk group Ritual upon its formation in 1981.
[1] Mondo was recruited by Ian Astbury and Billy Duffy in April 1983[1] to drum for their newly formed group Death Cult.
Astbury's reasoning was documented in a 1983 interview:[3] Mondo played his last gig with Death Cult on 19 September 1983 at the Brixton Ace in London.
Shortly afterwards, he essentially "swapped" places with drummer Nigel Preston (who had previously worked with Duffy in Theatre of Hate).