He began his career in the early 1980s doing flyers and album covers for bands in the New York Hardcore scene, such as Agnostic Front, Murphy's Law, and the Cro-Mags, and was the artist of the iconic Crumbsuckers first album cover.
His drawing of the Frank Rizzo character was featured in the "Bud Light, I said!"
[1] Interviews with Taggart have appeared in many fan magazines, as well as in the book American Hardcore: A Tribal History, by Steven Blush.
[citation needed][2] Taggart also appears in the 2006 Sony Pictures documentary film American Hardcore, although his name is misspelled (Taggert) onscreen.
Taggart has been married to American comic book writer, editor, and DJ Bronwyn Carlton since 1991.