Steve Taylor
Director Steve Taylor
Background information
Birth name	Roland Stephen Taylor
Born	December 9, 1957
Occupation(s)	singer, songwriter, record producer, film director
Years active	1982 – present
Associated acts	Chagall Guevara

For other people with a similar name, see Steven Taylor.

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Biography

Taylor's life took an unusual turn in 1979 when he was first of the 100 chosen, from 20,000 applicants, to spend the summer at John Davidson's summer camp. At the camp, Taylor spent time learning from singers like Tony Orlando, Florence Henderson, and John Davidson. Also that year, Taylor heard one of his biggest influences, The Clash's London Calling. "It saved my life, musically," said Taylor. For the song by The Smashing Pumpkins, see 1979 (song). ... John Davidson in 1990 For other people of the same name, see John Davidson. ... Tony Orlando Tony Orlando (born April 3, 1944) is an American singer best known for his time with the group Dawn in the early 1970s. ... Florence Agnes Henderson (b. ... John Davidson in 1990 For other people of the same name, see John Davidson. ... The Clash were an English punk rock band who were active from 1976 to 1986. ... London Calling, a double album released by The Clash in December, 1979, in the UK and the first week of January 1980 in the US, marked the bands critical and commercial breakthrough. ...

Taylor recorded a demo of original songs that took the Contemporary Christian music world by surprise. Taylor first began to write for the musical group The Continentals, then recorded his debut solo project I Want To Be A Clone in 1982 and released it in January, 1983. Contemporary Christian Music (or CCM) is a genre of popular music which is lyrically focused on matters concerned with the Christian faith. ... I Want To Be A Clone is the title of the debut EP by singer/songwriter Steve Taylor. ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Taylor quickly gained a reputation as a "controversial" artist, using his lyrical ability to sharply criticize other Christian beliefs and practices that he believed were incompatible with Biblical Christianity. However, his lyrics would also prove to be quite humorous as well.

In 1984, Taylor recorded his first full length album, Meltdown with some of the demo material that was not included on Clone plus some new material. His video single of the title track, "Meltdown (at Madame Tussaud's)" was widely played on MTV, which was unusual for a Christian artist at the time. The video featured an appearance by actress Lisa Whelchel, from NBC's The Facts of Life television series. The album also included the sharp, anti-racist anthem, "We Don't Need No Colour Code", directed in part at South Carolina's Bob Jones University and its anti-interracial dating policy (Bob Jones University abandoned this rule in 2000.). "Guilty By Association", one of the recycled demo songs, includes a jab, with an impression in the middle eight, at televangelist Jimmy Swaggart: "'It's of a worldly design / God's music should be divine! / Try buying records like mine! / Avoid temptation!' Guilty by association.". Swaggart struck back later by devoting part of a chapter of Religious Rock 'N' Roll, a Wolf in Sheep's Clothing (ISBN 0-935113-05-3) to Taylor, whom he saw as playing evil rock music. 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Meltdown is the title of the second album by singer/songwriter Steve Taylor. ... Madame Tussauds and the London Planetarium Madame Tussauds is a wax museum in London, with branches in Amsterdam, Hong Kong ( Victoria Peak), Las Vegas, Copenhagen and New York City. ... MTV (Music Television) is an American cable television network headquartered in New York City. ... This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... Lisa Whelchel, as Blair Warner on The Facts of Life. ... NBC (an abbreviation for National Broadcasting Company, its former corporate name) is an American television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ... The Facts of Life was an American sitcom which ran on the NBC network from 1979 to 1988. ... Official language(s) English Capital Charleston(1670-1789) Columbia(1790-present) Largest city Columbia Largest metro area Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson Area  Ranked 40th  - Total 34,726 sq mi (82,965 km²)  - Width 200 miles (320 km)  - Length 260 miles (420 km)  - % water 6  - Latitude 32°430N to 35... Bob Jones University Bob Jones University (BJU) is a private, Protestant Fundamentalist, liberal arts university located in Greenville, South Carolina. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... A middle eight is a technical term referring to a standard song format used in many pop songs. ... In the USA, a televangelist (television evangelist) is a religious minister (often a Christian priest or minister) who devotes a large portion of his (or her) ministry to TV broadcasts to a regular viewing and listening audience. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

Taylor followed that release with On The Fritz, produced by Foreigner's Ian McDonald. Fritz, keeping with Taylor tradition, took aim once again at Religious leaders. This time, his targets included Bill Gothard ("I Manipulate"), greedy TV evangelists (again) ("You Don't Owe Me Nothing"), politicians using religion or avoiding questions of morality in order to get votes ("It's A Personal Thing"), and public schools teaching "values clarification" to children, asking them to determine who should be thrown overboard in an overcrowded lifeboat ("Lifeboat"). On The Fritz is the title of the third album by singer/songwriter Steve Taylor. ... Foreigner is a hard rock band formed in New York City in 1976 by veteran musicians Mick Jones and Ian McDonald, along with then unknown vocalist Lou Gramm (Louis Grammatico). ... Ian McDonald (born June 25, 1946) is an English multi-instrumental musician, best known as a founding member of progressive rock group King Crimson, formed in 1969, and the hard rock band Foreigner in 1976. ... Bill Gothard in a mural image from his ministry, the Institute for Basic Life Principles. ...

The Controversial I Predict 1990

In 1987, Taylor once again lived up to his controversial reputation with a song called "I Blew Up The Clinic Real Good". The song criticizes anyone who claims to be a pro-life activist who would blow up abortion clinics or kill doctors. Like much of his music, it was meant as a satire. Unfortunately, the point of the song was lost on many and resulted in Taylor's album, I Predict 1990, being pulled from the shelves at some Christian record stores. Taylor himself would occasionally call those stores to explain the song to them. With 1990, Taylor's targets included mainstream Universities ("Since I Gave Up Hope I Feel A Lot Better", featuring fiddle work from Papa John Creech of Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna). The video for "Since I Gave Up Hope..." was filmed on the campus of Biola University, a Christian university in Southern California. Other standout tracks included "Jim Morrison's Grave", which once again brought Taylor some MTV exposure, and the Flannery O'Connor inspired "Harder to Believe Than Not To". Some stores also pulled the album as they thought the cover looked like a Tarot Card. Image File history File links IPredict1990. ... Image File history File links IPredict1990. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Pro-life is a term representing a variety of perspectives and activist movements in bioethics. ... 1867 edition of the satirical magazine Punch, a British satirical magazine, ground-breaking on popular literature satire. ... I Predict 1990 is the title of the fourth album by singer/songwriter Steve Taylor. ... Contemporary Christian Music (or CCM) is a genre of popular music which is lyrically focused on matters concerned with the Christian faith. ... Papa John Creech (died February 22, 1994) was the fiddler for Jefferson Airplane, The Dinosaurs, and Steve Taylor. ... Jefferson Airplane was an American rock band from San Francisco, a pioneer of the LSD-influenced psychedelic rock movement. ... Hot Tuna at Merlefest, 2006. ... Biola University is a private Christian college, located in Southern California. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... MTV (Music Television) is an American cable television network headquartered in New York City. ... Mary Flannery OConnor (b. ... This article is about the structure, card imagery, and history of tarot decks, which today are often used for spiritual, esoteric, psychological, occult and/or divinatory purposes. ...

Taylor then took a break from music, until 1990 when he returned as the lead singer of Chagall Guevara. The first recording by Chagall Guevara was "Tale o'the Twister," which appeared on the soundtrack to the 1990 film Pump Up the Volume. The band released their only album, the self titled Chagall Guevara, in 1991 on MCA records that year. A follow up album was begun, but due to label restructuring the band was released from its contract. 1990 (MCMXC) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Chagall Guevara was an American rock band, heavily influenced by The Clash, formed in 1989 by solo artist Steve Taylor, guitarists Dave Perkins and Lynn Nichols (from the 1970s Phil Keaggy band), bassist Wade Jaynes, and drummer Mike Mead. ... Pump Up the Volume (1990) is a dramedy written and directed by Allan Moyle and starring Christian Slater and Samantha Mathis. ... Chagall Guevara is the title of the first and only full length album by the band Chagall Guevara, released in 1991, on MCA Records. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Music Corporation of America, commonly known as MCA, is a United States based corporation in the music business. ...

Taylor returned with another solo album, Squint, and a live CD, Liver, in the mid 1990's. Squint included the track "Smug", which takes aim equally at both sides of the political spectrum, Rush Limbaugh and Barbra Streisand, both of which are praised as the masters of smugness. The album also included the song "Cash Cow", which criticizes our money desiring society while giving an additional jab at one more televangelist ("The golden Cash Cow had a body like the great cows of ancient Egypt/And a face like the face of Robert Tilton... without the horns"). Squint was the 1993 critically acclaimed return of Steve Taylor as a solo artist after his stint as the lead singer of Chagall Guevara. ... 1990 (MCMXC) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Rush Hudson Limbaugh III (born January 12, 1951) is an American radio talk show host. ... Barbra Streisand (born April 24, 1942 as Barbara Joan Streisand), is an Academy Award-winning American singer, theatre and film actress, composer, liberal political activist, film producer and director. ... In the USA, a televangelist (television evangelist) is a religious minister (often a Christian priest or minister) who devotes a large portion of his (or her) ministry to TV broadcasts to a regular viewing and listening audience. ... Robert Tilton on his television program Robert Tilton (born June 7, 1946) is an American televangelist who achieved notoriety in the 1980s and 1990s through his paid television program Success-N-Life. ...

A tribute to Taylor entitled I Predict A Clone was released in 1994, which features performances by Sixpence None the Richer, Fleming and John, Starflyer 59 and others. A tribute album is a recorded collection of cover versions of a specific artists songs. ... I Predict A Clone is a compilation of songs by various artists in tribute to Steve Taylor. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... Sixpence None the Richer was a Christian pop/rock band with roots in New Braunfels, Texas, eventually settling in Nashville, Tennessee. ... Fleming and John is a musical husband and wife team, currently living in Nashville, Tennessee. ... Starflyer 59 is an indie Christian rock band from Riverside, California that was founded in 1993 by Jason Martin, brother of Ronnie Martin of Joy Electric. ...

In the years following those releases, Taylor focused his efforts on running a record label, Squint Entertainment, and producing projects for other artists, including Sixpence None the Richer's self titled 1997 release that featured the hit singles "Kiss Me" and a cover of The La's "There She Goes". He would be most noted for his work with Newsboys. Squint Entertainment lost its financial backing in 2001 and Taylor was forced out of the company. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Squint Entertainment was a record label owned by Word Records. ... Sixpence None the Richer was a Christian pop/rock band with roots in New Braunfels, Texas, eventually settling in Nashville, Tennessee. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Las were an English rock band of the late 1980s and early 1990s from Liverpool consisting of frontman Lee Mavers (vocals) and John Power (bass, backing vocals), plus a rotating cast of guitarists and drummers. ... Newsboys are a Christian pop/rock band. ... 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Taylor is currently working full time as a film maker and has directed music videos for Fleming and John, Rich Mullins, Sixpence None the Richer, Newsboys, Guardian, and two video albums for himself. While still running Squint, Taylor had begun work on a major film project called St. Gimp, co-written with Ben Pearson and Willie Williams (lighting designer). That film was abandoned with the company. He co-wrote and directed the feature film The Second Chance starring Michael W. Smith, released February 17, 2006. He also directed the relatively little known Newsboys movie "Down Under The Big Top" in which the band stars. A music video (also video clip, promo) is a short film or video meant to present a visual representation of a popular music song. ... Fleming and John is a musical husband and wife team, currently living in Nashville, Tennessee. ... now. ... Sixpence None the Richer was a Christian pop/rock band with roots in New Braunfels, Texas, eventually settling in Nashville, Tennessee. ... Newsboys are a Christian pop/rock band. ... Guardian is a Contemporary Christian Music hard-rock band formed in the 80s. ... Ben Pearson is an American photographer, best known for his work with Steve Taylor and for his photographs that appear on countless album covers from a wide variety of artists. ... Willie Williams stage and light design, U2 Vertigo Tour, 2005. ... The Second Chance is a Christian Evangelical film which is Michael W. Smiths first foray into the world of acting. ... Michael W. Smith // Michael Whitaker Smith (born October 7, 1957, to Paul and Barbara Smith in Kenova, West Virginia), often nicknamed Smitty, is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, and keyboardist. ... February 17 is the 48th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ...

Taylor appears in the documentary film Why Should the Devil Have All the Good Music? (released on DVD in 2006), in interview segments and performing part of "We Don't Need No Colour Code".

Discography

• I Want To Be a Clone, 1982 debut EP
• Meltdown, 1983 album
• On the Fritz, 1985 album
• I Predict 1990, 1987 album
• Squint, 1993 album

I Want To Be A Clone is the title of the debut EP by singer/songwriter Steve Taylor. ... Meltdown is the title of the second album by singer/songwriter Steve Taylor. ... On The Fritz is the title of the third album by singer/songwriter Steve Taylor. ... I Predict 1990 is the title of the fourth album by singer/songwriter Steve Taylor. ... Squint was the 1993 critically acclaimed return of Steve Taylor as a solo artist after his stint as the lead singer of Chagall Guevara. ...

With Chagall Guevara

• Chagall Guevara, Chagall Guevara, 1991 album

Chagall Guevara is the title of the first and only full length album by the band Chagall Guevara, released in 1991, on MCA Records. ... Chagall Guevara was an American rock band, heavily influenced by The Clash, formed in 1989 by solo artist Steve Taylor, guitarists Dave Perkins and Lynn Nichols (from the 1970s Phil Keaggy band), bassist Wade Jaynes, and drummer Mike Mead. ...

Live Albums

• Limelight, 1986 live album
• Liver, 1995 live album

Compilations

• The Best We Could Find (+3 That Never Escaped), 1988 album
• Now The Truth Can Be Told, 1994 two-disc box set
• Roaring Lambs Various Artists, 2000 compilation (one track by Taylor)

Video Collections

• Limelight, 1986 live video
• Videoworks, 1985 video collection
• I Predict 1990: The Video Album, 1987 video collection
• Squint: Movies From the Soundtrack, 1993 video collection
• Now The Truth Can Be Told, 1994 video collection

Filmography

The Second Chance is a Christian Evangelical film which is Michael W. Smiths first foray into the world of acting. ... // Please note that following the tradition of the English language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the United States and Canada in 2006; because they may have made most of their income in a later year, they may not be the top-grossing...

External links

• QRSTUV - The Quantitative Roland Stephen Taylor Ubiquitous Volume
• Sock Heaven
• On The Fritz - Includes free album downloads
• The steve-taylor Mailing List
• Andrew's Steve Taylor Resource
• Tale o' the Web Page
• The Steve Taylor Resource
• Official Website for The Second Chance