Editing Steve Taylor

{{Short description|American singer}}
{{other people|Steve or Steven Taylor|Steve Taylor (disambiguation)}}
{{distinguish|Steven Tyler}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2014}}
{{Infobox person
| name          = Steve Taylor
| image         = Steve Taylor (2012).jpg
| alt           = 
| caption       = Taylor at [[South by Southwest|SXSW]] 2012
| birth_name    = Roland Stephen Taylor
| birth_date    = {{Birth date and age|1957|12|9|mf=y}}
| birth_place   = [[Brawley, California]], U.S.
| nationality   = American
| occupation    = {{flat list|
* Singer
* songwriter
* [[record producer]]
* [[filmmaker]]
* [[music executive]]
* actor
*[[assistant professor]]
}}
| education     = [[Biola University]]<br/>[[University of Colorado Boulder]]
| years_active  = 1980–present
| spouse        = {{marriage|Debbie L. Taylor|1985}}
| children      = 1
| module        = {{Infobox musical artist|embed=yes
| background = solo_singer
| genre = {{flat list|
* [[Christian alternative rock]]
* [[New wave music|new wave]]
* [[post-punk]]
}}
| associated_acts = [[Chagall Guevara]], [[Steve Taylor & The Perfect Foil]], [[Newsboys]]
| years_active  = 1982–present
| label         = {{flat list|
* [[Sparrow Records|Sparrow]]
* [[MCA Records|MCA]]
* [[Warner Alliance]]
* [[Myrrh Records|Myrrh]]
* [[Squint Entertainment|Squint]]
* [[Sounds Familyre Records|Sounds Familyre]]
|instrument     = Vocals
}}
}}
| module2  = {{Infobox academic|child=yes
| workplaces    = [[Lipscomb University]]
}}
}}

'''Roland Stephen Taylor''' (born December 9, 1957) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, music executive, film maker, assistant professor, and actor. A figure in what has come to be known as [[Christian alternative rock]], Taylor enjoyed a successful solo career during the 1980s, and also served in the short-lived group [[Chagall Guevara]]. In contrast to many Christian musical artists, his songs have often taken aim at Christian hypocrisy or "error" with the use of satirical, sardonic lyrics. In 1997, he founded the record label [[Squint Entertainment]], which fueled the careers of artists such as [[Sixpence None the Richer]], [[Chevelle (band)|Chevelle]], and [[Burlap to Cashmere]]. Despite this success, Taylor was ousted from the label by its parent, [[Word Entertainment]], in 2001. He has produced and written for numerous musical acts, one of the most consistent being [[Newsboys]]. As a film-maker, Taylor co-wrote, directed, and produced the feature films ''[[Down Under the Big Top]]'', ''[[The Second Chance]]'', and ''[[Blue Like Jazz (film)|Blue Like Jazz]]''. After a decade and a half of hiatus, Taylor returned to performing music in 2010 as the front-man for [[Steve Taylor & The Perfect Foil]], a [[Supergroup (music)|supergroup]] he founded with [[Peter Furler]], [[Jimmy Abegg]], and [[John Mark Painter]]. Along with a university residency and continued filmmaking, Taylor would resume work on unfinished [[Chagall Guevara]] material into the 2020s.

== Biography ==

===Early life===

Taylor, the eldest of three children, was born in [[Brawley, California|Brawley]], California. Taylor's father, Roland Taylor, was a [[Baptist]] [[Minister (Christianity)|minister]]. When Taylor was six years old, the family relocated to [[Northglenn, Colorado]], a suburb of [[Denver]]. He graduated from [[Northglenn High School]] in 1976. While there, he attempted to learn the bass guitar, piano and trombone.

Upon graduation from high school, Taylor enrolled at [[Biola University]] in California. During his first year, he was first of the 100 chosen, from 20,000 applicants, to spend the summer at [[John Davidson (entertainer)|John Davidson]]'s summer camp. At the camp, Taylor spent time learning from singers like [[Tony Orlando]], [[Florence Henderson]], and John Davidson.

Taylor returned home and enrolled at the [[University of Colorado Boulder]], to study "serious music". He graduated there in 1980, but described his [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree in music and theater as being worth "slightly more than the cash value of a [[Pizza Hut]] coupon."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sockheaven.net/press/promo/meltdown/ |title=Meltdown Press Release |date=April 1984 |publisher=Sparrow Records |access-date=May 13, 2011}}</ref>

===1980s===

In 1980, Taylor wrote and directed a pop musical comedy titled ''Nothing to Lose'' based on the [[parable of the Prodigal Son]] from the [[Bible]]. It had a short run at a community theater in Denver. He also wrote and starred in a short film, ''Joe's Distributing'', a parody of [[avant-garde]] films.

Taylor wrote articles during this time that were published in ''[[The Wittenburg Door]]'' and ''[[CCM Magazine]]'' (for which he won an award from the [[Evangelical Press Association]]).

After recording a demo of original songs, Taylor began to write for the musical group the [[Continental Singers]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.onfritz.com/Lyrics/MaeEast.html|title=Lyrics to "Mae East"|access-date=December 1, 2014}}</ref> The Continental Singers' founder, [[Cam Floria]] invited Taylor to join the group as assistant director on a tour to France, Italy, and Poland sponsored by [[Solidarity (Polish trade union)|Solidarity]].

When he returned to the United States, he was asked to perform at the Christian Artists' 1982 Music Seminar in Denver. [[Billy Ray Hearn]], president of [[Sparrow Records]], was backstage and immediately signed Taylor to a [[recording contract]].

He recorded his debut solo project ''[[I Want to Be a Clone]]'' in 1982 and released it in January 1983. He quickly gained a reputation for writing songs that satirized beliefs and practices with which he disagreed.

In 1983, Taylor recorded his first full-length album. Released in 1984, ''[[Meltdown (Steve Taylor album)|Meltdown]]'' included some of the demo material that was not on ''Clone'' along with some new material. His video single of the title track, "Meltdown (at [[Madame Tussauds]])" was played on [[MTV]], which was unusual for a [[Christian music|Christian]] artist at the time. The video featured an appearance by actress [[Lisa Whelchel]]. The album also included "We Don't Need No Colour Code", which was critical of [[Bob Jones University]] and its anti-[[interracial dating]]{{Citation needed|date=December 2023}} policy, a policy that was not abandoned by the university until 2000.

Another track on ''Meltdown'', "Guilty By Association", one of the original demo songs, includes a jab with an impression in the [[Thirty-two-bar form#Middle eight|middle eight]] at [[televangelist]] [[Jimmy Swaggart]]. The song "On the Fritz", the title track from Taylor's next studio album, was also targeted at Swaggart. Swaggart later struck back 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://religiousrock.blogspot.com/2005/01/chapter-9.html|title=Religious Rock n Roll: Wolf In Sheep's Clothing: Chapter 9|access-date=December 1, 2014}}</ref>

During a performance at 1984's [[Cornerstone Festival]], Taylor fractured his ankle while jumping off the stage. He finished the summer's tour in an electric wheelchair.<ref>[http://www.sockheaven.net/press/promo/cloneclub_02/ Clone Club News Flash Fall 1984/Winter 1985 (Sock Heaven)<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

In 1985, Taylor received his first [[Grammy]] nomination in the "Best Male Gospel Performance" category, while also being nominated for [[Dove Award]]s as "Gospel Artist of the Year" and for ''Meltdown'' as the "Best Contemporary Album of the Year". Taylor and "Some Band" performed at the Dove Awards ceremonies in [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]] in April of that year, where they were introduced by [[Pat Boone]].

Taylor followed that release with ''[[On the Fritz]]'', produced by [[Foreigner (band)|Foreigner]]'s [[Ian McDonald (musician)|Ian McDonald]]. ''Fritz'' was Taylor's first album to use all studio musicians instead of his usual backing group. Some of the musicians who played on this album were George Small, [[Tony DaVilio]], [[Hugh McCracken]], [[Carmine Rojas]], [[Larry Fast]] and [[Allen Childs]]. ''Fritz'', keeping with Taylor tradition, took aim once again at religious leaders, such as [[Bill Gothard]]<ref>[http://www.experiencefestival.com/a/Bill_Gothard/id/1932247 Bill Gothard: Encyclopedia - Bill Gothard<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081106132235/http://www.experiencefestival.com/a/Bill_Gothard/id/1932247 |date=November 6, 2008 }}</ref> ("I Manipulate"), greedy [[Televangelism|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").

Taylor also recorded a duet with [[Sheila Walsh (singer)|Sheila Walsh]], "Not Gonna Fall Away", a tune written and recorded in 1981 by David Edwards. This was released as a [[12" single]] titled "Transatlantic Remixes". Taylor and Walsh embarked on the Transatlantic Tour which included dates in the United Kingdom and the United States.

Taylor and Walsh also participated in the recording of "Do Something Now" in 1985, a collaborative effort, similar to "[[We Are the World]]", to raise money for [[Compassion International]]'s famine relief programs in Africa. Other artists participating included [[Amy Grant]], [[Larry Norman]], [[Russ Taff]], [[Randy Stonehill]], [[Mylon LeFevre]], [[Steve Camp]], [[Evie (singer)|Evie]], [[Phil Keaggy]], [[2nd Chapter of Acts]], [[Sandi Patty]], [[Bill Gaither]] and [[Rick Cua]].

In between performing, recording and touring, Taylor met and married Debbie Butler of [[Irvine, California|Irvine]], California. They were married by Taylor's father at a private ceremony in [[Connecticut]]. Mrs. Taylor designed the album cover for a compilation on Sparrow, ''The Best We Could Find (Plus 3 That Never Escaped)'' and Myrrh's ''I Predict 1990'', as well as some of Taylor's more colorful stage costumes.

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 [[anti-abortion]] activist who would blow up abortion clinics or kill doctors. 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.<ref name="CCM">''Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music''; Powell; p931; Hendrickson Publishers; paperback edition (August 2002)</ref> With ''1990'', Taylor's targets included mainstream universities ("Since I Gave Up Hope I Feel a Lot Better", featuring fiddle work from [[Papa John Creach]] of [[Jefferson Airplane]] and [[Hot Tuna]]). Other 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.<ref name="CCM" />

Taylor's tour for ''I Predict'' was his most ambitious to date, bringing him to Australia, Canada, England, Finland, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, Scotland, Sweden and the Philippines.

===1990s===

Taylor then took a break from music until 1990, when he returned as the lead singer of [[Chagall Guevara]].  Their first recording was "Tale o' the Twister", which appeared on the soundtrack to the 1990 film ''[[Pump Up the Volume (film)|Pump Up the Volume]]''. The band released an album, the self-titled ''[[Chagall Guevara (album)|Chagall Guevara]]'', in 1991 on [[MCA Records]]. A follow-up album was begun, but it was not finished until 2022 as part of a Kickstarter campaign. The band was released from its contract, following slow sales for their debut, and broke up.

Taylor returned with another solo album, ''[[Squint (Steve Taylor album)|Squint]]'', and a live CD, ''[[Liver (album)|Liver]]'', in the mid-1990s. ''Squint'' included the track "Smug", which uses the persona of [[Rush Limbaugh]] as an apparent-''example'' of smugness, and uses [[Barbra Streisand]] as an iconic master of ''apparent''-smugness.<ref>[http://sockheaven.net/discography/taylor/squint/03.html#about Smug: About the Song] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903094329/http://sockheaven.net/discography/taylor/squint/03.html#about |date=September 3, 2014 }} at SockHeaven.org</ref> The album also included the song "Cash Cow", which takes a jab at yet another [[televangelist]], [[Robert Tilton]], as well as "Bannerman" which is a tribute to American Football fans that hold up "[[John 3:16]]" banners behind the goalposts.

A [[tribute album|tribute]] to Taylor entitled ''[[I Predict a Clone: A Steve Taylor Tribute]]'' was released in 1994 that featured performances by [[Sixpence None the Richer]], [[Fleming and John]], [[Starflyer 59]], [[Circle of Dust]], and others.

In the years following those releases, Taylor focused his efforts on running [[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 (Sixpence None the Richer song)|Kiss Me]]" and a cover of [[The La's]] "There She Goes". He would be most noted for his work with [[Newsboys]], co-producing five of the band's albums while making contributions to the band's songwriting. During this time, Taylor also directed and produced the Newsboys' 1996 movie ''[[Down Under the Big Top]]'' in which the band stars.

Taylor began working as a full-time film maker, directing [[music videos]] for [[Fleming and John]], [[Rich Mullins]], Sixpence None the Richer, Newsboys, [[Guardian (band)|Guardian]], [[Twila Paris]], [[Dakoda Motor Co.]], [[Out of the Grey]], and two video albums for himself.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sockheaven.net/press/articles/crossroads_199510/|title=Steve Taylor's Musical Matinee|access-date=December 1, 2014}}</ref>

===2000s===

While still running Squint, Taylor had begun a film project called ''St. Gimp'', co-written with Ben Pearson and [[Willie Williams (set designer)|Willie Williams]]. That film was abandoned in 2001 when Squint Entertainment lost its financial backing and Taylor was forced out of the company. Taylor co-wrote and directed the feature film ''[[The Second Chance]]'' starring [[Michael W. Smith]], released February 17, 2006. He also appeared 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". New music was scarce, but Taylor did contribute one song, "Shortstop", to Squint's 2000 compilation ''[[Roaring Lambs]]''. He also recorded "Yo Ho Hero", a collaborative track for the 2008 [[VeggieTales]] movie ''[[The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: A VeggieTales Movie|The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything]]''.

===2010s===

{{Main|Steve Taylor & The Perfect Foil}}

In 2010, Taylor began working on a [[Blue Like Jazz (film)|film adaptation]] of Donald Miller's book ''[[Blue Like Jazz]]''. Kickstarter donations helped finish the project, and the film was released theatrically on April 13, 2012, and on DVD/Blu-ray on August 7, 2012.<ref>[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2128223578/save-blue-like-jazz-the-movie-0 SAVE Blue Like Jazz! (the movie)] at Kickstarter.com</ref> 

June 2011 saw the release of "Closer" (featuring Steve Taylor and Some Other Band), a collaboration with [[Peter Furler]] on his first solo album, ''[[On Fire (Peter Furler album)|On Fire]]''. The group consisted of Taylor on vocals, [[Jimmy Abegg]] on guitar, [[John Mark Painter]] on bass, and Furler on drums. According to Furler, an entire album was recorded from these sessions, the material consisting of Taylor/Furler songs unused by the Newsboys.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blog.beliefnet.com/wholenotes/2011/07/a-conversation-with-solo-artist-and-former-newsboys-lead-singer-peter-furler.html|title=A Conversation With Solo Artist And Former Newsboys Lead Singer Peter Furler|work=Whole Notes|date=July 28, 2011|access-date=December 1, 2014}}</ref> One track from the group, "A Life Preserved", was released August 7, 2012 on the ''Blue Like Jazz'' Motion Picture Soundtrack album and credited to Steve Taylor & The Perfect Foil. An "official remix" of "A Life Preserved" also surfaced at pastemagazine.com, and Taylor returned to the stage for Creation 2013 festival.<ref>[http://www.sockheaven.org/news/2013.html Site News & Updates In 2013] at SockHeaven.org</ref> A 2013 Kickstarter drive funded the band in studio and on the road.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2128223578/steve-taylor-and-the-perfect-foil-new-album-really|title=Steve Taylor & The Perfect Foil. New album. Really.|work=Kickstarter|access-date=December 1, 2014}}</ref>

A February 2014 Kickstarter update revealed previously completed studio work to be an album by tour co-headliner Peter Furler Band (released March 2014), with the four members of the Perfect Foil as producers.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2128223578/steve-taylor-and-the-perfect-foil-new-album-really/posts/735724|title=Update #15: The Perfect Tour|work=Kickstarter|access-date=December 1, 2014}}</ref> Soon after, Steve Taylor & The Perfect Foil announced via Kickstarter that their own new album ''[[Goliath (Steve Taylor album)|Goliath]]'' was completed August 23, 2014. This marked Taylor's first studio album in twenty years.<ref name=Goliath>{{cite web|url=https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2128223578/steve-taylor-and-the-perfect-foil-new-album-really/posts/963235|title=Update #36: Birth Announcement/Due Dates|work=Kickstarter|access-date=December 1, 2014}}</ref> "Only a Ride", the debut single from the album, was released via streaming and mp3 download on September 16, 2014, only to Kickstarter campaign supporters.<ref>[http://www.sockheaven.org/news/ Site News & Updates In 2014] at SockHeaven.org</ref> The music video for "Only a Ride" featured scenes from the film trailer for ''[[Stunt Rock]]'', a 1980 film by director [[Brian Trenchard-Smith]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.yahoo.com/music/bp/see-it-first--nashville-rockers-steve-taylor---the-perfect-foils-debut-new--ride-151112675.html|title=See It First! Nashville Rockers...Debut New 'Ride' @ Yahoo Music|date=October 3, 2014|access-date=December 1, 2014}}</ref> Music videos for "Standing in Line"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wonderingsound.com/news/video-premiere-steve-taylor-perfect-foil-standing-line/|title=Wondering Sound: Video Premiere: Steve Taylor & the Perfect Foil, "Standing in Line"|work=Wondering Sound|access-date=December 1, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141207221307/http://www.wonderingsound.com/news/video-premiere-steve-taylor-perfect-foil-standing-line/|archive-date=December 7, 2014|df=mdy-all}}</ref> and the title track to ''Goliath'' followed.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.relevantmagazine.com/rtv/music-videos/goliath|title=Relevant Magazine: 'Goliath' Music Video premiere|work=Relevant Magazine|access-date=December 1, 2014}}</ref> The album, distributed independently, through Taylor's own Splint Entertainment, was released on November 18, 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://shorefire.com/client/steve-taylor-the-perfect-foil|title=Shore Fire Media: ST&PF Goliath|work=Shore Fire Media|access-date=December 1, 2014|archive-date=December 28, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141228080223/http://shorefire.com/client/steve-taylor-the-perfect-foil|url-status=dead}}</ref> Plans for extensive touring were announced.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.h2oaa.com/artist.php?id=86|title=H2O Artist Agency: S.T.|access-date=December 1, 2014}}</ref>

In June 2015, Taylor and the Perfect Foil entered [[Electrical Audio]] in Chicago with Daniel Smith of [[Danielson]] and engineer [[Steve Albini]]. In December 2015, Taylor announced (via Kickstarter) that the resulting EP, ''Wow to the Deadness'', was released in January 2016, under the name Steve Taylor & The Danielson Foil.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2128223578/steve-taylor-and-the-danielson-foil-wow-to-the-dea|title=Steve Taylor and the Danielson Foil|publisher=Kickstarter|access-date=December 8, 2015}}</ref>

Along with new music making, Taylor also had the honor of becoming filmmaker-in-residence at [[Lipscomb University]]'s cinematic arts program. His roles would include assistant professor of film & creative media and director of the School of Theatre and Cinematic Arts. He would also begin development on another feature film, a political comedy: ''The Independent''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lipscomb.edu/directory/taylor-steve|title=Lipscomb University Directory: Steve Taylor|publisher=Lipscomb University|access-date=August 1, 2020}}</ref>

===2020s===

On August 1, 2020, a live crowdfunding campaign was launched  for the release of ''The Last Amen'', the long-delayed Chagall Guevara live album. It was to be accompanied by a collection, ''Halcyon Days'', to include rare and unreleased CG material as well as new recordings with Taylor's former band. The latter nine-track release was made available to Kickstarter backers in mid-May 2022, and was released to the public in June of that year.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thelastamen/chagall-guevara-the-last-amen|title=Chagall Guevara: The Last Amen |publisher=Kickstarter|access-date=August 1, 2020}}</ref> The band played one show together on July 2, 2022 to celebrate the release of the new album. <ref>{{Cite web |title=Chagall Guevara Setlist at Ryman Auditorium, Nashville |url=https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/chagall-guevara/2022/ryman-auditorium-nashville-tn-7bb5da00.html |access-date=2022-11-21 |website=setlist.fm |language=en}}</ref>

== Discography ==

===Studio albums===
* ''[[Meltdown (Steve Taylor album)|Meltdown]]'', 1984 album (Sparrow)
* ''[[On the Fritz]]'', 1985 album (Sparrow)
* ''[[I Predict 1990]]'', 1987 album ([[Myrrh Records|Myrrh]])
* ''[[Squint (Steve Taylor album)|Squint]]'', 1993 album ([[Warner Alliance]])
* ''[[Goliath (Steve Taylor album)|Goliath]]'' <small>(with [[Steve Taylor & The Perfect Foil|The Perfect Foil]])</small>, 2014 album (Splint)

===EPs===
* ''[[I Want to Be a Clone]]'', 1983 debut EP ([[Sparrow Records|Sparrow]])
* ''[[Wow to the Deadness]]'', 2016 EP <small>(with [[Steve Taylor & The Perfect Foil|The Danielson Foil]])</small> (Splint Entertainment/[[Sounds Familyre Records|Sounds Familyre]])

===Live albums===
* ''Limelight'', 1986 live album (Sparrow)
* ''[[Liver (album)|Liver]]'', 1995 live album (Warner Alliance)
* ''Wow to the Liveness'', 2016 live album <small>(with [[Steve Taylor & The Perfect Foil|The Danielson Foil]])</small> (Splint Entertainment/[[Sounds Familyre Records|Sounds Familyre]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Steve-Taylor-The-Danielson-Foil-Wow-To-The-Liveness/release/12758888|title=Wow to the Liveness|publisher=Discogs|access-date=August 1, 2020}}</ref>
* ''The Last Amen'', 2021 live album <small>(with [[Chagall Guevara]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thelastamen/chagall-guevara-the-last-amen|title=Chagall Guevara: The Last Amen |publisher=Kickstarter|access-date=August 1, 2020}}</ref></small>

===Compilations===
* ''The Best We Could Find (+3 That Never Escaped)'', 1988 album (Sparrow)
* ''Christmas'', 1988 album (one track by Taylor)
* ''Now The Truth Can Be Told'', 1994 two-disc box set (WAL)
* ''[[Roaring Lambs]]'' Various Artists, 2000 compilation (one track by Taylor)
* ''[[The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: A VeggieTales Movie]]'' Soundtrack, 2007 (one track by Taylor)
* ''[[Blue Like Jazz (film)|Blue Like Jazz Motion Picture Soundtrack]]'', 2012 (one track by Taylor; an alternate arrangement of this track can also be found on the ''Goliath'' album.)
* ''There's A Rainbow Somewhere (The Songs Of Randy Stonehill)'', various artists, 2022 - Song: "Fire"

===With Chagall Guevara===
* ''[[Chagall Guevara (album)|Chagall Guevara]]'', 1991 album ([[MCA Records|MCA]])
* ''[[Pump Up the Volume (film)|Pump Up the Volume]]'' soundtrack, 1990, includes one song by Chagall Guevara, "Tale O' the Twister".
* "Treasure of the Broken Land" (single), 1992, included on the 1994 album ''[[Strong Hand of Love: A Tribute to Mark Heard]]'' and its 1996 re-release with more material ''[[Orphans of God]]''.
* ''Halcyon Days'', 2022 studio collection<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thelastamen/chagall-guevara-the-last-amen|title=Chagall Guevara: The Last Amen |publisher=Kickstarter|access-date=August 1, 2020}}</ref>

===Promotional singles===
{| class="wikitable"
!rowspan="2" |Year
!rowspan="2" |Single
!colspan="3" |''CCM'' <small>peak chart positions</small>
!rowspan="2" |Album
|-
!style="width:1em"|<small>AC</small>
!style="width:1em"|<small>CHR</small>
!style="width:1em"|<small>Rock</small>
|-
| 1983
|"I Want to Be a Clone"
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| 3
|''[[I Want to Be a Clone]]''
|-
|rowspan="3"| 1984
|"Sin for a Season"
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| 1
|rowspan="3"|''[[Meltdown (Steve Taylor album)|Meltdown]]''
|-
|"Meltdown (At Madame Tussaud's)"
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| 1
|-
|"Guilty by Association"
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| 16
|-
|rowspan="3"| 1985
|"This Disco (Used to Be a Cute Cathedral)"
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| 3
|align="center"| 1
|rowspan="5"|''[[On the Fritz]]''
|-
|"On the Fritz"
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| 9
|-
|"Lifeboat"
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| —
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1986
|"To Forgive"
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| 8
|-
|"I Just Wanna Know"
|align="center"| 5
|align="center"| 5
|align="center"| —
|-
| 1987
|"Svengali"
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| 2
|rowspan="4"|''[[I Predict 1990]]''
|-
|rowspan="4"| 1988
|"Harder to Believe Than Not To"
|align="center"| 36
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| —
|-
|"I Blew Up the Clinic Real Good"
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| 5
|-
|"What Is the Measure of Your Success?"
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| 8
|-
|"Under the Blood"
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| 20
|''The Best We Could Find<br/>(+3 That Never Escaped)''
|-
| 1989
|"Jim Morrison's Grave"
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| 3
|''I Predict 1990''
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1991
|"Violent Blue"<br/><small>([[Chagall Guevara]])</small>
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| 10
|rowspan="5"|''[[Chagall Guevara (album)|Chagall Guevara]]''
|-
|"Murder in the Big House"<br/><small>(Chagall Guevara)</small>
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| 1
|-
|rowspan="3"| 1992
|"Escher's World"<br/><small>(Chagall Guevara)</small>
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| 4
|-
|"Play God"<br/><small>(Chagall Guevara)</small>
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| 7
|-
|"If It All Comes True"<br/><small>(Chagall Guevara)</small>
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| 4
|-
| 1993
|"Bannerman"
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| 5
|align="center"| 1
|rowspan="4"|''[[Squint (Steve Taylor album)|Squint]]''
|-
|rowspan="3"| 1994
|"The Lament of Desmond R.G. Underwood-Frederick IV"
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| 1
|-
|"The Finish Line"
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| 2
|-
|"Curses"
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| 1
|-
| 1995
|"On the Fritz" (live)
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| 6
|''[[Liver (album)|Liver]]''
|-
| 2000
|"Shortstop"
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| 1
|''[[Roaring Lambs]]''
|-
|rowspan="3"| 2014
|"Only a Ride"<br/><small>(Steve Taylor & The Perfect Foil)</small>
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| —
|rowspan="5"|''[[Goliath (Steve Taylor album)|Goliath]]''
|-
|"Standing in Line"<br/><small>(Steve Taylor & The Perfect Foil)</small>
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| —
|-
|"Goliath"<br/><small>(Steve Taylor & The Perfect Foil)</small>
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| —
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2015
|"A Life Preserved"<br/><small>(Steve Taylor & The Perfect Foil)</small>
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| —
|-
|"Moonshot"<br/><small>(Steve Taylor & The Perfect Foil)</small>
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| —
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2016
|"Wow to the Deadness"<br/><small>(Steve Taylor & The Danielson Foil)</small>
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| —
|rowspan="2"| ''[[Wow to the Deadness]]''
|-
|"Nonchalant"<br/><small>(Steve Taylor & The Danielson Foil)</small>
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| —
|-
| 2020
|"Ecstatic Delight"<br/><small>(Steve Taylor & The Danielson Foil)</small>
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| —
| ''Electric Jesus'' (Soundtrack)
|-
|rowspan="3"| 2022
|"Resurrection #9"<br/><small>(Chagall Guevara)</small>
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| —
|rowspan="2"| ''Halcyon Days''
|-
|"Got Any Change?"<br/><small>(Chagall Guevara)</small>
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| —
|-
|"Fire"
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| —
| ''There's a Rainbow Somewhere:<br>The Songs of Randy Stonehill''
|-
|}

===Music videos===
{| class="wikitable"
!rowspan="1" |Year
!rowspan="1" |Title
!rowspan="1" |Album
|-
|rowspan="2"|1984
|"Meltdown (At Madame Tussaud's)"
|rowspan="2"|''[[Meltdown (Steve Taylor album)|Meltdown]]''
|-
|"We Don't Need No Colour Code"
|-
|rowspan="1"|1985
|"Lifeboat"
|rowspan="1"|''[[On the Fritz]]''
|-
|rowspan="8"|1988
|"What Is the Measure of Your Success?"
|rowspan="8"|''[[I Predict 1990]]''
|-
|"I Blew Up the Clinic Real Good"
|-
|"A Principled Man"
|-
|"Jim Morrison's Grave"
|-
|"Babylon"
|-
|"Svengali"
|-
|"Since I Gave Up Hope I Feel a Lot Better"
|-
|"Harder to Believe Than Not To"
|-
|rowspan="1"|1991
|"Violent Blue"<br/><small>([[Chagall Guevara]])</small>
|rowspan="1"|''[[Chagall Guevara (album)|Chagall Guevara]]''
|-
|rowspan="1"|1993
|"Bannerman"
|rowspan="7"|''[[Squint (Steve Taylor album)|Squint]]''
|-
|rowspan="6"|1994
|"Smug"
|-
|"The Moshing Floor"
|-
|"Jesus Is for Losers"
|-
|"Sock Heaven"
|-
|"Cash Cow (A Rock Opera in Three Small Acts)"
|-
|"The Finish Line"
|-
|rowspan="1"|1995
|"On the Fritz" (live)
|rowspan="1"|''[[Liver (album)|Liver]]''
|-
|rowspan="3"|2014
|"Only a Ride"<br/><small>(Steve Taylor & The Perfect Foil)</small>
|rowspan="4"|''[[Goliath (Steve Taylor album)|Goliath]]''
|-
|"Standing in Line"<br/><small>(Steve Taylor & The Perfect Foil)</small>
|-
|"Goliath"<br/><small>(Steve Taylor & The Perfect Foil)</small>
|-
|rowspan="1"|2015
|"Moonshot"<br/><small>(Steve Taylor & The Perfect Foil)</small>
|-
|rowspan="2"|2016
|"Wow to the Deadness"<br/><small>(Steve Taylor & The Danielson Foil)</small>
|rowspan="2"|''[[Wow to the Deadness]]''
|-
|"Nonchalant"<br/><small>(Steve Taylor & The Danielson Foil)</small>
|-
|2020
|"Ecstatic Delight"<br/><small>(Steve Taylor & The Danielson Foil)</small>
|Electric Jesus (Music From and Inspired By the Motion Picture)
|}

===Video collections===
* ''Videoworks'', 1985 video collection (Sparrow)
* ''Limelight'', 1986 live video (Sparrow)
* ''I Predict 1990: The Video Album'', 1987 video collection (Myrrh)
* ''Squint: Movies From the Soundtrack'', 1993 video collection (Warner Alliance)
* ''Now The Truth Can Be Told'', 1994 video collection (WAL)

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" 
! width="15%" rowspan="2" scope="col" | Title !! width="5%" rowspan="2" scope="col" | Year!! colspan="6" scope="col" | Credited as !! width="10%" rowspan="2" scope="col" class="unsortable"| Notes !! width="1%" rowspan="2" scope="col" class="unsortable" |{{abbr|Ref(s)|Reference(s)}}
|-
! width=6% |Director!! width=6% | Writer!! width=6% |Producer!! width=6% |Editor!! width=6% | Actor!! width=6%  | Role
|-
!scope="row"|''Joe's Distributing''
| 1980
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
|
| {{Yes}} 
|rowspan="3" |
|rowspan="3" | Comedy short
|-
!scope="row"|''Nothing To Lose''
| 1980
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| 
| {{Yes}}
|-
!scope="row"|''Baby Talk''
| 1982
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
|
| {{Yes}}
|-
!scope="row"|''Greenbelt '88 on Super 8''
| 1988
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
|
| {{Yes}}
| Himself
| Documentary short
|-
!scope="row"|''Rich Mullins: Pursuit of a Legacy''
| 1994
| 
| 
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| 
| {{n/a}}
|rowspan="2" | Documentary
|-
!scope="row"|''Strong Hand of Love''
|1994
| 
| 
| 
| 
| {{Yes}}
|rowspan="4" | Himself
|-
!scope="row"|''[[Down Under the Big Top]]''
| 1996
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| Feature film
|-
!scope="row"|''Homeless Man: The Restless Heart of Rich Mullins''
| 1998
| 
| 
| {{Yes}}
| 
| {{Yes}}
|rowspan="2" | Documentary
|-
!scope="row"|''The Cornerstone Festival: Twenty Years and Counting''
| 2004
| 
| 
| 
| 
| {{Yes}}
|-
!scope="row"|''[[The Second Chance]]''
| 2006
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
|
|
| {{n/a}}
| Feature film
|-
!scope="row"|''Kabul 24''
|2009
|
|
| {{Yes}}
|
|
| {{n/a}}
| Documentary
|-
!scope="row"|''Adventure Now''
| 2010
| 
| 
| 
| 
| {{Yes}}
| Elko
| TV series
|-
!scope="row"|''Pound Dogs''
| 2011
| 
| 
| 
| 
| {{Yes}}
| Yuppie Guy ([[voice acting|voice]])
| Animated comedy short
|-
!scope="row"|''[[Blue Like Jazz (film)|Blue Like Jazz]]''
| 2012
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
|
|
| {{n/a}}
| Feature film
|-
!scope="row"|"Spy vs. Guy"
| 2013
| 
| 
| 
| 
| {{Yes}}
| Spy
| Comedy short
|}

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
* [http://www.stevetaylorpresents.com/ Steve Taylor] - Official page for Taylor's music and film projects.
* [http://www.sockheaven.net/ Sock Heaven] - The longest-running Steve Taylor and Chagall Guevara fan site and archive.
* {{IMDb name|1741105}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080510064535/http://www.renc.igs.net/~adt/qrstuv/ QRSTUV - The Quantitative Roland Stephen Taylor Ubiquitous Volume] (Archived)
* [http://www.tobeaclone.com/ Steve Taylor's Digital Clone - interactive documentary about Steve]
* [http://www.blogtalkradio.com/nthequeue/2013/05/29/christian-singerdirector-steve-taylor "N The Queue" radio interview with Steve regarding "Blue Like Jazz", "Saint Gimp" and his upcoming solo album]

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