The ultimate Christian satirist! He might not be "hard rock"... more like a combination of David Bowie and The Cars, I suppose, but I've always been a fan.

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I never got into Taylor's work. Lyrically, he's a good songwriter. However, I just never cared for the musical style at all.

I think I have only every heard the "Melt Down" song...very clever lyrics.

Always dug Taylor. Dude's a trip. One of my favs is "Jim Morrison's Grave"

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Man, Steve is really cool. I don't listen to him often, but he has really good studio musicians (read: bassists and saxophonists) so it's always cool to listen to.

I didn't really care for his newer stuff, but I preferred the more rocking and just-plain-fun-to-listen-to old stuff.

My mom got the "Now the Truth can be Told" compilation, which has the hits and some leftovers too.

Another fav of mine:

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On The Fritz was a bit of a let down, actually (the album, not the song). It has a few really strong tracks, like that one, but it hasn't aged near as well as Meltdown. Drive, He Said was another great song off of that album.

Here's hoping that Retroactive Records will re-release his discography one day.

I'm with you, DBF. It would be nice, but it's out of his hands because of the nature of the record biz.

Steve addressed that issue in an interview at Cornerstone.

Quote:

As far as re-issuing albums, it bugs me a little bit when they go out of print. You know, the record industry, as you know, is in great turmoil right now. We really tried to address some of the fundamental issues with Squint in setting it up to be much more artist friendly. One of the things that I was preaching all the time, to anybody who would listen, is that the record industry is so corrupt and is founded on so many wrong foundations. And those get piled up on top of bad foundations to where it's just a very corrupt industry. It's almost like the tax code. It builds year after year to certain places that what does this mean anymore? Why can't you just toss it all and start again from scratch because it doesn't mean anything anymore. That's how I felt with the record industry. One of the problems with the record industry is, in my situation, I've had albums on three different labels. I have no control over what happens to those albums or how and if they get re-packaged or released. I've made attempts to try to license them back from labels to try to put them out myself have been met with stone faces. So I have no idea if they'll be re-issued or re-packaged. Personally, if you want to get them off the Internet, I have no problem with that, go ahead. They are not available, have at at.

I'm going to navigate the torrents tonight. Thanks for that info Nick.

Meltdown link doesn't work, but On The Fritz does. Thank'ee!

I used to love ST back in the day. I have just about all of them on cassette. The only one I have on CD is the compilation " The best we could find". I need to pull it out again soon.

I think my fav song of of On The Fritz is "I Just Wanna Know"

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Life's too short for small talk
So don't be talking trivia now
Excess baggage fills this plane
There's more than we should ever allow


There's engines stalling and good men falling
But I ain't crawling away


I just wanna know
Am I pulling people closer?
I just wanna be pulling them to you
I just wanna stay angry at the evil
I just wanna be hungry for the true


Folks play follow the leader
But who's the leader gonna obey?
Will his head get big when the toes get tapping?
I just wanna know are they catching what I say?


I'm a little too young to introspect
And I surely haven't paid all my dues
But there's bear traps lying in those woods
Most of them already been used


I just wanna know
Am I pulling people closer?
I just wanna be pulling them to you
I just wanna stay angry at the evil
I just wanna be hungry for the true

Search me, Father, and know my heart
Try me and know my mind
And if there be any wicked way in me
Pull me to the rock that is higher than I


I just wanna know
Am I pulling people closer?
I just wanna be pulling them to you
I just wanna stay angry at the evil
I just wanna be hungry for the true

I think Steve is brilliant and enjoy his songs (although some of the music is kinda annoying). Since Steve has given a blanket ok, I do have several of his albums I can upload somewhere. If you are interested, PM me.