Chagall Guevara
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Chagall Guevara was an American rock band, heavily influenced by The Clash, formed by solo artist Steve Taylor in 1989, and joined by friends Lynn Nichols (from the 1970's Phil Keaggy band), Dave Perkins, bassist Wade Jaynes and drummer Mike Mead.
The band was named after revolutionary Che Guevara and painter Marc Chagall ("Revolutionary art"). Although the band was together from 1989 on through 1992, its existence was not publicly confirmed until 1990.
The band first appeared on the soundtrack to the motion picture Pump Up The Volume with a song called "Tale O' The Twister". The band's only album was released on MCA Records in 1991 and was well received by music critics and MTV. Although the band had already begun to record a second album, MCA Records went through some restructuring and dropped the band before it could be released.
The UK release of the Violent Blue single contained an otherwise unavailable track Still Know Your Number By Heart.
Chagall Guevara disbanded some time later, but they did reunite temporarily in 1994 to record Treasure of the Broken Land for the Mark Heard tribute album Strong Hand of Love.