Take One is excited to have Shel join as our new male front line vocalist. Shel is an awesome vocalist and we are happy he joined us!Seattle native Shel Van Taylor is a high energy artist who loves to express through music. After going through the normal garage band learning process, Shel, playing Guitar, formed and performed with the Substitutes an original/cover band in Seattle from 1988-1993. The Substitutes released one full length album in 1992 and toured extensively. Shel wrote all the songs on the album. The Substitutes opened and played with the likes of The Romantics – Paul Collins Beat – The Rangehoods – The Eagertones –Elvin Bishop – Randy Hansen – Nazareth – and many many more….Shel then moved on to form and perform in Model 29, a Seattle based Power trio. Shel fronted the band, and played all guitars. Model 29 was a high energy band that created quite a buzz in the industry. Model 29 was part of the Grunge scene in the mid 90’s, rehearsed at Naf Studios, and the guys hung out with bands such as Alice in Chains – Soundgarden – Mudhoney – My Sisters Machine – Tad – Zeke – Blues Traveler and again many more…. Wild Zombie Birdhouse was the next venture. WZB released 1 EP on Macrotrack records named Tweet. Shel wrote, sang and played all instruments on this EP except for drums. Shel now works exclusively with the Take One Band and continues to record and do Video Projects.
