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Toy Dolls are a British punk rock band. They formed in 1979, playing their first ever gig at Millview Social Club, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, UK, on 20 October 1979. After a couple of gigs vocalist Pete Zulu left to form his own band. He was replaced by vocalist, Hud who himself left after a single gig, leaving Toy Dolls as a trio with guitarist Michael “Olga” Algar to assume vocal duties. This was just the start of the revolving door of drummers and bassists that would characterise the Toy Dolls line-up over the years.

They quickly built up a local fanbase and were initially grouped with the Oi! scene that was emerging at the time, although many would say that despite having the singalong choruses that are typical of Oi!, they are better classified as pop-punk. Another reason they are associated with Oi! is that they were championed by Garry Bushell who was very involved with Oi bands like The Angelic Upstarts. In 1980 a local businessman financed their debut single, “Tommy Kowey’s Car” with “She Goes To Finos” on the B-side. The single quickly sold out its initial 500 pressing but the band couldn’t afford to press any more, making the single a collector’s item.

In 1983 they released their debut album Dig That Groove Baby, by which time with Bushell’s help they were beginning to attract national press attention, and in 1984 they burst into the charts with their punk rendition of Nellie the Elephant, a classic children’s song, which reached Number 4 in the UK charts and stayed in the Top 100 for no less than 12 weeks.

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1	Nellie the Elephant	307
2	Dig That Groove Baby	213
3	I'm a Telly Addict	95
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5	Idle Gossip	92
6	Ernie Had a Hernia	91
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king_prawn95 wrote:
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Balthi wrote:
November 2009

"Glenda & The Test Tube Baby" @ Gaswerk Winterthur, Switzerland (27.11.2009) http://balthiswelt.blogspot.com/2009/11/toy-dolls-gaswerk-winterthur-27112009.html

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Balthi wrote:
November 2009

LiveClip @ Gaswerk Winterthur, Switzerland (27.11.2009) http://balthiswelt.blogspot.com/2009/11/toy-dolls-gaswerk-winterthur-27112009.html

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CaiUnderground wrote:
November 2009

very crazy songs! \o/

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HamsterOfHell wrote:
October 2009

punks play guitar???? OMG that's a new one !

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nuclearq4er wrote:
October 2009

nellie the elephant)))

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ooh_boy wrote:
October 2009

yeah, beethovensong

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krachim wrote:
October 2009

olga - best guitar player

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Gralath wrote:
September 2009

Fuckin great!

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CatastrophicP wrote:
September 2009

They're coming to take me away, ha haaa!

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daisysc wrote:
September 2009

Long live you guys!

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SynnieGates wrote:
August 2009

Nellie the elephant! :D

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TheGreenLeafMWM wrote:
August 2009

great band

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belgianbc wrote:
July 2009

fantastic live! long live toy dolls, epic.

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nunogcm86 wrote:
July 2009

oh... I forgot... AND I WOULD WALK 500 MORE! :D

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nunogcm86 wrote:
July 2009

I WILL WALK 400km to see them on 31 July en Spain!

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shakey_Jake wrote:
June 2009

well its written differently on different albums, but i'm going with "the toy dolls" as thats the name they go by on their websites

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peeves111 wrote:
June 2009

is it not just 'toy dolls' and not 'the toy dolls'? or am i wrong?

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Gilaventi wrote:
June 2009

The British Rock Artists League has run for two successful seasons now. Now we need 4 new artists to begin Season 3, so click here and vote for The Toy Dolls!

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joaco_garcia wrote:
June 2009

¿Quien dijo que en el punk todo tiene que ser político o airado? Post de Toy Dolls en Punk Rock Song http://tinyurl.com/ny4b74

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