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Toto
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Los Angeles, United States (1977 – 2008)
Toto was a Grammy Award winning american rock band that was formed in Los Angeles, California in 1977 by David Paich, Steve Lukather, Bobby Kimball, brothers Jeff Porcaro and Steve Porcaro, and David Hungate. The band members had met in high school and at studio sessions in the 1970s, when they became some of the busiest session musicians in the music business.
Composed entirely of seasoned studio musicians, Toto seemed to come out of nowhere. They did not get known first on the club circuit as nearly all bands do prior to being signed by a label. Their reputations in the studio were enough. For example, Paich, Hungate and Jeff Porcaro wrote songs for and performed on Boz Scaggs’ album Silk Degrees.
Toto released their debut album Toto in October 1978, selling two million copies based on their top ten hit
Hold The Line. The next two albums Hydra and Turn Back had little success, but Toto IV (released in 1982) featured the number one hit Africa as well as the top ten single Rosanna. Toto IV went multi-platinum and earned several Grammy Awards including 1983 Album of the Year and Record of the Year (for “Rosanna”).
Their only film work to date was for the 1984 David Lynch science fiction film Dune. In addition to their own score, they also recorded the Prophecy Theme, composed by Brian Eno.
Composed entirely of seasoned studio musicians, Toto seemed to come out of nowhere. They did not get known first on the club circuit as nearly all bands do prior to being signed by a label. Their reputations in the studio were enough. For example, Paich, Hungate and Jeff Porcaro wrote songs for and performed on Boz Scaggs’ album Silk Degrees.
Toto released their debut album Toto in October 1978, selling two million copies based on their top ten hit
Hold The Line. The next two albums Hydra and Turn Back had little success, but Toto IV (released in 1982) featured the number one hit Africa as well as the top ten single Rosanna. Toto IV went multi-platinum and earned several Grammy Awards including 1983 Album of the Year and Record of the Year (for “Rosanna”).Their only film work to date was for the 1984 David Lynch science fiction film Dune. In addition to their own score, they also recorded the Prophecy Theme, composed by Brian Eno.
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Showoff63 wrote:
Toto is a good band! I like my cd Toto Past to Present1977-1990
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MysticEnergy wrote:
Che gran gruppo! Non riesco a smettere di ascoltarli!! <3
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crazykuni wrote:
Saw Bobby Kimball yesterday live on stage in Hamburg. Such a fantastic voice, still rockin' on stage, and hearing Hold the line, Africa and some other hits was simply great. Together with the Prague Symphonic Orchestra, just wonderful arrangements of the songs!
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butrom4ik wrote:
Scrubs ^^
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ShinySandra wrote:
Toto is a really great band<3 and my uncle's favorites :P
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aNGe_LiNa wrote:
Stop loving you is totally rad!
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MojaGeneracja wrote:
Holde the line, love isn't always on time...
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Warrior_Bard wrote:
Don't get me wrong, I LOVE their music and all but aren't their covers fugly? they look like some kind of Xena advert lol
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Black_Sandman wrote:
AOR?
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aineb wrote:
Rosanna
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tube_prophet wrote:
J.D. is totaly cool when he sings Africa in one episode
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Deathriderdoom wrote:
fine AOR here.
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Sal-ival wrote:
their music always makes me think I was born the wrong time [4]
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Skixx wrote:
their music always makes me think I was born the wrong time [3] !!
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Sal-ival wrote:
don't forget Jeff's grooves and Paich's inputs in song-writing and composing instrumentals like Child's Anthem
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kolpikov wrote:
Awesome band. Lukather is one of the best guiatrists. ToTo mixes traditional AOR/melodic rock with funk, pop music, blues, art-rock and some other genres. It's amazing mixture :)
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MissClarck wrote:
Hi, I would like to present you this afro-rock groove call Bantunani with their song BlackNinja...Awesome to listen They have launched this brand new music afrogroove with strong lyrics and touching tunes. http://www.lastfm.fr/music/Bantunani Regards,
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fernandaline wrote:
great band... even nowadays.
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cigarett_box wrote:
their music always makes me think I was born the wrong time [2]
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nelcia235 wrote:
...Holde the line, love isn't always on time... :)) <3
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