With the LA music community, it was another beehive and the queen changed every now and then, depending of course on the perceptions of the people and music critics. The early 1980s saw favourite R&B artists and old timers like Paul McCartney holding on to the music scene. Emotionally what makes this work Steve Luakther’s pitch-perfect and poignant vocals”. described it as “a sorrow that a lot of draggy, pensive ballads couldn’t muster. All encompassing however to outsiders, wasn’t an immediately like but the second album produced a relatively good song by the peculiar name of “ 99”, charting at #26. Toto wasn’t exactly any single type of rock genre nor was it just simply about rock.

Toto comes from a Latin word which means “all encompassing”. Many rumours were formed over the peculiar name but Jeff Porcaro set the record straight (for fans that bothered) in a late 1980s interview. An instrumental piece, “ Child’s Anthem”was also popular (one year being the UN’s year of children).īack to the formation of the name Toto, which you may laugh at it depending which country you come from or which language you speak.

Coupled with a mish mash of a song (in my opinion) of “Georgy Porgy” (which hit a respectable #48) the band worked on a second album. That song rocketed on the charts to #5 in and was probably one factor that led to the band’s nomination in the Grammy’s as “Best New Artist” in 1977. Added to Paich’s and Lukather’s voice was a certain Bobby Kimball, who sang “ Hold the line” one of the band’s very first songs. So there wasn’t really much to expand on, but David Paich, two brothers Steve and Jeffery Porcaro, along with another classmate Steve Lukather had other plans.Įach high school friend was already part of some well known rock group such as Steely Dan or Bob Scaggs but their debut album showed a difference, a distinct difference from any of the 1970s style. Bands such as The Rolling Stones and Led Zepplin sort of ensured that that genre of rock music. I planned to title the entry “Not quite a year since went away” but since I’m not writing this article less than a year since Toto was disbanded, I changed it to another line from the song “ Rosanna”.īy the 1970s, rock music (in my view) was reaching its zenith with many bands trying to drown each other out, literally and market wise. As on 2013, the band is back, with a slightly new membership.

NB: This was written in September 2009, when Toto had temporarily ceased performing.

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