Toto musician biography
The company was made up by school friends Steve Lukuter r. When the personnel issue was resolved, the group began to prepare a debut album. Jeff signed the first demolitions in the name of "Toto", and later the musicians used it in the name of their team. Longpley, published in September, was accompanied by three hiths-line "Hold the Line", "I LL Supply The Love" and "Georgy Porgy", thanks to which he easily received platinum.
Despite the success of Toto, the musicians continued to be distracted by third -party projects, so the second record came out with some delay. In m, the group continued to move towards the weight of the sound, however, "Turn Back" had no commercial success. Having made the appropriate conclusions, Toto changed the landmarks and sharply increased their popularity with the release of the fourth album.
Containing two superchites, "Africa" and "Rosanna", "Toto IV" received "Grammy" in six nominations and brought the group to an international level. Shortly before the accompanying world round, the place of Hangate, who had just become his father, was occupied by the third brother of Porkaro, Mike of the river. Another replacement occurred at the stage of preparation of the fifth album when Kimball handed over the microphone Fherji Fredericksen R.
At the ISOLATION, the group turned back to hard rock, but this time successfully, since the record contained two Hita and Holyanna, beloved fans of the hit. At the end of the next Toto tour, the vocalist was replaced by Joseph Williams and participated in the charity record "USA for Africa". After the release of the not very successful Fahrenheit, Steve Porkaro went to make a career in the cinema, although he continued to work in the team as a sessioner.
The group has gained success in the European market with the album "The SEVENTH ONE", which was most popular by single "Pamela" and "Stop Loving You". The subsequent tour ended with the departure of Williams, and for some time “Toto” was inactive. With the participation of Bobby Kimbollah, the collection "Past to Present" was recorded, but soon, at the insistence of the label, the place of the frontman was taken by the unknown Jean-Michel Byron.
However, this comrade quickly received resignation, and the Lukater took upon himself the role of a vocalist leader. At the end, the group recorded the album "Kingdom of Desire", the output of which was overshadowed by the death of Jeff Porcaro. The drummer accidentally poisoned with pesticides and on April 5, he died of a subsequent heart attack. The blow was serious, but Toto decided to continue activities and went on tour with the new drummer, Simon Phillips.
At the end of the tour, the first concert was released, “Absolutly Live”, and the new studio work appeared in metro. In the year, about the summer anniversary of the Pacich and Lukater, they rummaged in the tanning and the unrealized material for the whole album “Toto XX”. At the end of work on this disk, Cimball returned to the team. Having rushed off the next tour and released the concert "Livefields", the musicians again took up third -party projects.
The renewal of Toto's activities took place about the summer anniversary, which the group celebrated the release of the Caves of the Quore "Through The Looking Glass". The incessant nomadic life was tired of Paych, and in M concert keys they moved to Greg Fillingayns. The next year, for the first time in seven years, fresh material appeared from Toto. The album "Falling in Between" was enthusiastically perceived by both fans and critics, and the single "Bottom of Your Soul" took leading positions in a number of European countries.
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