Friday 27 August 2010

Greatest Bands of All Time: Toto

* First VIdeo:




* Second Video:




* Third VIdeo:




Toto is an US American rock band founded in 1977 by some of the most popular and experienced session musicians of the era. The band enjoyed great commercial success in the late 1970's and 1980s, beginning with the band's self-titled debut released in 1978. With the release of 1982's critically acclaimed and commercially successful Toto IV, Toto became one of the best-selling music groups of their era. They are best known for such hit singles as "Hold the Line," "Rosanna," "Africa," and "Stranger in Town." Although their popularity in the United States diminished in the 1990s and 2000s, they continued to sell out arenas constantly internationally, only playing minimal shows in the USA.

IN accordance with wikipedia, Toto is known for its technical skill in the studio as well as a musical style that combines elements of pop, rock, soul, funk, progressive rock, hard rock, R&B and jazz. Although they were regularly associated with the soft rock genre, Toto's broad array of musical styles helps them appeal to a variety of listeners.

The band has released 17 albums and have sold over 30 million records to date. Their 18th album, Falling In Between Live, was released in August 2007, a live release recorded in March 2007 in Paris. At the end of the Falling In Between tour in 2008, guitarist Steve Lukather announced his departure from the band, and the remaining band members subsequently went their separate ways. Recently, Toto announced a short European tour in summer of 2010 to benefit longtime bassist Mike Porcaro, who has been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).





No comments:

Post a Comment