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[[Boston (band)|Boston]] and [[Journey (band)|Journey]] may have arrived on the scene first, but there was no band that defined the [[
The nucleus of the group consisted of school friends David Paich (keyboards, vocals) Steve Porcaro (keyboards, vocals), Jeff Porcaro (drums, percussion) and Steve Lukather (guitars, vocals), all experienced session musicians and aspiring songwriters who had played on hundreds of records between them. They were soon joined by the dynamic lead vocalist Bobby Kimball and bass guitarist David Hungate, who would leave after their fourth album and be replaced by the third Porcaro brother, Mike.
While the group's music incorporates [[Hard Rock]], [[Progressive Rock]], [[Soul]] and [[Jazz]], they are most commonly associated with the [[Soft Rock]] and
Their greatest success was 1982's ''Toto IV'', which included the number one hit "Africa" and the number two hit "Rosanna" and won six Grammy awards for the band. Kimball left shortly after and the band's fortunes declined somewhat, but they found a semi-permanent replacement in the form of another school friend named Joseph Williams, son of the prolific film composer [[John Williams]]. In spite of Jeff Porcaro's death as a result of heart failure brought on by cocaine use in 1992, the band continues to perform today (with Jeff's drumming role taken over by Simon Philips), sometimes with Kimball and sometimes with Williams.
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* [[A Good Name for a Rock Band]]: They're officially named after the dog from ''[[The Wizard of Oz (film)|The Wizard of Oz]]'', but stories went around for a long time that Bobby Kimball was actually a Cajun whose real name was Robert Toteaux and the band was named after him.▼
* [[The Band Minus the Face]]: Depending on the perspective of the individual fan, any line-up that lacks Bobby Kimball supplying lead vocals.
* [[Darker and Edgier]]: ''Kingdom Of Desire''.
* [[Executive Meddling]]: They were hit with it pretty hard after Joseph Williams quit. Based on the assumption that neither Williams nor Kimball had provided a suitable "Face" for the group (see below), the record company decided to force a new singer, Jean-Michel Byron (Lukather frustratedly complained, "the guy had never even heard ''[[Led Zeppelin]] IV''"), into the band.
* [[Genre Roulette]]: Most in evidence on ''Toto IV'', which featured songs distinctly placed in the hard rock, rhythm and blues, pop rock and even world music categories.
▲* [[A Good Name for a Rock Band]]: They're officially named after the dog from ''[[The Wizard of Oz (film)|The Wizard of Oz]]'', but stories went around for a long time that Bobby Kimball was actually a Cajun whose real name was Robert Toteaux and the band was named after him.
* [[Heavy Mithril]]: "St. George and the Dragon".
* [[Hey, It's That Guy!]]: The band members' names frequently show up in the credits for other successful albums of the era. Most notably, ''[[Michael Jackson|Thriller]]'' featured instrumental and arranging contributions by Lukather, Paich and Jeff and Steve Porcaro (the latter also co-wrote "Human Nature"). In addition, long before they found success on their own, they appeared on several albums recorded by Boz Scaggs.
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