The album featured three singles that reached the Top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart: "Rosanna", "Africa" and "I Won't Hold You Back". Having played on many sessions with drummer Jeff Porcaro (the son of session percussionist Joe Porcaro), whom he met while attending Grant High School, where they formed the band Rural Still Life, Paich began to discuss seriously with Porcaro the possibility of their forming their own band. After briefly reviving him, authorities transported Porcaro to a hospital where he was pronounced dead. Steve Lukather, David Paich, and Steve Porcaro all took turns behind the microphone in addition to their regular instrumental duties, but Bobby Kimball served as the band's primary singer for its first four albums in the late '70s and early '80s. List of Toto band members - Wikiwand This new incarnation of Toto are plotting a world tour they're calling Dogz of Oz where they're promising to play "all the hits, deep cuts, and solo music from Lukather and Williams . An inordinate number of Toto's musicians have diedJeff Porcaro, Mike Porcaro, Fergie Frederiksenwhile Steve Porcaro managed to avoid the Grim Reaper for now. [69] Steve Lukather provided the main guitar work on Michael Jackson's hit "Beat It", although Eddie Van Halen played the guitar solo in the bridge. [citation needed]. [9] The group returned to a lineup with two keyboardists in 2005 with the addition of Greg Phillinganes, who had previously toured with the band in place of Paich. It turns out that Bobby Kimball's distinctive vocal stylings were a key part of Toto's sound and appeal. While Toto IV peaked at #4 on the Billboard album chart, won some Grammys, and went multi-platinum, the group's apparently not-so-highly-anticipated 1984 follow-up Isolation stalled at #42 (and only went gold). [11] In June 2008, Lukather announced that he had left Toto, signalling the disbandment of the group. Toto (stylized as TOTO) is an American rock band formed in 1977 in Los Angeles, California. On April 6, 2015, Toto announced that they would embark on August 7, 2015, in Mashantucket, Connecticut, with the band Yes, on a joint summer tour of North America, due to end on September 12 in Coquitlam, British Columbia. The band released Mindfields in early 1999 and embarked on the "Reunion" tour, touring worldwide and returning to the United States for the first time in six years. "Critics are just fools with no credentials or credibility," Toto's David Paich told People, with drummer Jeff Porcaro adding, "They don't like us, and they probably never will." Steve Lukather, David Paich, and Steve Porcaro all took turns behind the microphone in addition to their regular instrumental duties, but Bobby Kimball served as the band's primary singer for its first four albums in the late '70s and early '80s. [27] "He was probably smoking a cigarette or a joint. They once again toured Europe in 2012.[39].
