Toto (band) Facts for Kids

Quick facts for kids Toto
Toto in 2010
Background information
Origin	Los Angeles, U.S.
Genres	Rock, hard rock, soft rock
Years active	1976–2008, 2010–2019 (hiatus)
Labels	Columbia, Frontiers, Toto

Members	Steve Lukather David Paich Steve Porcaro Joseph Williams

Past members	Jeff Porcaro (died 1992) Bobby Kimball Mike Porcaro (died 2015) Dennis Frederiksen (died 2014) Jean-Michel Byron Greg Phillinganes Simon Phillips David Hungate Keith Carlock

Toto is a soft rock group that formed in Los Angeles in 1978, that was popular in the early 1980's. Their best known song is "Africa" (1981).

The current band members are Joseph Williams, Steve Lukather, David Paich, and Steve Porcaro.

The former band members were David Hungate, Fergie Frederiksen, Mike Porcaro, Jeff Porcaro, Simon Phillips, Greg Phillinganes, Jean-Michel Byron, Bobby Kimball, and Keith Carlock.

Images for kids

Toto in 1982 in London at the Hammersmith Odeon. (Steve Porcaro, Jon Smith, Bobby Kimball, Steve Lukather, Lenny Castro, Jeff Porcaro)
Mike Porcaro in 2005 in Germany
David Paich during a live concert
Steve Lukather on Varus Open Air in Osnabrück, Germany, 2004
Toto on stage at the Summer Tour 2004 in Modena, Italy, July 11, 2004. From the left: Tony Spinner, David Paich, Bobby Kimball, Steve Lukather, Simon Phillips, Mike Porcaro
Steve Lukather and Greg Phillinganes, in Trondheim, Norway, August 4, 2007
Kimball and Lukather live in 2007
Guitarist Steve Lukather performing a solo on Toto's live cover version of George Harrison's "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" during the Live At Chelsea festival at the Royal Hospital Chelsea on June 13, 2019.
Jeff Porcaro

Toto (band) facts for kids

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