Toy Love

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Toy Love
Background information
Origin	New Zealand
Genre(s)	Rock
Years active	1978-1979
Former members
Chris Knox Alec Bathgate Paul Kean Mike Dooley Jane Walker

Toy Love was a New Zealand alternative/punk rock band fronted by Chris Knox. Other members were guitarist Alec Bathgate, bass player Paul Kean, drummer Mike Dooley, and keyboard player Jane Walker. The band developed out of the earlier punk band The Enemy in Dunedin, New Zealand, and are often regarded as the progenitors of the Dunedin Sound movement.

Toy Love were together for less than two years (1978-9) and spent a large part of that time in Australia. They released just one (self-titled) album, however the band members were apparently appalled by the mixing of the tracks which took the edge off the band's deliberately raw sound. In April 2005, this album was remastered and released along with a bunch of demos and unreleased tracks as a double CD entitled Cuts.

[edit] Discography

Cover	Date	Title	Label	Charted (NZ)	Certification	Catalog Number
Albums
	1980	Toy Love Live At The Cook Volume One		-	-	-
	1980	Toy Love Live At The Cook Volume Two		-	-	-
	1980	Toy Love	WEA	4	-	-
	2005	Cuts	Flying Nun Records	23	-	-
EPs
	1980	Toy Love EP		-	-	-
Singles
	1979	Rebel b/w Squeeze	Elektra	29	-	-
	1980	Don't Ask Me b/w Sheep	Deluxe	10	-	-
	1980	Bride Of Frankenstein	Deluxe	22	-	-

[edit] Featured appearances

The group have appeared on a few compilations and soundtracks in New Zealand. The following is a list of these albums that have featured tracks by Toy Love.