Toy Love
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- This article is about the New Zealand band, for the film of the same name see Toy Love.
Toy Love | |
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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
Date | Title | Label | Charted (NZ) | Certification | Catalog Number | |
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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.
- (1988) - It's Bigger Than Both Of Us - NZ singles 1979-1982 (Propeller Records) - Rebel
- (1993) - AK79 (Propeller Records) - Squeeze, Toy Love Song & Frogs.
- (2003) - Give It A Whirl (Propeller Records) - Don't Ask Me.