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
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
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.

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