Never cool, never hip but 70s survivors to play Scots mega-venue
THEY'VE never been the coolest band in the world, and they've rarely won over the hippest of rock critics, but Toto are still proving ...
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Never cool, never hip but 70s survivors to play Scots mega-venue
When Spotify’s 2024 streaming statistics were unwrapped just before Christmas, it was revealed ... Thriller. Guitarist Steve Lukather can be heard on the single Beat It (the guitar solo was ...
Steve Lukather on his secret supergroup with Eddie Van Halen, Albert Lee and Steve Morse
In a recent chat with Rick Beato, Luke tells the story of his all-star jam band based around a group of Ernie Ball Music Man ...
Steve Lukather on wielding Beck’s Strat, jams with George Harrison –and his best solo slip-up
Luke sets the record straight on recent fake interview about modern players, explains how he knew when Michael Jackson liked ...
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Toto’s Steve Lukather Questions the Intentions Behind Weezer’s ‘Africa’ Cover
Weezer covered Toto's "Africa" in 2018, but Steve Lukather thinks the song's unexpected success "blew up" in the band's face. By Tyler Jenke Weezer‘s cover of Toto‘s perennial favorite ...
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What Does Toto’s Guitarist REALLY Think of Weezer’s ‘Africa’ Cover?
Weezer had a smash hit with their cover of Toto's "Africa" and it worked out well for both bands in the end, but what does Toto guitarist Steve Lukather really think about how the whole thing went ...
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Toto Guitarist Says He Tried to 'Be Friendly' with Rivers Cuomo After Weezer Covered 'Africa' but 'It Just Got Weird'
"I don’t know about him loving the song, man," said Steve Lukather of Toto about Cuomo's feelings toward the 1982 classic Jack Irvin has over five years of experience working in digital ...
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“He turned out to be the nicest, funniest guy I'd ever hung out with": Steve Lukather on meeting his hero, George Harrison
They say you should never meet your heroes. But Steve Lukather has been talking about the time he met one of his – George Harrison. And the ex Beatle didn’t disappoint. Far from it. In an interview ...
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Steve Lukather on his secret gigging supergroup with Eddie Van Halen, Albert Lee and Steve Morse
Steve Lukather has recalled the time he performed secret jam shows with Eddie Van Halen, Steve Morris and Albert Lee, ...
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Toto interview: ‘The old classic rock guys are keeping the record companies alive’
The Africa rockers’ lead guitarist Steve Lukather on surviving the 1980s, a ‘secret’ Spotify deal – and why their biggest hit makes no sense In 2017, after assuming co-management duties ...
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Toto's Steve Lukather Says Weezer Only Covered "Africa" to "Take the Piss Out of It"
Pinfield cited Cuomo's love for "Africa," and Lukather countered that it wouldn't actually take that much to drag the Weezer frontman away. "I don't know about him loving the song, man," Lukather ...
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Toto Star Recalls How Cocaine ‘Overtook’ Los Angeles During ’70s Heyday
Legendary Toto guitarist Steve Lukather is looking back on how cocaine took hold of the Los Angeles rock music scene in the 1970s. “It was unbelievable how [cocaine] overtook the city ...