Toy Love

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Name = Toy Love


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Past_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 [Stranded In Paradise, New Zealand Rock and Roll 1955 to the Modern Era, J. Dix, Penguin, 2005, ISBN 0 14 301953 8, Chapter 25] .

Toy Love were together for less than two years (1978-80) 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".

Discography

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".

External links

* [http://www.toylove.co.nz/ Toy Love Official Homepage]
* [http://www.thebats.co.nz The Bats Official Homepage]
* [http://www.informationism.org/index.php?title=Toy_Love Informationism - Toy Love wiki]