Toto had a handful of hits in the 1970s and 1980s but was never considered among the top echelon of arena rock acts of that era along the lines of Journey, Styx and Foreigner. Yet two factors have ...

In a parallel universe, Toto’s epochal No. 1 hit “Africa” might not have existed. The Grammy Award-winning rock band’s fourth album, “Toto IV,” was done. Until Toto co-founder, keyboardist and singer ...

Weezer’s cover of Toto’s perennial favorite “Africa” undoubtedly became one of the band’s biggest successes, but Toto guitarist Steve Lukather isn’t sure the reasons behind the cover were genuine. The ...

The Laurel Canyon counterculture of the late 1960s and ’70s made its way to the mainstream through artists like the Eagles, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, Carole King, James Taylor, and many others. But ...

"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 journalism, ...

Though Toto has released another 11 studio albums since Toto IV, none has come close to the Top 10 standing of their two biggest albums in the U.S. The band did have some post-Toto IV success on the ...

For Toto guitarist, songwriter, and sometimes singer Steve Lukather, the ongoing popularity of one of the band’s biggest hits is perplexing. “I’m baffled,” Lukather said. “This was a song that we ...

Without trying to presume we at AudioPhix know the exact definition of racism and precisely what it means to be oppressed by racism, we should ask, "If someone writes a song about what is to them a ...

Ask any two music fans what qualifies as yacht rock, and an argument is sure to ensue. Does Steely Dan count? (Absolutely.) What about Hall & Oates? (No, too East Coast.) In the late 1970s and early ...