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He formed the band in the first place, and bandmate Steve Lukather labeled him Toto's "figurehead." Toto played at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1991 and the band recorded Kingdom of Desire, which was released on Columbia Records in most parts of the world and on Clive Davis' label Relativity Records in the United States. The remaining members attempted to keep the band together, with Ray Manzarek and Robby Krieger taking over on lead vocals. [12] The band also released four promotional music videos for the album, including the title track, "99", "St George and The Dragon" and "All Us Boys". [42], While Keith Carlock was now part of the band, he did not join them for at least the North American tour and his role was filled by Shannon Forrest. Toto stayed a going concern, an intact, often touring band for more than 30 years, all the way until 2008, which marked the first time the band ever officially disbanded. Although Porcaro occasionally assisted the band on synthesizers for their subsequent studio albums (and appeared on their 1988 tour), David Paich handled most of the live keyboard work (with keyboard technician John Jessel assisting on certain dates) post 1988. The band contacted Los Angeles-based Englishman Simon Phillips to replace Jeff Porcaro as they knew that Porcaro liked Phillips alongside Vinnie Colaiuta and Gregg Bissonette and because Lukather worked with Phillips on a previous tour with Santana and Jeff Beck in Japan in 1986. In the beginning it was Paich and Jeff Porcaro who were, in Paich's words, "the co-leaders of Toto". Paich is still in the band, but medically unfit to tour. "Africa" topped the Billboard Hot 100, while "Rosanna" reached number 2, helping Toto become one of the best-selling music groups of their era. Here's the long, strange, and sad story of Toto. Toto was a family act, too: In 1982, a third Porcaro bro, Mike Porcaro, joined drummer Jeff Porcaro and keyboardist Steve Porcaro in the band. [43][44][45], Toto released their fourteenth studio album and their first in nine years titled Toto XIV on March 20 (Europe), March 23 (UK and Oceania), and March 24, 2015 (North America). Two lineups of Toto onstage in 1982 (top) and 2010 (bottom). Toto's merging of jazz, power-pop, soul and other musical forms sold millions of records in the . In 2008, Lukather announced his departure from the band, and the remaining band . Formed in 1977, the group's original lineup included lead vocalist Bobby Kimball, guitarist and vocalist Steve Lukather, keyboardist and vocalist David Paich, bassist David Hungate, keyboardist Steve Porcaro and drummer Jeff . [58] On April 12, 2021, the band announced that the Dogz of Oz World Tour would be pushed to 2022. They will be joined by keyboardist Dominique Xavier Taplin and multi-instrumentalist/vocalist Warren Ham, both of whom played with Toto during their last few tours. Hes like a brother to me.