Toy dolls

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Toy dolls
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Toy Dolls (2017)
Toy Dolls (2017)
General information
origin Sunderland , England
Genre (s) Punk , fun punk
founding 1979
Current occupation
Michael "Olga" Algar
Tom Goober
(Thomas Woodford Blyth)
The AMAZING Mr. Duncan
(Duncan Redmonds)

The Toy Dolls are a punk band from England . They are considered the first band in the fun punk genre.

history

The Toy Dolls were founded in Sunderland in 1979 . The only remaining founding member is Michael "Olga" Algar (vocals and guitar), born on September 21, 1962 in South Shields, England . In the 1980s they were on Gary Bushell's Strength Thru Oi! -Compilation ( Decca Records ), although they fit more into the funpunk category; however, their concerts are also attended by skinheads . Since then they have also been internationally successful and have completed various tours on different continents.

The Toy Dolls play fast, melodic punk rock - with a high level of virtuosity atypical for the genre, especially the guitar playing by self-taught Algar - paired with high-pitched, croaking vocals and banal-joking lyrics. The band had their greatest success in 1983 with Nellie The Elephant , a funpunk-trimmed version of a nursery rhyme that made it to number 4 in the UK singles charts . Otherwise, the band draws attention to itself mainly through their frequent membership changes: The original line-up lasted just two months.

In 2006 the line-up consisted of Algar, Tommy Goober (own Thomas Woodford Blyth, e-bass ) and The AMAZING Mr. Duncan (own Duncan Redmonds, drums ).

In March 2012 the Toy Dolls released their 12th studio album called The Album After The last One . The The Tour After The Last One tour started in May.

Discography

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
A Far Out Disc
  UK 71 May 25, 1985 (1 week)
Singles
Nellie The Elephant
  DE 39 02/25/1985 (8 weeks)
  UK 4th December 01, 1984 (14 weeks)
She Goes To Finos
  UK 93 03/30/1985 (2 weeks)

Albums

  • Dig that groove baby (1983)
  • A far out disc (1985)
  • Idle gossip (1986)
  • Singles 83/84 (1986)
  • Bare Faced Cheek (1987)
  • Ten years of toys (1989)
  • Wakey wakey! (1989)
  • 22 tunes live from Tokyo (1990)
  • Fat Bob's Feet! (1990)
  • Absurd ditties (1993)
  • Orcastrated (1995)
  • One more megabyte (1997)
  • On stage in stuttgart (1999)
  • Anniversary anthems (2000)
  • We're mad! - The Anthology (2002)
  • Our Last Album? (2004)
  • Treasured Toy Dolls Tracks Live (2006)
  • The Toy Dolls in: Solitary Confinement (2007)
  • The Album After The Last One (2012)
  • Episode XIII (2019)

Singles

  • Tommy Kowey's car (1980)
  • The Toy Dolls EP (1981)
  • Everybody Jitterbug (1982)
  • Nellie the elephant (1982)
  • Cheerio and toodle'pip (1983)
  • Alfie from the bronx (1983)
  • We're mad (1984)
  • Nellie the elephant (rearranged version) (1984)
  • She goes to Fino's (1985)
  • James Bond (lives down our street) (1985)
  • Geordie's gone to jail (1986)
  • Wipe out (1987, published in France)
  • Turtle Crazy (1990)
  • Lazy Sunday afternoon (1995)
  • Livin la vida loca (2000)

Videos

  • We're mad VHS (1984)
  • Idle Gossip VHS (1987)
  • Live in Japan VHS (1992)
  • We're mad + Idle gossip DVD (2002)
  • Our Last DVD? DVD (2005)

Web links

Commons : Toy Dolls  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Chart sources: DE UK