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Origin
Sunderland, GB
Active since
1979
Wikipedia
punk

About

The Toy Dolls are an English punk rock band formed in 1979. They are best known for their sole UK hit, a punk-rock cover of "Nellie the Elephant". The Toy Dolls' songs expressed a sense of fun, such as "Yul Brynner Was a Skinhead", "My Girlfriend's Dad's a Vicar" and "James Bond Lives Down Our Street", and songs titles often use alliteration, such as "Peter Practice's Practice Place", "Fisticuffs in Frederick Street", "Neville Is a Nerd", and "Quick to Quit the Quentin".

Their albums usually include a cover version of a well-known hit song, usually sped up to the usual punk rock tempo. Covers have included "Blue Suede Shoes", "Toccata in Dm", "No Particular Place to Go", "Sabre Dance", "Livin' La Vida Loca", "Lazy Sunday", "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)", "She's So Modern" and "The Final Countdown". They have also recorded parodies of popular songs, such as "The Kids in Tyne and Wear (Kids in America)" and "The Devil Went Down to Scunthorpe (The Devil Went Down to Georgia)". Their albums often start with a short intro with a catchy guitar riff, and end with an outro, which is usually a slightly longer variation of the intro riff. Kazoos are also prominent in many of their songs.

Most of the band members have nicknames, and are rarely seen without their cartoonish rectangular sunglasses (although they appeared bare-eyed on the One More Megabyte album cover).

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Discography

  • Episode XIII

    Episode XIII

    2019

  • Olgacoustic

    Olgacoustic

    2015

  • The Album After the Last One

    The Album After the Last One

    2012

  • Our Last Album?

    Our Last Album?

    2004

  • Anniversary Anthems

    Anniversary Anthems

    2000

  • One More Megabyte

    One More Megabyte

    1997

  • Orcastrated

    Orcastrated

    1995

  • Absurd‐Ditties

    Absurd‐Ditties

    1993

  • Fat Bob’s Feet!

    Fat Bob’s Feet!

    1990

  • Wakey Wakey!

    Wakey Wakey!

    1989

  • Bare Faced Cheek

    Bare Faced Cheek

    1987

  • Idle Gossip

    Idle Gossip

    1986

Members

  • Pete Zulu

    19791979

  • Mr Scott

    19791980

  • Olga

    1979present

  • Dean James

    drums (drum set)

    19801980

  • Teddy Toy Doll

    19801981

  • Happy Bob

    19811983

  • Pete Zulu

    19851985

  • Little Paul

    19851985

  • Teddy Toy Doll

    19851986

  • Dean James

    bass

    19851988

  • Marty

    19871999

  • K'Cee

    bass

    19891996

  • Gary Fun

    19971999

  • Dave the Nut

    20042005

  • Tommy Goober

    2004present

  • Duncan Redmonds

    2006present

  • Tom Blyth

  • Malcolm Dick

  • Flip

    bass guitar

External links

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