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- Origin
- Sunderland, GB
- Active since
- 1979
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).
Discography

Episode XIII
2019

Olgacoustic
2015

The Album After the Last One
2012

Our Last Album?
2004

Anniversary Anthems
2000

One More Megabyte
1997

Orcastrated
1995

Absurd‐Ditties
1993

Fat Bob’s Feet!
1990

Wakey Wakey!
1989

Bare Faced Cheek
1987

Idle Gossip
1986
Members
Pete Zulu
1979–1979
Mr Scott
1979–1980
Olga
1979–present
Dean James
drums (drum set)
1980–1980
Teddy Toy Doll
1980–1981
Happy Bob
1981–1983
Pete Zulu
1985–1985
Little Paul
1985–1985
Teddy Toy Doll
1985–1986
Dean James
bass
1985–1988
Marty
1987–1999
K'Cee
bass
1989–1996
Gary Fun
1997–1999
Dave the Nut
2004–2005
Tommy Goober
2004–present
Duncan Redmonds
2006–present
Tom Blyth
Malcolm Dick
Flip
bass guitar
External links
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