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for|the 2003 New Zealand film|Toy Love (film)distinguish|Love ToyInfobox musical artist|name = Toy Love|image =|caption =|background = group_or_band|birth_name =|alias =|birth_date =|death_date =|origin = Dunedin , New Zealand |instrument =|genre = Alternative rock|alternative |occupation =|years_active = 1978–1980|label =|associated_acts =|website =|current_members =|past_members = Chris Knox Alec Bathgate Paul Kean Mike Dooley Jane Walker Toy Love was a New Zealand New Wave music|New Wave / punk rock band fronted by Chris Knox . Other members were guitarist Alec Bathgate , bass player Paul Kean , drummer Mike Dooley, and keyboard player Jane Walker. The band developed out of the earlier punk band The Enemy (New Zealand band)|The Enemy from Dunedin , New Zealand, and are often regarded as the progenitors of the Dunedin Sound movement.Stranded In Paradise, New Zealand Rock and Roll 1955 to the Modern Era, J. Dix, Penguin, 2005, ISBN 0-14-301953-8, Chapter 25
Toy Love were together for less than two years (1978–80) and spent a large part of that time in Australia. They released just one (self-titled) album, however the band members were apparently appalled by the mixing of the tracks which took the edge off the band's deliberately raw sound. Allmusic gave the album a 3/5 rating." http://www.allmusic.com/album/toy-love-r215674/review Toy Love Review", Allmusic , retrieved 11 May 2012. In April 2005, this album was remastered and released along with a bunch of demos and unreleased tracks as a double CD entitled Cuts .
After Toy Love broke up, Bathgate and Knox remained together as the Tall Dwarfs .
Discography
Date
Title
Label
Charted (NZ)
Certification
Catalog Number
Albums
1980
Toy Love Live At The Cook Volume One
bootleg
-
-
-
Toy Love Live At The Cook Volume Two
bootleg
-
-
-
Toy Love
WEA
4
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-
2005
Cuts
Flying Nun Records
23
-
FNCD473
EPs
1980
Toy Love EP
Deluxe
-
-
20630
Singles
1979
"Rebel" b/ w "Squeeze"
Elektra
29
-
Z 10015
1980
"Don't Ask Me" b/ w "Sheep"
Deluxe Records (New Zealand record label)
10
-
Z 10022
"Bride Of Frankenstein" b/ w "Amputee Song/ Good Old Joe"
22
-
Z 10029
Featured appearances
The group have appeared on a few compilations and soundtracks in New Zealand . The following is a list of these albums that have featured tracks by Toy Love.
(1979) - AK79 ( Ripper Records ) - "Squeeze" and "Toy Love Song"
(1980) - Goats Milk Soap ( Ripper Records ) - "The Second To Last Song Toy Love Wrote With Ad Lib Lyrics"
(1988) - '' It's Bigger Than Both Of Us - NZ singles 1979-1982 ( Propeller Records ) - "Rebel"
(1993) - AK79 ( Propeller Records ) - "Squeeze", "Toy Love Song" and "Frogs"
(2003) - Give It A Whirl (soundtrack)|Give It A Whirl ( Propeller Records ) - "Don't Ask Me"
References
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External links
http://www.toylove.co.nz/ Toy Love Official Homepage
http://www.thebats.co.nz The Bats Official Homepage
http://www.informationism.org/index.php? title=Toy_Love Informationism - Toy Love wiki
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