Year : 1984-88 (Demon Doll / Metal Legacy Records Edition 2022)
Style : Melodic Hard Rock
Country : United States
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans
Size : 92 mb
Bio:
Entrenching themselves in the San Francisco scene back in the mid eighties, Matt and the boys deliver radio ready 80's pop rock songs with "Know You Know" championing the record.Loren Gold is also the keyboard player for Strange Toys and this was definitely one of his first projects he was involved in, some interesting facts about Loren are below courtesy of Wikipedia:“Loren Gold is an American keyboardist, vocalist, music director, and songwriter. Gold has been the keyboardist and backup vocalist for The Who since 2012, and Roger Daltrey since 2009. Loren also tours with Chicago and Rita Wilson, and has performed with Don Felder since 2009. Other artists he has toured with include Kenny Loggins, Natalie Maines, and American Idol winner Taylor Hicks. Gold has been musical director for pop stars Selena Gomez, Demi Lovato, and Hilary Duff, and he continues to build and develop bands for other artists.
Album:
DDR Music Group has unearthed another gem from the past as it has released a ‘lost album’ from STRANGE TOYS, the Eighties band of ex-The Who keyboardist Loren Gold along with bassist Brian Spandenberg, lead vocalist Matthew Ledbetter, drummer Toy Martin and guitarist Brian Crow.Entrenching themselves in the San Francisco scene back in the mid Eighties, Loren and the boys deliver radio ready ’80s glammy rock-pop songs with “Know You Know” championing the record. Some kind of softer Giuffria.American keyboardist, vocalist, music director, and songwriter Loren Gold has been the keyboardist and backup vocalist for The Who since 2012, and Roger Daltrey since 2009. Loren also tours with Chicago and Rita Wilson, and has performed with Don Felder since 2009. Other artists he has toured with include Kenny Loggins, Hilary Duff, etc.‘Strange Toys’ was definitely one of Loren’s first projects he was involved in. The group released a 7” single in 1984 a recorded a very well produced set of songs never released until today.Catchy and fun mid-80s stuff.
Line Up:
Matthew Ledbetter - Lead Vocals
Brian Crow - Guitars
Brian Spandenberg - Bass, Vocals
Loren Gold - Keyboards, Vocals
Toy Martin - Drums
Tracklist:
01. Know You Know
02. Only Hero
03. No More
04. I.L.Y
05. Girl Talk
06. You’re Too Kind
07. Just A Dream
08. Guess What I’m Thinking
09. Romantic Lover
10. Could It Be
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