Hydra

Description

Few ensembles in the history of recorded music have had a larger imprint on pop culture than Toto. The band took a page from their heroes The Beatles playbook and created a collective that features multiple singers, songwriters, producers and multi-instrumentalists led by guitarist Steve Lukather, keyboardist David Paich and drummer Jeff Porcaro. Totos parade of enduring, evocative singles started with their double platinum eponymous 1978 debut, a winning combination of superior musicianship, studio skills and innate melodic sensibility. Gold-certified 1979 follow-up Hydra exhibited a slightly harder edge and featured the hit single 99, inspired by George Lucas THX-1138.