Steve Lukather is still finding it hard to believe, after 42 years in the same rock band he started in Los Angeles with his teenage classmates, Toto is bigger than ever, thanks to Weezer’s unlikely cover of “Africa,” which has climbed to the top of both the iTunes sales and alternative airplay charts.
And now, Toto has taken on the challenge and is about to return the favor, with their own cheeky cover of Weezer’s “Hash Pipe,” which is being rush-released on Republic Records this Friday (August 10) after the idea originated with a fan at Universal Germany.
“This is like the weirdest, coolest thing ever,” Lukather gushes on the phone from Oakland, CA, where Toto was set to play at the historic Fox Theater, the fourth date of its North American “40 Trips Around the World” tour will run until November, marking four decades since the release of their self-titled...
And now, Toto has taken on the challenge and is about to return the favor, with their own cheeky cover of Weezer’s “Hash Pipe,” which is being rush-released on Republic Records this Friday (August 10) after the idea originated with a fan at Universal Germany.
“This is like the weirdest, coolest thing ever,” Lukather gushes on the phone from Oakland, CA, where Toto was set to play at the historic Fox Theater, the fourth date of its North American “40 Trips Around the World” tour will run until November, marking four decades since the release of their self-titled...
- 8/6/2018
- by Roy Trakin
- Variety Film + TV
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