Trevor Brewis, though a few years older than Flip and Olga, still seemed to have the same level of enthusiasm as the other two members (both 19 years old incidentally). [10] On August 27, 2014 they released a DVD collection of their music videos, entitled Doll's Collection. With a seemingly never-ending list of shows under their belt since Mr. Duncan first sat on The Toy Dolls drum stool, and a brand new studio album (The Album After The Last One) that brings us right up to date. So, the story continues... will it ever end. Olga finds inspiration from "everyday life, girlfriends, next door neighbours and things, rather than music", for his songwriting. Olga has written the music for various TV Commercials, including Ready Brek (UK),[16] Badoit mineral water (France)[17][18] and Crazy Grape Pepsi Cola (Russia). The group's first studio album, entitled Dolls Apartment, was released December 12, 2012 in Japan[8] and January 29, 2013 in Korea. Scott left the band in 1980 and was replaced by Dean James for four months over the summer of 1980. This lineup recorded three singles released between the summer of 1983 and 1984 : "Cheerio & Toodle Pip", "Alfie From the Bronx" and "Were Mad". In 2006, The Toy Dolls contributed their cover version of "Toccata in Dm" to the album project Artists for Charity – Guitarists 4 the Kids, produced by Slang Productions to assist World Vision Canada in helping underprivileged kids in need. In the nine months he spent touring with the band they played in Europe, Japan, the US and the UK. [3], For their 30th anniversary in October 2009 the band received congratulatory messages from a selection of musicians including Baz Warne from The Stranglers, TV Smith from The Adverts Jake Burns Stiff Little Fingers & NOFX manager Kent Jamieson. [22], Olga also wrote the theme and incidental music for the TV Rock/Pop show Razzmatazz[23][24][25] and the theme music for Comedian Dave Gorman's Googlewhack Adventure DVD. Olga has played bass on tours with the US punk band The Dickies, and also with The Adicts. This didn't last too long! The Black Horse: Never on your nelly - See 311 traveller reviews, 39 candid photos, and great deals for Boldon, UK, at Tripadvisor. The sound was poor; my guitar was broken at the time so I had to use the engineer's guitar with a fuzz box thing... and I hate effects pedals! The band released a best of album, Ten Years of Toys. Fired up by his recent live outings Olga set about re-grouping The Toy Dolls during the latter half of 2003. Olga and Bonny Baz then teamed up with drummer Dicky (Malcolm Dick), a local musician who had never really settled down to playing with on particular band for any length of time, he had played in many combos including Prefab Sprout. Their albums usually include a cover version of a well-known hit song, usually sped up to the usual punk rock tempo. 2004 saw the release of the much anticipated Our Last Album? A local businessman financed their first single - a 500 copies pressing of Tommy Koweys Car. Following the albums release the band took to the road for the first time in five years, lasting 12 months they took in much of Europe to welcoming, enthousiastic crowds each and every night. The Toy Dolls were offered a second tour with the Upstarts but Olga suddenly quit just two days before the tour started. The latest production from Olga is Episode XIII by The Toy Dolls, released in 2019. The Toy Dolls is a punk rock trio centred around lead singer and skilled guitarist Michael "Olga" Algar. His stint with the band culminated with a performance at the Holidays In The Sun festival in the UK. In 1989 the Toy Dolls were signed by Receiver who released "Wakey Wakey" (1989), "Twenty (Two) Tunes Live From Tokyo" (1990), "Fat Bobs Feet" (1991), "Absurd-Ditties" (1993), "Orcastrated" (1995) and "One More Megabyte" (1997). Val threatened Flip and Olga that Mr Scott would leave if his tenner did not materialise. They were initially grouped with the Oi! After numerous TV appearances Pete and the lads decided that Pete himself was just not good enough as a bass player (an understatement!) Pete Zulu soon left and his replacement, Paul Hudson, lasted one gig after which Olga (Michael Algar) took on the singer/guitarist/frontman role. Fortunately, the local rehearsal rooms, run by Peter Practice (Peter Dodds) had lots of bands practising that evening, so Olga managed to entice two young and eager musicians to practice for two day solid and embark on the aforementioned tour. Garry Bushell in particular, who wrote for 'Sounds', gave some outstanding features/reviews. 2. So Olga approached two former members, who he thought were the easiest to get on with, drummer Teddy Toy Doll and Dean James who now played bass. Page536, British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.) Michael "Olga" Algar (born 21 September 1962 in Marsden, South Shields, England) is an English guitarist, singer and songwriter who fronts the band The Toy Dolls. After a handful of local (empty) gigs Pete Zulu left to form his own band (Zulu & The Heartaches). The outro track on the album stated that it was not. 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The first chance to do a national tour was thanks to The Angelic Upstarts. A classic Toy Dolls album in every aspect. After Gacharic Spin's original vocalist Armmy had to take a hiatus because of medical reasons, bassist and bandleader F Chopper Koga decided not to cancel planned tour dates, instead using an arrange of supporting vocalists[5] including future Gacharic Spin member Oreo Reona, and Lightbringer's vocalist Fuki. And so, The Angelic Upstarts tour plus one or two extra shows was completed by drummer Nick Buck (real name Nick Buck!) The group's first studio album, entitled Dolls Apartment, was released December 12, 2012 in Japan and January 29, 2013 in Korea. The workaholics also released two more singles for Volume: 'Alfie From The Bronx' and 'We're Mad'. After meeting up with them a year earlier in Japan, Olga joined forces with The Dickies as their stand-in bass player at the end of 2001. In 2018, the band played one show in Montebello, Quebec for the city's annual Rockfest music festival, marking the first time in the band's 38-year history that they played a show in Canada. [9][10] Olga has written all the band's albums which include such titles as Absurd-Ditties, Fat Bob's Feet, Idle Gossip and Anniversary Anthems. The single quickly sold out its initial pressing of 500 copies, but the band could not afford to press any more, making the single a collectors' item. The signing to Volume Records and the release of 'Nellie The Elephant' (1982 version) and the release of the 'Dig That Groove Baby' album. [5] He then moved to central London in 2002 where he has lived since. The Toy Dolls started out in Sunderland in 1979 as a part of punk rocks second wave. However, following a handful of live dates in Brazil as special guest of The Lambrusco Kids, an envigorated Olga decided to keep The Toy Dolls train-a-chuggin' and enlisted the services of drummer Duncan (from Snuff / Billy No Mates) to take up the drum stool. The lads re-recorded and released a new version of 'Nellie The Elephant'. 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). The Toy Dolls then signed to York-based Volume Records who after putting out several singles eventually released three albums between 1985-86 : "Dig That Groove Baby" (1985), "A Far Out Disc" (1985) and "Idle Gossip" (1986). Olga and Dave had to find yet another bass player, luckily Tom Goober was available and only too pleased to step up to the plate. After a less than successful string of live dates (on a personal level), Olga decided that the current line up was not up to scratch and fealt that the fans were being cheated with poor live performances. Next in line for recruitment were bass player Bonny Baz (Barry Warne) and drummer Dicka (Alan Dixon). Numerous references to Olga living in Sunderland and London throughout the book. The Toy Dolls were formed in October 1979 and comprised of Pete Zulu (Peter Robson) - lead vocal, Olga (Michael Algar) - guitar, Flip (Philip Dugdale) - bass guitar, Mr Scott (Colin Scott) - drummer. and bass player Freddie Hotrock on (real name Frederick Roberts). More lyric sale news from Olga: Evening everyone, Thanks loads again for all yer lyric sheets requests! Dean, who always desired to be a guitarist, left The Toy Dolls to learn to master the fret board after just four months. What could Olga do? At this point, Dicky and Baz both left to do their own thing. The Dolls started off as a burlesque troupe but in 2003 Nicole Scherzinger, Melody Thornton and Kaya Jones joined Carmit Bachar, Ashley Roberts, Jessica Sutta and Kimberly Wyatt … 93, This page was last edited on 31 October 2020, at 08:45. Fortunately, Trevor was bandless at the time, so the lads quickly christened him with a Toy Doll name (Trevor the Frog) and he was in! 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". Meantime, check out our Monkey Mind lead singer 'Lee' singing this Green Day cover with the guys from The Dickies ,BadReligion, Goldfinger, Pennywise, Circle Jerks.
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