Over the next 11 weeks I’ll dig deep into the 2014 Coachella Music Festival lineup, featuring one band per day. The purpose of this piece is to assist in difficult decisions that inevitably you’ll need to make, as well as, serve as a fun countdown to Coachella Week. Note: All bands appear in a completely random order… Enjoy, and let the countdown continue!
Day 51 = The Toy Dolls
Performing = Sunday
The Toy Dolls are an English punk rock band that formed in 1979. Amazingly, Mr. Heritage himself has never heard of these dudes until he began researching all of the acts on this year’s poster. I thought it would be interesting to go over some of the Fun Facts that I stumbled upon about the band.
The Toy Dolls Fun Facts:
* 24 former members of the band, you read that right, 24.
* 16 studio albums released.
* 15 singles, none of which you’ve probably ever heard of.
* 14 different drummers.
* 12 different bassists (not one named Kim).
* 3 current members
* 1 original member remains (Michael Algar)
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