| Is that
her real name? |
Yes. Her
full name is Toyah Ann Willcox.
Toyah has also mentioned that her
name is Toyah Pepita. |
| When and
where was Toyah born? |
On May
18th 1958. In the Kings Heath
area of Birmingham, United
Kingdom. This is also where she
grew up. |
| What
about Toyah's family? |
Dad,
Beric, mum, Barbara, brother, Kim
and sister, Nicola. |
| Is Toyah
married? |
Yes to
guitarist, Robert Fripp. |
| Does
Toyah have any children? |
No. |
| What is
her natural hair colour? |
Black. |
| What
singles has Toyah released? |
Victims
Of The Riddle (1979)
Sheep Farming In Barnet
(EP) (1979)
Bird In Flight/Tribal
Look (1980)
Ieya (1980)
Danced (1980)
Four From Toyah (AP) (1981)
I Want To Be Free (1981)
Thunder In The Mountains
(1981)
Four More From Toyah (AP)
(1981)
Brave New World (1982)
Be Proud Be Loud (Be
Heard) (1982)
Rebel Run (1983)
The Vow (1983)
Don't Fall In Love (I
Said) (1985)
Soul Passing Through
Soul (1985)
World In Action (1985)
Echo Beach (1987)
Moonlight Dancing (1987)
Out Of The Blue (1994)
Now And Then (1994)
Little Tears Of Love (EP)
(2002) |
| What
albums has Toyah released? |
Sheep
Farming In Barnet (1980)
The Blue Meaning (1980)
Toyah! Toyah! Toyah! (1980)
Anthem (1981)
The Changeling (1982)
Warrior Rock : Toyah On
Tour (1982)
Love Is The Law (1983)
Toyah Toyah Toyah : All
The Hits (1984)
Mayhem (1985)
Minx (1985)
Desire (1987)
Prostitute (1988)
Ophelia's Shadow (1991)
Best Of Toyah (1994)
Dreamchild (1994)
Take The Leap (1994)
Looking Back (1995)
The Acoustic Album (1996)
Phoenix (Dreamchild
reissue) (1997)
The Very Best Of Toyah (1997)
Live And More (1998)
Proud, Loud & Heard
: Best Of Toyah (1998)
Anthem : Enhanced
Reissue (1999)
The Changeling :
Enhanced Reissue (1999)
Sheep Farming In Barnet/The
Blue Meaning : Double CD Reissue
(2002)
Velvet Lined Shell (six-track
mini album) 2003 |
| Any
other releases I should know
about? |
Nine To
Five (1978/1982) (Single
recorded for Jubilee by Toyah and
Adam Ant as the Maneaters).
Urgh! A Music War (1981) Double album of live
songs from various artists. This
was also released as a film.
Soundtracks (1986) (Toyah
sings Lion Of Symmetry)
The Lady Or The Tiger (1986) (Spoken
word album featuring Toyah &
Robert Fripp)
Kneeling At The Shrine (1991) (Album
recorded by Sunday All Over The
World, Toyah and Robert Fripp's
short lived band, could almost be
considered a Toyah album).
The Stranglers And
Friends (1995) (Live
album, Toyah contributes lead (
'Duchess' & 'Something Better
Change') and backing vocals (
'Peaches' & 'BearCage' ),
recorded at a Stranglers gig in
1980.)
Kiss Of Reality (1993) (Toyah
contributes guest vocals to six
songs on this excellent album).
The Third Star (1996) (Album
by Trey Gunn. Toyah is featured
on lead vocals on the track
'Symbiotic'. She also co-wrote
this song.)
Cabaret (1997) (Songs
from the theatre production). Toyah is also featured
on many compilation and
soundtrack albums.
|
| Any
books about Toyah? |
Toyah by
Gayna Evans (1981)
Toyah by Mike West (1982)
The Official Toyah
Special (1982)
Living Out Loud by Toyah
Willcox (2000) This is
Toyah's autobiography and a must
read for anyone remotely
interested in her career, and is
still available to buy. There
are also songbooks for Toyah's
first four studio albums. Most of
these books appear regularly at
eBay auctions.
|
| Where
can I buy Toyah's CD's/records/tapes |
Visit
www.netsounds, www.gemm or www.musicstack
and search for Toyah. |
| What
about magazines, books &
memoribilia? |
www.ebay.com
or www.ebay.co.uk |
| Any
Toyah video releases? |
Live At
The Rainbow (BBC) (1981)
Good Morning Universe :
Live ( BBC) (1982)
Toyah! Toyah! Toyah! : (K
TEL) (1984)
Toyah : The Singles (Renegade)
(1986) |
| What
films has Toyah been in? |
Jubilee
(1978)
The Corn Is Green (1978)
Quadrophenia (1979)
The Tempest (1979)
Murder Ultimate Grounds
For Divorce (1984)
The Disputation (1986)
Midnight Breaks (1988)
Anchoress (1993)
Julie And The Cadillacs
(1996)
Tied Up In Tallinn (1997)
The Most Fertile Man In
Ireland (2000) |
| What TV
shows has Toyah acted in? |
Glitter
(1976)
Little Girls Don't (1979)
Quatermass (1979)
Shoestring (1979)
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1980)
Minder (1980)
Function Room : Movie
Queen (1980)
Tales Of The Unexpected
(1981)
The Ebony Tower (1984)
Boudicea (1988)
Cluedo (1990)
A Tale Of Pig Robinson (1990)
Maigret (1993)
Tomorrow Calling (1993)
The Ink Thief (1994)
Kavanagh QC (1995)
Adam's Family Tree (1998)
Barmy Aunt Boomerang (1999/2000)
Doctors (2000) |
| How many
times has Toyah toured? |
The
Resurrection Tour (1979)
Sheep Farming In Barnet
Tour (1979)
Bird In Flight Tour (1980)
Ieya Tour (1980)
College Tour (1981)
Anthem Tour (1981)
Good Morning Universe
Tour (1981)
The Changeling Tour (1982)
Mini Christmas Tour (1982)
Rebel Run Tour (1983)
Fripp Fripp Tour (1988)
Sunday All Over The
World Tour (1989)
Take The Leap Tour (1993)
Leap 2 Dream Tour (1994)
Acoustic Dreamchild Tour
(1994)
Here And Now Tour (2002) Toyah
has also toured with Girlschool
as The Strange Girls, and played
many one off gigs,
festivals etc. A
complete list of "Toyah's
Live History" can be found
at toyahwillcox.com
|
| What
about theatre? |
Tales
From The Vienna Woods (1978)
American Days (1979)
Sugar 'N' Spice (1980)
Trafford Tanzi (1983)
Cabaret (1987)
Three Men On A Horse (1987)
A Midsummer Night's
Dream (1988)
Whale (1989)
The Taming Of The Shrew
(1990)
Therese Racquin (1990)
Amadeus (1991)
Cheap Thrills (1991)
The Choice (1992)
Memoirs Of A Survivor (1992)
Carrington (1993)
Peter Pan (1993/94/95)
A Midsummer Night's
Dream (1995)
Jack & The Beanstalk
(1996/97/98/99)
Much Ado About Nothing (1997)
The Wizard Of Oz (1997)
The Live Bed Show (1998)
Peter Pan (1999)
Picasso's Women (2000)
Snow White (2000)
The Shagaround (2001)
A Midsummer Night's
Dream (2001)
Aladdin (2001)
Calamity Jane (2002/03)
Aladdin (2002) |
| Who Are
Toyah's heroes? |
David
Bowie and actress, Billie
Whitelaw. My "claim to fame"
is that Billie Whitelaw's aunt
was my gran's next door neighbour
and delivered me safely into the
world!! |
| What
music does she listen to? |
David
Bowie, T Rex, Simple Minds, Arab
Strap, Mogwai, Radiohead, Madonna... |
| How can
I contact Toyah? |
Toyah's
manager's, Adrian Molloy can be
contacted via his email address:
Adrian@dgmhq.com More
information on Toyah can be found
at toyahwillcox.com and the many
other websites dotted around the
internet dedicated to her. Go to
the LINKS page
for these.
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