"We figured since we were smoking hash before they were born, that's what we should do," guitarist Steve Lukather quipped when introducing the song onstage. "I'm not condoning this sort of behavior, ...
Earlier this year, Weezer relented to a fan campaign urging the band to cover “Africa,” Toto‘s signature hit from 1982. But before Weezer released their version of “Africa,” they also took on Toto’s ...
A dark magick has been unleashed on the music industry, as reckless mortals have conjured the twin demons of Irony and Nostalgia for their own foolish ends, oblivious to the ghastly rupture in the ...
As Porcaro explained on Stryker and Klein's afternoon show on KROQ, it had been in the works long before the duo discussed it the other day. "We had just gotten back from the road," he began. "But I ...
You know that feeling when a good joke is really funny, but then it becomes progressively less so as it gets continually hammered into the ground with repeated utterances? That’s what this whole ...
Toto's cover of Weezer's 2001 song "Hash Pipe" has now finally arrived. After a viral campaign finally got Weezer to cover Toto's 1982 hit "Africa," the band rode the song to strange degree of ...
After a successful grassroots campaign from a teenage girl in Ohio, Weezer finally covered Toto's massive 1982 hit "Africa." First, they covered another Toto song, the 1982 #2 hit "Rosanna," and both ...
That’s right, the Steve Lukather-led Toto confirmed their workup of “Hash Pipe” — Weezer’s unexpectedly aggressive, 2001 comeback single — will be released in the coming weeks. The group is returning ...
The Weezer, Toto relationship has gone full circle. Toto thanked Weezer for their Hot 100-charting cover of "Africa" and launched into their own rendition of the 2001 Weezer single "Hash Pipe." By Sam ...
ANAHEIM, CA - JANUARY 25: Toto's Steve Lukather celebrating Yamaha's 125th Anniversary Live Around the World Dealer Concert performs at the Hyperion Theater on January 25, 2013 in Anaheim, California.
The classic rock band listened to a bunch of Weezer songs and decided that they liked the melody of "Hash Pipe" the best. By Gil Kaufman One good meta cover deserves another. So, less than two months ...
In recent months, Weezer have gotten a whole lot of mileage out of covering early-’80s cheese-rock kings Toto. They started out by covering Toto’s “Rosanna,” and then, after a months-long viral fan ...