I feel bad/like I'm opening a can of worms here. But the reason no one ever talks about those guys (apart from Jeff Porcaro, and being dead helps) is because they became Toto. Honestly, in the grand scheme of pop and rock music (and not the insular community of informed musicians), they're perceived now as a joke, a relic of overdone studio perfection with kitschy radio hits like "Rosanna" and "Africa."



I developed a new respect for the actual dudes once I realized who was playing on all those Steely Dan albums. But the fact they put all their eggs in one basket as Toto kind of seals that deal.

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