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The Antique Toys

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About Me

We couldn't quite explain who we were... but thanks to one of our fans, now we can:
“A Rag Doll, a Tin Soldier, a Marionette, and a Shadow Puppet make up this independent band, appropriately named The Antique Toys.
Armed with creative lyrics, a powerful vocalist, an electronic sound, live instruments, and a certain, anonymity, The Antique Toys is blending familiar sounds from bands of the late 80s and early 90s with a digital twist.
Drawing from a healthy mix of eclectic music, the Toys have been influenced by a long list of bands such as OMD, Depeche Mode, the Cure, David Bowie, Shiny Toy Guns, Postal Service and Radiohead.
From this collection to draw from, The Toys have developed a variety of sounds, but every one of their songs carry an emotion that is clear to many of their fans.
They tell real stories from their past, and from their hearts. Their music has been inspiring to many, which as Toys, should be the case. We all had favorite toys growing up, and still have some now. The feeling of joy and hope they bring to us is what The Antique Toys brings to people in their music..."Thanks pg.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 9/20/2006
Band Website: theantiquetoys.com
Band Members: Melancholy - goes "Tra La La"
Cadence - goes "Blip Beep Blip and a little tra la la"
Crimson - goes "Twing Twang Twing and a little tra la la"
Raconteur - goes "a-b-c-d-e-f-g and a little twing twan twing"
Porcelain - will always be a Toy
Influences: Hasbro, Mattel, Worlds of Wonder, Tonka, Rust and Bolts, Pull Strings, Music Boxes, High Voltage, Toy Pianos, Turn Keys, etc.

The Myrmidons, Book of Love, Shiny Toy Guns, The Birthday Massacre, Bjork, Radiohead, Copeland, Leiahdorus, Imogen Heap, David Bowie, The Start, Autolux, The Sounds, Erasure, The Sugar Cubes, Altered Images, Death Cab for Cutie, New Order, Depeche Mode, Anything Box, The Echoing Green, Cocteau Twins, The Cure, Wolfsheim, Unkle, VNV Nation, Freezepop, the Muse, Talking Heads, Simple Minds, Angels & Airwaves, Frou Frou, Ultravox, OMD, Tori Amos, The Cranberries, The Human League, Berlin, The Pixies, Goldfrapp, Blue Man Group, Aviator Dro, Echo and the Bunnymen, Tuxedomoon "No tears for the creatures of the night!!!",
Sounds Like: You tell us.

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at The Electrogarden Music Network
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None

My Blog

We made it to Radio Nowhere!

Hey kiddos... so we've been fortunate enough to be featured on another great online radio station, Radio Nowhere. DJ Ola has included us in a great set of tunes (which we were honored to be included i...
Posted by The Antique Toys on Fri, 01 Aug 2008 04:12:00 PST

The Toys Ranked 5th in De/Visions "Life is Suffering" Remix Competition

Friends, We're stoked to announce that we've placed 5th in De/Vision's remix competition of the song, "Life is Suffering." Arranged in conjunction with Digitalmusician.net, De/Vision chose their top 1...
Posted by The Antique Toys on Wed, 16 Jul 2008 02:22:00 PST

Just a small update... and a big thanks!

Well, our song wasn't chosen for the Henry Poole is Here movie contest--we didn't think we had a great chance since our sound isn't the most "mainstream." But, at least some of you liked the song and ...
Posted by The Antique Toys on Wed, 09 Jul 2008 09:42:00 PST

The Toys in Farmhouse Magazine

Girls, boys and fellow toys  --   Check this out!  Our song "Robot" was noted in the music section of The Farmhouse Magazine's 3rd Anniversary edition here.    We were f...
Posted by The Antique Toys on Tue, 01 Jul 2008 06:32:00 PST

VOTE for US... but only if you like it.

Hey Gang. We Toys entered into a great opportunity. We submitted an original song for a contest to do the theme song for a movie called "Henry Poole is Here." Hopefully we'll make it to the top 5 of t...
Posted by The Antique Toys on Sat, 28 Jun 2008 07:38:00 PST

Bella Lune on the 4th of July

Heya Kids!Just wanted to give everyone a heads up, our friend Bella Lune will be having a killer 4th of July bash in the Scottsdale AZ area. If you're in that area for the holiday, be sure to go and c...
Posted by The Antique Toys on Fri, 20 Jun 2008 09:39:00 PST

The Toys on Aural Bliss

Heya Guys and Dolls,We just wanted to thank everyone who tuned into the Aural Bliss show on Auralgasms.com to check out the Toy's Net radio debut. For those of you who managed to make it into the chat...
Posted by The Antique Toys on Mon, 09 Jun 2008 11:20:00 PST

The Birthday Massacre

Antique Toy Collectors, After being kept in our toy box for some time now, we've been granted permission to venture out to catch The Birthday Massacre's show this Sat. May 24, 2008.  You'll ...
Posted by The Antique Toys on Tue, 20 May 2008 05:58:00 PST

NEW SONGS FOR YOUR TOY SHELF

Dear Antique Toy Collectors,   Spring falls upon us this melting hour The dust blown, our backs wound Playing for you on our own power - A pinch of bounce, a hint of sound Blossoms the rusty flo...
Posted by The Antique Toys on Tue, 20 May 2008 05:45:00 PST

Flame Remix now available on iTunes!

Heya Fella and Fellaettes!Good news to start you off on a Beautiful Murky Monday Morning, Echoing Green's new single Sanctuary is now availalable on iTunes, which includes a remix that the Toys did fo...
Posted by The Antique Toys on Mon, 12 May 2008 09:34:00 PST