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The Toy Soldiers

over the rainbow

About Me

THE TOY SOLDIERS TEAM UP TO BENEFIT THE LIFECYCLEThe Toy Soldiers, in conjunction with Helmets Are Sexy and Kristin Butcher, will headline an Electro-Clash show at the Elbo Room (617 Valencia St.) on May 14th. A portion of the proceeds raised will go to the lifecyle, a 7-day bicycle ride from San Francisco to Los Angeles to support AIDS research. Joining The Toy Soldiers will be The Buttercream Gang and The Dead Westerns.Liz (Helmets are Sexy)...will be entertaining the crowd with a kissing booth and custom condoms. Bring money and love to support this wonderful girl and her aids ride quest.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 8/24/2007
Band Website: thetoysoldiers.com
Band Members: Ryan Barber - Lead Vocals, Piano, Guitar, Percussion Kevin Fairbairn - Lead Guitar, Backup Vocals, Percussion Jesse Skorupa - Drums, Sampler, Piano, Backup Vocals, Percussion
Influences: Flaming Lips, Justin Timberlake, Hot Chip
Sounds Like: Thanks to:
Stephen Allan (Director), Joakim Russel, and the crew. Liegh Rowan's car

Record Label: independent
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Live Review - Cafe Du Nord - SF Deli

There once was a band known as ItsaWhale. It was comprised of five dudes from UC Santa Cruz who built up a considerable fan base for their folk rock/pop stylings and then moved themselves to San Franc...
Posted by The Toy Soldiers on Tue, 29 Apr 2008 08:10:00 PST

Review in the SF Deli

Well, we got our first review in and we want to thank the Deli Magazine for their kind words. Here it is: Goodbye ItsaWhale, Hello Toy Soldiers! The bad news is, ItsaWhale is no more. After three year...
Posted by The Toy Soldiers on Thu, 06 Dec 2007 06:49:00 PST

my first blog

ok okyou can pick your noseand you can pick your friends.But you can't pick your friends nose.this is my first blog....how cute..and unorigonal.....yar!!!!! let the mayham begin. Ry-RooI finished the ...
Posted by The Toy Soldiers on Wed, 05 Dec 2007 11:01:00 PST

We need a San Francisco Street Team... TO PARTY WITH!

So if you have not already heard, we have announced our next party! Its going down at the Rickshaw Stop on January 23rd, 2008. In preparation for the massive mayhem that shall ensue we need to warm ou...
Posted by The Toy Soldiers on Tue, 04 Dec 2007 07:00:00 PST

NEW RECORDING!!!

Hey everyone,We have decided to do a new recording of a couple of tracks in the next couple of weeks. These tracks will not intially be availble for download, but if you were at our red devil show, an...
Posted by The Toy Soldiers on Mon, 19 Nov 2007 04:28:00 PST