Written by Luke along with acclaimed UK author Paul Rees, The Gospel According To Luke will be released worldwide on September 18th. The
books shares an outspoken spirit, and takes the reader behind the VIP
curtain of rock and pop stardom recounting the vibrant and frequently
lurid history of a vanquished golden age of the music business.
Historically,
few ensembles in the history of recorded music have individually or
collectively had a larger imprint on pop culture than the members of TOTO. The
band has sold over 40 million albums and have over half a billion
streams worldwide as of 2018 and today continue to be a worldwide arena
draw staging standing room only events across the globe. They are pop
culture, and are one of the few 70’s bands that have endured the
changing trends and styles, and 40 plus years in to a career enjoy a
multi-generational fan base.
Running
parallel to this, and as stellar session players, Lukather and
band-mates David Paich, Jeff Porcaro, Steve Porcaro, David Hungate and
Mike Porcaro were also the creative linchpins on some of the most
successful, influential and enduring records of all time including
Michael Jackson’s Thriller.
“How
many bands collectively (all members past to present) can say that they
have played on 5,000 albums, had around 225 Grammy nominations, and
were pretty much the house band on the biggest album in history?”
remarked Lukather.
It’s without question, that TOTO are currently in the middle of a major resurgence around the world. The band’s brand new Greatest Hits package titled 40 Trips Around The Sun (Legacy
Recordings - Sony) debuted in the top of the charts in multiple
different countries. Their European tour earlier this year saw them
performing to packed houses every night including sold out stops at the
17,000 seat Ziggo Dome in Amsterdam to Royal Albert Hall in London and
everything else in-between. Most recently, Weezer’s covers of the classic TOTO hits
“Rosanna” and “Africa” have attracted a ton of media attention along
with over 12 million streams of the tracks combined. TOTO recently
returned the favor and released a smokin’ cover of Weezer’s “Hash Pipe.”
This fall TOTO will also be releasing their definitive box set: All In via Legacy Recordings (a division of Sony Music).