Toto's Steve Lukather Hints At Beef With Weezer

Toto Guitarist Says He Tried to 'Be Friendly' with Rivers Cuomo After Weezer Covered 'Africa' but 'It Just Got Weird'
"I don’t know about him loving the song, man," said Steve Lukather of Toto about Rivers Cuomo's feelings toward the 1982 classic hit "Africa," which Weezer covered in 2018.
Toto’s Steve Lukather Questions the Intentions Behind Weezer’s ‘Africa’ Cover
Weezer covered Toto's "Africa" in 2018, but Steve Lukather thinks the song's unexpected success "blew up" in the band's face.
Toto's Steve Lukather Hints At Beef With Weezer: 'It Got Weird'
When Weezer covered Toto's 1982 classic "Africa" back in 2018, it seemed like the '80s hitmakers were all for it. At the time, the band's founder and guitarist Steve Lukather said "nobody appreciates [the cover] more than all of us at Toto" and the band even covered Weezer's "Hashpipe" during a show.
Legendary rock guitarist didn’t like his band’s biggest hit being covered by Weezer. Here’s why.
It seemed as though the cover was all in fun. Toto even returned the favor by covering Weezer’s 2001 hit, “Hash Pipe ” that same year. But Toto guitarist Steve Lukather feels otherwise. In an interview with Matt Pinfield’s radio show New & Approved, the guitarist questioned Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo’s affection for “Africa.”
Toto Guitarist Wasn’t Thrilled With Weezer’s “Africa” Cover, Says “It Just Got Weird” With Rivers Cuomo
In 2018, in response to months of campaigning by an Ohio teenager named Mary, Weezer famously covered Toto’s 1983 chart-topping hit “Africa,” yielding a fun music video with Weird Al Yankovic and becoming Weezer’s biggest hit in years.
Toto's Steve Lukather Says Weezer Only Covered "Africa" to "Take the Piss Out of It"
Writer Dan Ozzi claims responsibility for getting the @weezerafrica account — created by Mary, a teenager from Ohio — on the band's radar, and its mission was successful: after originally yielding a teasing rendition of Toto's (ahem, superior) hit "Rosanna," Weezer finally obliged Mary — and got "Weird Al" Yankovic to star in the music video.
Toto guitarist insists things 'got weird' with Weezer
Toto guitarist Steve Lukather has claimed the band have a "weird" relationship with Weezer after Rivers Cuomo's reaction to their 'Africa' cover becoming a hit.
“I think he did it to take the p*** out of it and it blew up in his face": Toto guitarist Steve Lukather isn't so keen on Weezer's cover of their hit Africa
Toto guitarist Steve Lukather shares what he thinks of Weezer's take on their 1982 classic Africa, says that he tried to reach out to Rivers Cuomo but "it just got weird"
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