Toni Halliday
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Toni Halliday live at The Garage, London in 1995
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Antoinette Halliday |
| Also known as | Toni Halliday |
| Born | 5 July 1964 |
| Origin | Parsons Green, London, England |
| Genres | Alternative rock, electronica, shoegazing, dream pop |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instruments | Vocals, electric guitar, bass guitar |
| Years active | 1978—present |
| Labels | Charisma, Anxious, FatLip, Universal |
| Associated acts | Curve, Chatelaine, Photofitz, State of Play, The Uncles, Scylla, Bonk, Robert Plant, Recoil, The Future Sound of London, Leftfield, Freaky Chakra, Headcase, The Killers, Bias, Acid Android, DJ? Acucrack, Orbital |
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Antoinette "Toni" Halliday (born 5 July 1964) is an English musician best known as the lead vocalist, lyricist, and occasional guitarist of the alternative rock band Curve, along with Dean Garcia.
She was also a member of the bands Photofitz, The Uncles, State of Play and Scylla. Halliday released solo work as Toni Halliday and Chatelaine. She collaborated with artists like Robert Plant, Recoil, The Future Sound of London, Leftfield, Paul van Dyk, Freaky Chakra, DJ? Acucrack, Headcase, The Killers, Acid Android, and Orbital.
Halliday has a contralto vocal range.
Halliday was born on 5 July 1964 in Parsons Green, London, and brought up in various locations across Europe, before eventually settling in Washington New Town, Tyne and Wear.
From 1978 to 1980, Halliday was the lead vocalist in a punk rock band named Photofitz (initially called The Incest), after which Toni left to start a solo career.
The first commercially released recording to feature Halliday was the single "The Smile and the Kiss" (1983) by the group Bonk, on which she performed uncredited backing vocals. The following year, Halliday's new band The Uncles released the single "What's the Use of Pretending", whereupon the singer returned to performing backing vocals for other artists, including the Robert Plant albums Shaken 'n' Stirred (1985), and Now and Zen (1988).
In 1985, Halliday and multi-instrumentalist Dean Garcia formed the band State of Play together with Garcia's wife Julie Fletcher and Eurythmics drummer Olle Romö. The following year, State of Play released an LP on Virgin Records titled Balancing the Scales, a non-hit album that spawned two singles: "Natural Colour" and "Rock-a-bye Baby".
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