Brian Johnson singing Toto? On paper, it sounds like one of those AI-driven mashups, where a familiar song is manipulated to feature vocals from an unexpected, often unlikely source. But it's real.

The first time Tony Spinner heard a Toto song, "Hold the Line," it was played by Rural Funk Dispatch, a band composed of fellow students at Cape Central High School. He heard them while sitting in the ...

David Paich, from left, Steve Lukather and Joseph Williams of L.A.'s Toto. (Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times) Steve Lukather has lived in his house overlooking Studio City since 1979 — longer than ...