Steve Lukather is pushing back against criticisms of Toto ’s current lineup.
While Toto is coming up on 50 years as a band, the guitarist is the last remaining original member of the group. David Paich no longer tours, while singer Joseph Williams didn't join until 1986. The rest of the band is made up of touring members. During a recent appearance on the Rockonteurs podcast , Lukather defended Toto's current lineup against haters who suggest it is somehow inauthentic.
“I really want to make a big point of this, because I take a lot of shit for it from certain people,” the rocker noted. “I know what we're doing now is not the original band. Lord knows I wish it could be. It could be intact and everybody healthy, and we could still be doing it. But as the years went, we went through

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