September 2007
Hi Olga! I'm Alex from Germany. I'm looking forward to seeing you on September, 1st in Lichtenfels. I want to know if you like the old heavy stuff like Priest or AC/DC... to me you are the 'Angus of Punkrock'... See you Alex

Hi Alex Hey, yes, I like all kinds oÕ stuff, including early Priest and AC DC. Thank you, danke! see you on 1st Sept in Germany!
Olga

hi mate will u ever be playing in belguim ?? i'd be nice ,maybe in my town kortrijk,there's a nice punkbar www.thepits.be xD oh and I have like a music forum on the internet ,im looking for people to join maybe if u have time u could have a look s11.invisionfree.com/sound_perversion so i don't know i u really care or not about my questions but thx anyway for ur reply i hope to get very soon cheers Sean

Hi Sean We will be back in Belgium for sure, we had some greeeeat gigs there! especially Pukkelpop! Hope to see ya soon
Olga

HI OLGA!!!! are you going to come to argentina soon again??? I couldn't go to your show cause i was at f'ckin' work aaaaaaaaa!!!!! please answer please come!!!

Hey, we had a blast in Argentina, sorry you missed it! we will be back in South America for sure, not certain when just yet, but we will be back!
Olga

Hi Olga! Unfortunately, due to work commitments I cannot make it to the Augustibuller gig but will catch you in Durham instead. I am sure you will find Augustibuller a great little festival. As always my e-mail turns out to be a little mini interview but here we go:
1 Is there any chance of you releasing Solitary Confinement in Europe? I really want those acoustic songs.
2 I collect Toy Dolls records and have managed to get my hands on most of the stuff (including Tommy Koweys Car single and the EP thanks to my girlfriend) but I have never even seen the One More Megabyte LP. On your website it says it is released as a LP, so my question is; do you have any idea of how many copies were made?
3 On the Live in Japan VHS (I really hope this one will be released as a DVD) Kcee plays a different bass line in the stick (the Shoot! Don't Shoot thing) to We Quit the Cavalry? Did he write his own bass lines or did you do come up with them? Is Tommy writing his own bass lines?
4 Finally, here are two suggestions for songs you could cover on the forthcoming album: Spice Girls' Wannabe and Christina Aguilera's Genie in a Bottle. I am sure they would turn out brilliant Toy Dollyfied (like the version of Livin La Vida Loca). Really looking forward to the Durham gig. Will be really cool to see you at your home soil (at least your old home ground). Take care and thanks for always taking the time for your fans! Cheers! Jonas (Maharadjan)

Hi Jonas, nice to hear from you. Augustibuller was a blast, very friendly people. I am afraid Solitary Confinement was only for Japan release, if I can get some copies we will bring them to the UK shows, if poss! Not sure how many One More Megabytes LPs were pressed, I have seen a few around the world, I think your best bet is to search for it in USA, thats where I have seen most copies. It was probably a mistake by Kcee on Cavalry! not sure, I do write the bass lines for the songs, bass is my favourite instrument! Though Tommy does add certain things to enhance it all. Cheers for the ideas! Oh God, Durham, I am shaking already! lookin forward to it though for sure!! Take care
Olga

Hi olga!are you working for a new cd?can you give one's regards to abe from cagliari?please.....thank you!

Hi Abe! Yep, working on new stuff, gonna be even more hard at work after September, when the touring ends for a while.
Olga

Hi Olga, I used to go a see you at the Norseman at Peterlee in the early 80's just found loads of your vids on you tube and I am re living my youth again. Do you have any planned dates to be playing live in the North East soon, I have just introduced by 12 year old son to the toy dolls and he is busting to see you live and me also Cheers Phil.

Phil Hi! I remember the Norseman well! Yes we will be playing Durham University in 16th September, though its sold out now, there is a gig in York on 19th. Hope to see ya there. Cheers for getting in touch!
Olga

I know, that this is not the first question about show in Poland, but I have to ask. Maybe your management will read this ;-) I've been to show in Poland in 1995. I've got the T-shirt from then till know (it is a bit small for me know, but never main :) It was really greate, and I can't stand waitin' for the next one. Now I'm nearly 30 y.o. but I'm still excited finding your new songs. I'm really waitin' for you in Cracow. Micha

Hi Micha we love Kracow! we will be back eventually, and there will be a new album, working on it now! Hope to see ya in Poland!
Olga

Hi mi name is alf from mexico and im a big fan of you guys, you really kick ass! i have all your albums and i hear them all, ehe he, i think you will be rocking forever! jeje one more question... can you put the lesson for the song "Poltergeist in the pantry" please?? salutes Alf

Alf Hi Thats an idea, will practice Poltergeist first! Cheers for the compliments! Take care
Olga

Hi there.I saw your gig at "augustibuller" augusti 4 and I must say you sounded great and performed a really great show.I also saw you perform in Sweden 1988 (Sweden/Brasil-tour!!) and 1990(91?).Toy Dolls is still as good as ever(and yes, you look younger than Animal but ANWL is also a nice band).Is it really true that you have not played England so much because you have not been so pleased with the lineup?I always thougt that it was "violence/nazi-crap- reasons".Hope to see you in Sweden again(with a full set).Keep it up! Best wishes Bjorn Ulenius Sweden

Bjorn Hi Thank you!! Augustibuller was great, a fantastic festival with loadsa great bands, we really enjoyed it, though me voice was gone! ANWL were very nice people, and a great band, nice to meet them for the first time! There are a number of reasons we havent played UK, main reason is the line up, but I am very happy now, and the UK tour starts on 13th September!! See you back in Sweden!
Olga

Mr. Olga my names Matches and im from Chicago. I have an idea for a tattoo but i need the sheet music for Nellie the Elephant. My question is do u happen to have a book of all your songs in sheet music form? and if so where can i get it? cause i think that would be pretty nifty if i could get that so i can also play your great songs on my trombone. I know im am sure you have been asked this so many times its not even funny.. but um when does the band plan on coming to the usa ill drive anywhere in the usa to see the band but every year goes by and still no usa tour im kinda going to go in a hole and cry if you guys don't come up here heheh... id like it more that the band is closer to seattle but then again seattle sucks now.. I keep looking every once and a while to see if the updates say anything about the usa tour. I saw something a while back but havent read anything since.. so I stoped looking all the time and have moved to looking about every 2 weeks to a month and a half.. so I know there is a lot of people in the usa that is kinda wondering what is going on and if and when the band is coming here.. we all love ya over here and cant wait to see you... just asking cause ive been waiting since the last tour I did not know happened in the usa I missed.. if I can do anything to help along the tour in the usa ill do anything I can, I know a cupple places in seattle that would love to see ya there but please let me know

Hi Matches Unfortunately there isnt a Toy Dolls manuscript book yet, though I know you can buy the sheet music for Nellie the Elephant, originally written by Butler and Hart, I have seen it in music shops! USA will happen, always waiting for information, we hope ya can wait a while longer!! Take care
Olga

hi olga.. i'm from sweden. i'm just starting to listning to you.. thinks that you are a awesome group.. so i wondering when you coming back to sweden next time? i know you were here just now on augustibuller.. (there you meet my friend,who haved listning to you seens 1984) so when are you coming back here to play again? take care now,hugs Frida

Frida Hi Sweden will be included on the next big European tour, when the next album is written and release ina a year or two. Hope to see ya there!
Olga

Agh! I'll never forgive myself. I missed the Sweden gig. Will there be any footage or maybe some video of it? Just so I can see what I missed? And will you be back in Sweden in the near future? Best regards, (fat) Bob.

Fat bob hi Augustibuller was wicked! sorry you missed it, I think there are some vids on Youtube, good luck! Take care
Olga

This is The Elk from Sweden (again). I wrote to you before your concert in Sweden (Augustibuller). Just wanted to say that it was the best fucking concert in my life (and therefore my best birthday also). I stood in the front row and I cried. It was so fucking great! Really good playlist too, even though I hoped to hear a few other songs to. But it was awesome! Have you decided if you would come to Sweden soon again, and if you'll come, would it take as long time since previously?!? I really hope you'll come soon again. // The Elk

Elk Hey! Thank you so much, we also had a fantastic time there. Happy Birthday for then! We will be back in Sweden, great people! Cheers
Olga

Alrite olga? Im 15 and in a band up sunderland having daft practices now and then. Just wondering how you go about writing songs. Do you jsut make a riff and build on that or actually make lyrics first and dee all that carry on. Cheers, ev

Ev Hi Cheers for your question, love to Sunderland! Hey, theres no rules for songwriting, sometimes the lyrics come first, sometimes a melody or riff. always different, though its 70% of the time that the melody that comes first, with me anyway! Good luck
Olga

hello there olga. my dad got me listening to your band from an early age. his first record that he ever bought of the toy dolls was the dig that groove baby lp. which i now have, i have collected most of your cds, and i noticed that you are doing a gig in durham in september. i was wondering if you could spare 2 tickets cause there all sold out. please help me olga. liam dillon

Liam Hi I really wished we had spare tickets for Durham, our guest list is now full also. Hopefully theres somewhere else on the tour you can make, I know there are tickets still left for York. Hope to see you somewhere. Take care
Olga

Dear olga, Me and my dad have tickets to see you at durham university on the 16th september. As it is my dads 44th birthday and 25th wedding aniversary, Is there any chance we could get a photo or have a chat with you as it would mean the world to him. he has been your numebr 1 fan since the start and has everything you have ever done. we live in hartlepool and my dads name is kurt beattie thanks very much hope to hear from you

Hi there We will pop out after the show and say hello, be nice to meet ya. A double congratulations to yer Dad! Cheers
Olga

Hi! First I wanna say I have all albums from Toy Dolls. I really like the "Orcastrated" album, and I think "Please Release Me (Darling I Loathe You)" is just perfect. Your guitar is always somethin' to inspire any guitarrist or musician (I'm a drummer!!!), and the drums are awesome like the others albums. But my question is: I have a band in Brazil, called "Cardume" means "School of fish" in english, i guess...whatever, I dream with a guitar solo from you in one of my songs, is that possible? And sorry about the english, I'm brazilian...

Hi! cheers for getting all the albums, wow! Thank you for the compliments too! Good luck with School of Fish! maybe we will meet someday, we can can talk about it then, see you when we get back to Brazil! Take care
Olga

Alright olga! you might not remember me but i was the scruffy little punk who wouldn't stop spitting at you back in SEPTEMBER 1985 at ADAM & EVES! you might recall that you got me back by spitting in my face on the way out! fair play to you. Anyway i kept that phlem, extracted the dna (when the technology arrived) artificially inseminated my bird & well you can guess the rest! By the way me & little olga are comin to see you at LEEDS COCKPIT on 13/9/07. p.s. i'm 41 & fat now, so i'll only be at the front for a couple of songs & i won't have any spare spit!! looking forward to it. from THE DAVE, BRAMLEY PUNX FOREVER.

Dave Hi Look forward to seeing you back up in Leeds after all these years! and the young n also! Cheers
Olga

nar then olga cant wait for the uk shows (were gonna five) is there a after show party for the islington gig as we are coming from barnsley to that one. if there is can we come please? and can you possably send my mate a happy birthday comment as he is the maddest toy doll fan there prabably is his page is
http://www.myspace.com/leon_frum_tarn if ya can a big thanks to you. roll on the leeds gig and manchester and nottingham and york and london think thats um all cheers wayne tried to send this on myspace but it dint work?

Hey! 5 shows, wow! thank you! not sure about the after show party yet, waiting for our management to let us know! we will need a drink by then! Happy birthday to yer mate, Leon? is it? see ya in Leeds! Take care Hi to all in Barnsley!
Olga

hey olga... i'm from croatia, and i've been the toy dolls fan for 10 years (now i'm 17). in fact, i listen punk and ska music for nearly 10 years, but you're my first and only favourite band! i have my own band (i'm the drummer) and of course, our highest priority is to play like toy dolls. anyway, i don't have any particular question, and i'm quite sure that you've had enough of those pesky fans who are all the time bragging about themselves and talking about how much they love you... well, to be perfectly honest, i was really in love with you couple of years ago :))))) (i was young and stupid)... unfortunately, due to my "under age" and very strict parents, i wasn't able to come to any of your previous live shows performed in croatia. although this year, i was planning on to go to split, but i was very, very, very sad and disappointed when i found out that you won't perform. however, you have no idea how big is my wish for you to come again in croatia!! i would be SO HAPPY!! so please, please, PLEASE come to croatia, one more time, i assure you that here are a lot of toy dolls fans!! oh yeah...and... how come that it is so difficult to buy the toy dolls albums? i mean, i have to go all the way to vienna or graz or something like that to buy it (because i like to have the original cd), and it's not fair. always yours, Lucija

Lucia Hi Thank you so much. We were also very sad about the Split gig, we were all ready to come, then the promoters cancelled it, we will be back in Croatia for sure, we love it there! distrubution for the albums isnt the greatrest when you are at our kinda level, (the bottom!) hopefully we will start to bring more albums to gigs next time around! Look foward to the next Croation show, we always come out to meet people after the show, come up and say hello, it would be nice to meet ya! Take care
Olga


Hey there Olga!! How ya doin?? All cheers and greeting from Holland. Some time ago I wrote you an email about me and my girl being two years together and she turning 21 and stuff. I also asked you if you could like congratulate on stage or something, hope ya didn't forget. Well, we'll be seeing you guys the 25th of August at the Huntenpop festival in Varssevelder, Holland. I hope you get to read this in time. I know, its a bit late, but I only just got the confirmation. anyways, please dont aks her on stage. She'll totally freak out and not like it (she dont like being in front of a lot of people) but just a word would be nice. So, thanks a lot in advance and make it a great show. O yeah, my girls name is Loes (pronounce: Lose with a hard short S) Cheers and love, Valentijn (as in Valentine)

Valentijn Hi Did we get to meet Loes after the show? I hope so! CONGRATULATIONS anyway! and so sorry if we missed ya. we did come out to speak with people after the gig, hope one of em was you!! Take care
Olga

Hello I am Nico, I I am of Argentina! but I am traveling by the world with my spectacle of street by festivales I AM TRAVELING BY GERMANY , BELGICA ,ITALY ; CROACIA, POLONIA; AUSTRIA; ESPANA, HOLANDA, ETC BUT NEVER I COULD DO A TIME TO GO TO SEE A MORE SHOW!!!! IF YOUR YOU WANT YOU CAN VISIT MY WEB www.sindromeretrete.com.ar

Nico Hi Hopefully you will ctach a show somewhere, some day!! Maybe back in Argentina! please keep cjecking our tour dates, I am sure there will be a gig near you at some point!! Take care
Olga

I was in Buenos Aires in October in the recital I CAN SAY THAT I AM an ADDICT one TO TOY DOOLS
WHEN YOUR YOU BEGAN A RECITAL IN LONDON THE 5 OF DECEMBER OF 1979, MY MOTHER AT THE SAME TIME HAD BOY A FUTURE FANS OF TOY DOLLS OK FRIEND I TAKE LEAVE!!! PARDON BY THIS MADNESS!!! Mi NAME ARTISTIC !!!!NENE RETRETE!!!!

Nene Retrete Hi! Thank you! you make me feel old! ha! look forwrad to seeing you again in Buenos Aires.
Olga

hello olga! my name is corey i am from st. louis, missouri, usa. the toy dolls have become one of my favorite bands. and i would love the opportunity to see the toy dolls live, and if you would maybe do a tour through the u.s. it would pretty much make my year. so how about it? adios, and keep on making that amazing music.

Corey Hey! Thank you, and yes, we will gaet back to the States! hope you can wait for us! Cheers
Olga

Yo Olga, I was wondering when The Toy Dolls are coming again in Belgium. It has been already so long ago.... I need to get my case of beer cold before they come so are there dates planned? Cheerz Koen

Hi Koen We have always enjoyed Belgium, and I am sure we will return. Probably on the next main European leg of the next tour. Hope to see ya there
Olga

I've got yet another burning question for you to answer. What sort of equipment do you use in terms of amps and stuff like that? Like how to you make the Guitar and Bass sound like it does in "Jeans Been" and "Sod The Neighbours" and other heavyrockin' songs like that? Sorry I'm writing at this address, but I think you should be the best target for that question. I've found such site: www.mp3fiest.com. They're selling music in mp3 format. My question is: are they doin' it legally or not? Do you know about them, and if I'll pay them, do you get your part of my money too? :) You know what I mean. For a long time I'm not able to buy your new albums in Poland. The last i bought is Orcastated... it's more than 10 years... I'm not too happy watching new titles which are not accessible for me. I'd like to buy all new albums, but I have no proper source in Poland... Can I buy them there?

Hi Thank you! the guitar equipment is a marshall JCM 800 2203, and a Fender Telecaster standard, bass is a Musicman Stingray and an Ampeg SVT top with a 8 x 10 cab. not sure about that site, best to ask Secret Records I think! You should be able to get all albums from Captain Oi, or Secret Records Limited, both on the internet.
Olga

G'day Olga, Yep, I'm an Aussie and have been a fan of the Toy Dolls since about 1988 and have most of your stuff on vinyl (yeah, it still exists in Australia). I am going to be in London at the end of September and was overjoyed to find out about the Carling Academy Islington gig...but I just found out that it is sold out! (sob). Is there any chance of getting a ticket for this show, or will there be tix at the door? I don't think you've played in Australia...could you come down and play there!?? (please) Ta...Mick

Mick Hi Thank you! I heard that the London gig has tickets on the door, but I think there are only a few left. Maybe if you contact them and tell them your position, hopefully they can send you them? Let me know what happens. Good Luck
Olga