YOUR SHOUT!

She’s married to Robert Fripp and was part of The Humans, but how prog is Crimson Queen Toyah? Over to you!

“If Japan, Simple Minds, Tears for Fears, etc, are featured in your mag (I’m pleased they are) then Toyah fits the bill. The Changeling album has prog all over it including the cover. She’s also done gigs with her husband, not sure if they’ve recorded anything though, I’ll have to check one day.”

JASON RICHARDS

“I’ll get the joke in first: Is Toyah prog? It’s a mystery...” PHIL GORNER

“She’s collaborated with Tony Banks from Genesis. That makes her prog in my opinion.”

JOHN POLSTON

“Her costumes were a great innovation compared to the capes, fox heads, knight dresses and flower masks that everyone’s wearing in the prog world.”

BAS LANGEREIS

“Her more recent material has definitely had a prog influence. I also love her version of 21st Century Schizoid Man. She’s my husband’s not-so-secret crush! We have tickets to see her next year (should have been this April) with Hazel O’Connor.”

JANE ARMSTRONG

“The Sunday Lockdown Lunch [series] with Robert Fripp have definitely kept me entertained! Seeing Robert dancing in a tutu with a unicorn was not something I ever expected to see. Toyah seems to be totally eccentric, so while her music may not be to everyone’s taste, she still pushes boundaries... Isn’t pushing boundaries a very prog thing to do?”

ÁINE NÍ TÓMAS

“She’s a chameleon! Give The Blue Meaning a listen. Pure dystopia.”

MARK COTTON

“I went to see her many a year ago simply because she had Simon Phillips in the band: a serious choice of drummer, one of the best.”

PAUL DEVENNY

“Definitely. Even when you go all the way back to Anthem in 1981, a track like Jungles Of Jupiter is so very 80s proggy.”

RICK EASTON

“‘Who is that? Really? That’s brilliant!’ is the general reaction from unsuspecting prog pals when Danced is played in the car!”

GORDON THROWER

“Toyah And The Humans: great box set.” PATRICK CHIODELLI

“Amazing artist, but never has she been prog!” JULIE JEARUM

“Bandwagon jumper.” RICH GOODALL

“Toyah and Robert have done some of the most fun stuff on YouTube since lockdown.”

MATTHEW NORTH

“C’mon who thought of this storyline? No chance, no matter what period you cover.”

STEPHEN HONEYMAN