Toby William Lloyd Rand (born 21 December 1977) is an Australian singer best known for being lead singer of rock band RAND, previous band

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, and his appearance on '' Rock Star: Supernova''. Currently, he fronts solo project Toby Rand & The FutureKind, and a lead role in the theater production ROCKTOPIA.

Early life and family

Rand was born in

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. His mother is from north

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and is fluent in the

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; his father is from England. Toby has two brothers, Simon and Tim. Both were a driving inspiration for him to become a singer/musician. Toby grew up in Bayside Melbourne, Australia. Toby has a daughter named London Ava, who was born in 2010.

Singing career

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, Rock Star: Supernova and opened for

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and

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during their Australia tours. Tours have also included Scandinavia, Canada and Australasia. Juke Kartel have also performed at several music festivals in Australia and many music award shows, including winning 2 awards at the MusicOz awards. Juke Kartel released Levolution in 2010/11. Toby Rand was also a finalist in Cleo's Australian Bachelor of the Year 2008. He is one of the characters in the book

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/ref> Rand is currently signed to The Rejected Group production team. Also in the works is new music with INXS bassist Garry Beers set for release later in 2019.

References

External links

www.tobyrand.com www.facebook.com/tobyrandmusic @tobyrand
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