The Toll (band)

It consisted of vocalist Brad Circone, guitarist Rick Silk, bassist Greg Bartram, and Brett Mayo on drums.

They had earned a reputation for their live performances and were signed to Geffen on the strength of a single show, although they had previously recorded a demo for Chrysalis.

The Toll's first album was titled The Price of Progression, and "Jonathan Toledo," which included one of the band's trademark narratives and clocked in at more than ten minutes, was the first single.

It received rotation on MTV (including "120 Minutes") and for some time held the record as the longest non-Michael Jackson video ever played on the station.

This record received almost no promotion from the label and did not do well, and Geffen dropped the band, which broke up soon afterward.