Mike Porcaro

Mike Porcaro represents the kind of musician I respect most: the one you feel rather than notice. As Toto's bassist he anchored a band built on his family, brothers Jeff and Steve, with their father a jazz percussionist, so music was practically genetic. The low end rarely gets the spotlight, but it is what lets everything above it shine, and Porcaro held that role with quiet authority. His ALS diagnosis and 2007 retirement from touring give his story a painful weight. I keep coming back to the dignity of a craftsman who never needed the front of the stage to matter.

Name (English)

Mike Porcaro

Name (Japanese)

マイク・ポーカロ

Reading

まいく・ぽーかろ

Born

May 29, 1955 – March 15, 2015

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Goat

Origin

Hartford, Connecticut, United States

Occupation

bassist / musician

High school

Grant High School

• Official sitehttps://mikeporcaro.com/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike%20Porcaro
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%82%A4%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9D%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AB%E3%83%AD
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q921542

Tags

• Connecticut
• bassist
• musician

Last updated

2026-06-21

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