Profile
Tico Torres
Drummer
Male
Born
Oct 7, 1953
Age
59
Hometown
United States
Genres
Heavy metal music...
Instruments
Percussion instru...
Performed With
Bon Jovi
Other Names
Torres, Hector Sa...
Hector Samuel Juan "Tico" Torres is an American drummer and percussionist for rock band classic, Bon Jovi. He also has taken lead vocals on a song on the box set 100,000,000 Bon Jovi Fans Can't Be Wrong, as well as backing vocals on a couple of the early… Read More
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Romance
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Maria MarquezMarried 2001
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Sharon TorresMarried
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New Bon Jovi Movie Drops Nov 27; One Direction Tops Billboard 200Voice of America - Nov 26, 2012 -
Super Bowl Fantasy Halftimes 1967 1990Fan 590 - Feb 01, 2012
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Save The Date: This Week In Celebrity Wedding Anniversaries Sun Herald.ComGoogle News - Sep 01, 2011
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So, I Guess The Bon Jovi Fans All Became Parents... BabygadgetGoogle News - Aug 22, 2011
Timeline
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CHILDHOOD
1953
Birth
Born on October 7, 1953.
TEENAGE
1969
15 Years Old
In 1969 he played drums for the psychedelic rock band Six Feet Under.
TWENTIES
Before joining Bon Jovi in 1983 he had already played live with Joe Cerisano aka Silver Condor in the New Jersey Rock circuit, and in the studio with Franke and the Knockouts, Pat Benatar, Chuck Berry, Cher, Alice Cooper and Stevie Nicks, recording a total of 26 albums with these artists.
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THIRTIES
With the help of their new manager Doc McGhee, the band's debut album, Bon Jovi, was released on January 21, 1984.
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1985
31 Years Old
In 1985, Bon Jovi's second album 7800°Fahrenheit was released, but the response was poor.
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1986
32 Years Old
During their 1986-1987 tour, Jon's attempt to give it his all during live shows (plus the tour's exhausting schedule) greatly strained his vocal cords.
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1990
36 Years Old
Between 1990 and 1992, members of Bon Jovi went their separate ways after the very rigorous two year New Jersey Tour, which exceeded 200 shows on 5 continents.
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FORTIES
1994
40 Years Old
In 1994, Bon Jovi released a "greatest hits" album titled Cross Road, which also contained two new tracks: the hit singles "Always" and "Someday I'll Be Saturday Night".
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1996
42 Years Old
By 1996, Bon Jovi had established themselves as a "force" in the music industry, proving much more durable than most of their 80's glam peers.
1999
45 Years Old
After another lengthy hiatus of nearly three years, during which several band members worked on independent projects, Bon Jovi regrouped in 1999 to begin work on their next studio album.
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FIFTIES
2005
51 Years Old
Bon Jovi's ninth studio album, Have a Nice Day, was released in September 2005. "Have A Nice Day" was the first single off the new album and the second single from the album "Who Says You Can't Go Home", was released in the U.S. in the spring of 2006.
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On February 11, 2007, Bon Jovi also won a Grammy Award, for "Best Country Collaboration with Vocals" for "Who Says You Can't Go Home".
On April 6, 2009, it was announced that the Tribeca Film Festival will screen a Bon Jovi documentary called When We Were Beautiful.
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