Hector Tico Samuel Juan Torres (born October 7, 1953) is an American drummer and percussionist of 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 Bon Jovi tracks, notably "Born to Be My Baby" and "Love for Sale".
Torres was born on October 7, 1953, in New York, and brought up in Colonia, New Jersey. His mother Emma Torres was of Cuban-Ita...
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Hector Tico Samuel Juan Torres (born October 7, 1953) is an American drummer and percussionist of 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 Bon Jovi tracks, notably "Born to Be My Baby" and "Love for Sale".
Torres was born on October 7, 1953, in New York, and brought up in Colonia, New Jersey. His mother Emma Torres was of Cuban-Italian ancestry while his father Hector was a Cuban American. He attended John F. Kennedy Memorial High School.
Torres was a jazz fan as a youth and studied music with Joe Morello. Before joining Bon Jovi in 1983 he had already played live and in the studio with Frankie and the Knockouts, Pat Benatar, Chuck Berry, Cher, Alice Cooper and Stevie Nicks, recording a total of 26 albums with these artists
Tico met Alec John Such while playing with a band called Phantom's Opera and it was this friendship which led to him joining Bon Jovi. When Jon Bon...
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