He also owns a fashion line for babies called Rock Star Baby (selling baby clothing, strollers, soft toys, jewelry and furniture, etc.), which is viewable at His painting talent was shown in one of the three videos made for the single “Who Says You Can’t Go Home.” There is a scene in one of the videos showing Jon Bon Jovi, David Bryan, and Richie Sambora painting a wall of a house a solid color, while Tico is at the other end of the room, painting an extravagant picture of a house surrounded by a multi-colored heart on the same wall. Tico is a self-taught painter, who paints expressive pictures which show scenes from everyday life and the life with the band. The successful first show was at the Ambassador Galleries in Soho, New York. Known as “The Hitman,” Tico discovered another talent: painting. He uses Signature-Reflector Paiste cymbals, Ahead Tico Torres signature drum sticks/gloves/griptape, Remo drumheads, Emperor X on (top) snare (Ambassador *resonate* Snare), Coated Emperor on (top) Remo Starfire Chrome (on resonate toms/floor toms) Coated Powerstroke 3 on bassdrums 22 x 18 x’2 (Powerstroke Ebony (Remo), DW Drum Pedals (DW 9000) LP percussion and Beato bags. Tico is an endorser of DW Drums and hardware since 2013, previously he had endorsed by Pearl Drums. Regardless of this he said it was Jon’s charismatic appearance and watching Jon perform that attracted him to join the band. When Jon Bon Jovi, the lead singer of the band, approached Torres, he was put off by the fact that Jon was 9 years younger than he was. 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. Roth and Another Pretty Face and played on their debut album Face Facts. Torres was the original drummer for the glam rock band T.
Tico was also one of the drummers auditioned by Kiss in 1980 after original drummer Peter Criss left the band. 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. In 1969 he played drums for the psychedelic rock band Six Feet Under. Torres was a jazz fan as a youth and studied music with Joe Morello. Kennedy Memorial High School in Iselin.He has a sister called Opi. His parents, Emma and Héctor, immigrated from Cuba in 1948. Torres was born on October 7, 1953, in New York, and brought up in the Colonia section of Woodbridge Township, New Jersey. 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”.
Héctor Samuel Juan “Tico” Torres (born October 7, 1953) is an American drummer and percussionist for rock band Bon Jovi.
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