In 1994, Alec John Such left the band and was unofficially replaced by Hugh McDonald. Tico is not only a musician but also a painter. Tico plays the drums on Richie Sambora's solo album, Stranger In This Town, released in 1991. During their performance, they were joined by Dee Snider, Bruce Dickinson and Paul Stanley to play We're an American Band. and stayed 8 weeks at number one on the Billboard 200 album charts.īon Jovi headlined Monsters of Rock festival in August 1987. In 1986, the band moved to Vancouver, Canada, to record their third album, Slippery When Wet. Soon after the release of its first album, the band toured with Scorpions in the US and with Kiss in Europe. It's due to him that he met Jon Bon Jovi who proposed him to join Bon Jovi.Įven if Jon Bon Jovi was 9 years younger than him, Tico decided to join the band because he saw Jon Bon Jovi performing and he thought he was very charismatic.īon Jovi released its debut album, Bon Jovi, in 1984 (lineup in 1984: Jon Bon Jovi (lead vocals, rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar), Richie Sambora (lead guitar, talkbox, backing vocals), Alec John Such (bass, backing vocals), Tico Torres (drums, percussion), David Bryan (keyboards, piano, backing vocals)).
Later, he met Alec John Such while playing with Phantom's Opera.
He played on their debut album, Face Facts (1980). He recorded a total of 26 albums as a studio musician. He worked as a studio musician with various artists like Alice Cooper, Cher, Chuck Berry, Pat Benatar. In 1969, he played in a psychedelic rock band called Six Feet Under. Born Héctor Juan Samuel Torres on Octoin New York, U.S., Tico Torres, also known as The Hitman, is a drummer and percussionist mostly known as the drummer of Bon Jovi.
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