Marq Torien
Marq Torien | |
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Background information | |
Birth name | Mark Joseph Maytorena |
Born | Los Angeles, California | September 22, 1961
Genres | Heavy metal, glam metal, hard rock |
Occupation(s) | Musician |
Instruments | Vocals, guitar, congas |
Years active | 1980s-present |
Associated acts | Ratt, Hawk, King Kobra, BulletBoys, Love/Hate |
Marq Torien (born Mark Joseph Maytorena on September 22, 1961 in Los Angeles, California) is the lead singer of the hard rock act BulletBoys. He is the only member to have remained with the group since the release of their self-titled debut album in 1988.
History[]
Prior to BulletBoys, Torien was a guitarist in the then-unsigned band Ratt, a guitarist for the band Hawk, a member of Motown recording artists Kagny & the Dirty Rats, a lead vocalist briefly for the band King Kobra.,[1] and the lead vocalist of the band Marquis/Touch.
In addition to periodic BulletBoys ventures, Torien's solo projects included Sexual Chocolate, Ten-Cent Billionaires, and This.
Torien added vocals on the track "Texas Lawman" From The Regulators on their 1993 self-titled album on Polygram/Polydor.
Torien provided lead vocals for two tracks on Cherry St.'s second album Monroe in 1994. The tracks being "Dogtown" and "One More Tonight"
In the book Off the Rails by Rudy Sarzo, Sarzo tells a story about Torien's audition for the Ozzy Osbourne band after the death of Randy Rhoads as the group's guitarist.
Discography[]
with Bulletboys[]
- BulletBoys (1988)
- Freakshow (1991)
- Za-Za (1993)
- Acid Monkey (1995)
- Sophie (2003)
- 10¢ Billionaire (2009)
- Rocked and Ripped (2011)
- Elefante' (2015)
- From Out of the Skies (2018)
References[]
- ^ "Metal Sludge 20 Questions with Marq Torien". . Archived from the original on 2009-01-01. Retrieved 2009-01-01.
External links[]
- American heavy metal singers
- American rock guitarists
- American male guitarists
- American hard rock musicians
- Glam metal musicians
- Ratt members
- King Kobra members
- BulletBoys members
- Living people
- 1961 births
- 20th-century American guitarists