13 Facts About Tico Torres

Hector Samuel Juan "Tico" Torres was born on October 7,1953 and is an American musician, best known as the drummer for the rock band Bon Jovi.

Hector Juan Samuel Torres was born on October 7,1953, in New York City, and brought up in the Colonia section of Woodbridge Township, New Jersey.

Tico Torres was a jazz fan as a youth and studied music with Joe Morello.

Tico Torres was one of the drummers auditioned by Kiss in 1980 after original drummer Peter Criss left the band.

Tico Torres met Alec John Such while playing with a band called Phantom's Opera and it was this friendship that led to him joining Bon Jovi.

When Jon Bon Jovi, the lead singer of the band, approached Tico Torres, he was put off by the fact that Jon was 9 years younger than he was.

Tico Torres said it was Jon's charismatic appearance and watching him perform that attracted him to join the band.

Tico Torres is a self-taught painter, who paints expressive pictures which show scenes from everyday life and his life with the band.

Tico Torres owns a fashion line for babies called Rock Star Baby.

In 1996, Tico Torres married Czech-born model Eva Herzigova in Sea Bright, New Jersey.

Tico Torres married Maria Alejandra in September 2001, his third marriage and divorced in 2008.

Rich Scanella filled in for him, and Tico Torres returned to the tour in Fresno, California on October 8,2013.

Tico Torres is an avid golfer who frequently participates in the Alfred Dunhill Links Pro-Am in St Andrews, UK, often playing in a foursome with fellow musician and good friend Huey Lewis.