Toryn Green was born on November 3,1975 and is an American rock singer.
27 Facts About Toryn Green
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Toryn Green is the former vocalist for hard rock band Fuel, as well as for Emphatic, and For The Taking.
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Toryn Green was the touring lead vocalist for the band Apocalyptica and performed in both of its 2008 US Worlds Collide Tours.
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Toryn Green is co-writing a song for the film soundtrack with Brian Vodinh of 10 Years.
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Toryn Green was raised in Palmer, Alaska, where he graduated from Colony High School in 1994.
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Toryn Green's father was very musical and he says he gained a lot of inspiration through him.
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Toryn Green used to sing with his father since he was a small boy, but his first public solo performance was at Alaska State Fair.
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Toryn Green moved to California in October 1998 to pursue a career in music.
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Toryn Green took his songwriting to the stage in his first band "Patience Worth", with band members Orion Rainz, Ryan Giles, and Cesar Guevarra.
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Toryn Green was chosen the lead vocalist of hard rock band Fuel from over 1000 submissions on worldwide website auditions held in early 2006 to replace Brett Scallions.
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Toryn Green recorded and submitted his version of the song "Hemorrhage " two hours after hearing about the open website audition from a friend.
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However, around the same time Fuel made their offer, and Toryn Green had to decide between two contracts.
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Toryn Green signed with Fuel in July 2006, before entering the studio to record the band's next album for Epic Records from August to November 2006.
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The official announcement of Toryn Green being the next frontman for Fuel wasn't made until April 19,2007, on Extra TV show, exactly a year after the live auditions in Los Angeles.
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The band toured in support of the album through early 2008 and appeared live on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and TLC's season finale of LA Ink, where Toryn Green was featured getting ambigram tattoo on his forearm.
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When Fuel went into hiatus in 2008, Toryn Green joined Finnish cello rock band Apocalyptica as their touring lead vocalist on both US legs of Worlds Collide tour, and again at Apocalyptica's US television debut on NBC's Last Call with Carson Daly.
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Two songs from the 4-song demo that Toryn Green wrote with Brian Vodinh before forming the band, "Time is Running Out" and "Takedown", are featured on the MMA fighting movie Never Back Down 2: The Beatdown soundtrack.
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On November 19,2012, Toryn Green announced on the band's Facebook page that For The Taking is placed "into an indefinite hiatus".
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Toryn Green joined Emphatic, and Eddie Raccioppi and Joe Meyer continued with Eddie's brainchild, a Long Island alternative rock band I Ignite.
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Toryn Green was the new lead vocalist for the Omaha-based hard-rock band Emphatic, replacing the former singer Patrick Wilson, as announced on Toryn Green's Twitter and the band's Facebook on October 25,2012.
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Toryn Green is currently focusing on his undergrad degree and heading into the field of Medicine while continuing with his music and acting career.
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In 2015, Toryn Green reunited with his former bandmates from Something To Burn for a country music project titled OUT WEST.
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Toryn Green performed the national anthem for the NASCAR Championship race in Homestead, Florida, in the fall of 2007.
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Toryn Green was touring lead vocalist for Apocalyptica, performing their number 1 hit, "I Don't Care" on NBC's Last Call with Carson Daly.
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In 2008, Toryn Green appeared in "Distracted Driving", an educational video for the State of Illinois, to promote distracted driving awareness to teenagers.
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On October 12,2009, Toryn Green made the debut live performance of his new band "For The Taking" during a private gala celebrating the grand reopening of The Music Mill in Indianapolis, Indiana, with local band New Addiction.
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Toryn Green changed his eye color permanently through a prosthetic iris implant in a surgery performed by Dr Shibu Varkey in Trichy, India, on April 7,2015.