Marq Torien

Marq Torien
Born	September 22, 1962 (1962-09-22) (age 49)
Instruments	Guitar, Vocals
Associated acts	Ratt, Hawk, King Kobra, BulletBoys

Marq Torien, July 2008 at the South Texas Rock Fest

Marq Torien (born Mark Maytorena on September 22, 1962 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.

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, and a lead vocalist briefly for the band King Kobra.^[1]

In addition to periodic BulletBoys ventures, Torien's solo projects included Sexual Chocolate, Ten-Cent Billionaires, and This.

Best Of The BulletBoys CD/DVD was released on July 18, 2006.

Torien added vocals on the track "Texas Lawman" From The Regulators on their 1993 self-titled album on Polygram/Polydoor.

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.

References

1. ^ "Metal Sludge 20 Questions with Marq Torien". Metal Sludge. http://www.ccbanana.com/sludge/20questionsmarqtorien.htm. Retrieved 2009-01-01. 

External links

Biography portal

• Official BulletBoys Myspace page
• Official Marq Torien Myspace page

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