Bulletboys — Wikipedia

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Marq Torien on stage with Bulletboys in July 2008.

General informations

Native country	UNITED STATES
Genre musical	Heavy metal [ first ] , glam metal [ 2 ]
active years	1987–1993, 1995, since 1998
Labels	Warner Bros. Records, Wounded Bird Records, Swordholio, Perris, Crash Music, Cleopatra Records, Deadline, Chavis
Official site	www.bulletboysofficial.com

Group composition

Members	Marq Torien Nick Rozz Chad MacDonald Anthony « Tiny » BIUSO
Former members	See former members

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BulletBoys is a group of American Heavy Metal, from Los Angeles, California. He was formed by singer Marq Torien and guitarist Mick Sweda in 1987. His first two albums, Bulletboys And Freakshow , met with commercial and critical success. Everyone has been sold more than a million copies.

The group is often compared to Van Halen period David Lee Roth, because Marq Torien has a voice very close to “Diamond Dave” and the guitar game looks like that of Eddie Van Halen. Bulletboys producer, Ted Templeman, was also that of Van Halen period David Lee Roth.

Bulletboys was trained in 1987 in Los Angeles, California ^{[ first ]} . The group is very inspired by AC/DC and Van Halen ^{[ first ] , [ 3 ]} , and Torien has often been compared to the singer of Van Halen, David Lee Roth ^{[ first ] , [ 3 ]} . After having signed with the Warner Bros. label, the group publishes its first album BulletBoys in 1988, and reached the 34 ^{It is} place du Billboard 200 ^{[ 4 ]} . The group publishes two singles, a cover of the song For the Love of Money of the O’jays ( 30 ^{It is} des Mainstream Rock Chart ^{[ 5 ]} And 78 ^{It is} of Billboard Hot 100 ^{[ 5 ]} ), And Smooth up in Ya ( 23 ^{It is} du Mainstream Rock Chart ^{[ 5 ]} , And 71 ^{It is} of Billboard Hot 100 ^{[ 5 ]} ), all of them broadcast on MTV ^{[ first ]} . In 1993, following a very unconvincing third album, the group dissolved.

The singer and the bass player use the name of the group to release a new album in 1995, different from the style of the group, the influence, here, is more alternative metal. In 1998, the group reformed, with Torien and came alongside the former drummer of the Guns N ‘Roses Steven Adler and the future guitarist of the Guns N’ Roses DJ Ashba ^{[ 3 ]} Briefly for an American tour with Faster Pussycat, Bang Tango and Enuff Z’Nuff ^{[ 3 ]} . In 1999, Ashba left the group to train Beautiful Creatures with Joe Lesté, and Adler left shortly after to train Adler’s Apétite in 2003 ^{[ 6 ]} . A compilation, entitled Burning Cats and Amputees , is published in 2000, at Deadline Records.

They will release a new album in 2003 and the latest in 2009. Torien and Vincent publish the group’s fifth album, their first in seven years, entitled Sophie , in 2003, which involved the singer Sebastian Bach (Skid Row). A tour follows with L.A. Guns, but is canceled because of an incident with their bus driver ^{[ 7 ]} . Guitarist Keri Kelli, who replaced Tracii Guns within L.A. Guns, plays with the Bulletboys ^{[ 7 ]} . Jason Hook was, during this period, a member of the Bulletboys ^{[ 8 ]} . In 2004, Torien turned with Stephen Pearcy (ex-met), Joey Belladonna (ex-anthrax), Ron Keel (Keel, Iron Horse) and Jason McMaster (Dangerous Toys, Watchtower) for the tour Bastards of Metal ^{[ 9 ]} .

On August 28, 2011, Johnny Giosa died in a car accident in Los Angeles at the age of 42 ^{[ ten ]} .

Current members [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

• Marq Torien – Song, guitar, bass, Congas (since 1987)
• Nick Rozz – Guitar (2010–2011, since 2012)
• Chad Macdonald – Basse, Choirs (since 2011)
• Anthony « Tiny » Biuso – Battery (since 2018)

Former members [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

• Joaquin Revuelta – Baptity (2016-2017)
• Shawn duncan – batteries (2014-2016)
• Lonnie Amp – Basse, Chœurs (1987–2000, 2006, 2009–2014)
• Mick Sweda – Guitar, Choirs (1987–1993, 1999–2000, 2011)
• Jimmy d’Anda – Battery, Percussion, Choirs (1987–1993, 1999–2000, 2011)
• Tony Marcus – Guitar (1993–1994, 2009-2010)
• Tommy Pittam – Guitar (1994–1998)
• Robby Karras – Battery, percussion (1994–1998)
• Dj Ashba – Guitare (1998-1999)
• Steven eagle – battery, percussions (1998-1999)
• Jason Hook – Guitar (2000–2002)
• Melvin Brannon II – basse (2000–2002)
• Vik Foxx – Battery, Percussion (2000)
• Brent Fitz – Battery, Percussion (2000–2001)
• Scott Taylor – bass (2002-2006)
• Keri Kelli – Guitar (2002-2004)
• Denny Johnson – Guitar (2004–2006)
• Michael Thomas – Guitar (2006, 2007-2008)
• David Weeks – basse (2006, 2008)
• Danny Seven – Battery, Percussions (2007–2008, 2008–2009)
• Danny Watts – guitare (2007–2008)
• Scott Griffin – basse (2007)
• Stephen Allan – basse (2007–2009)
• Charlie Wayne Morrill – guitare (2006–2007)
• Tory Stoffregen – Guitare (2009)
• Rob Lane – Basse (2009–2011 except for American tours)
• Johnny Giosa – Battery, percussion (2010, died in 2011)
• Troy Patrick Farrell – batterie (2010–2011)
• Chris Holmes – guitare (2011)
• Stephen Jude Mills – batterie (2012–2014)
• Ryche Green – Battery (2005-2010, 2012-2013)

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