Ray Toro

Ray Toro: Biography in Details

Who is Ray Toro?

Ray Toro is a vocalist and guitarist. He is renowned as the lead guitarist of the American Rock band, My Chemical Romance.

Coming Projects Postponed

In 2019, the band announced their upcoming date musical tours for 2020 in the countries like Australia, Japan, and New Zealand. However, all the dates were postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Who are the parents of Ray Toro?

Ray Toro was born Raymond Toro on the 15th of July 1977 in Kearny, New Jersey in a working-class family. He is of Spanish ethnicity with Puerto Rican-Portuguese roots.

To date, he has not shared any details about his mother and father. He grew along with his two brothers. One of them is named is Louis Toro.

Since the neighbor that they live with was not safe due to crimes such as murder and drugs. His mother prefers them to stay at the home. Inspired by his elder brother, he started to learn guitar. Later, he also joined the guitar classes too.

Talking about his educational background, he attended Keamy High School in New Jersey. In 1995, he graduated from High School. During their high school days, he used to play for the various local bands. One of them even includes The Rodneys too.

After graduating, Ray Toro joined William Paterson University in Wayne and got enrolled in a video editing course. However, his destiny called him to be a music artist. In the meantime, he was even involved as a drummer for the band, Dead on West.

Ray Toro- Professional Career

From the late ’90s to 2012

Ray Toro first came into the spotlight when he joined the band My Chemical Romance, founded by singer and songwriter, Gerard Way and Drummer, Matt Pelissier. He joined the band as a guitarist.

On the 23rd of July 2002, the band released the first album I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love with 11 tracks. The album peaked at 129th position on the US album chart. Also, it received gold certification from BPI.

After that in 2003, the band signed with the Reprise record and released the second Studio album the Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge. The album was commercially successful and picked at 28^th position on the US billboards.

Moving forward in 2006 the band released its third Studio album the Black Parade. The album became one of the biggest hits of the band. Also, it album debuted at the 2^nd position on the US Billboard list too. After that, he was compared to the Queen guitarist Brian May.

In 2010, they launched their fourth studio album, Danger Days. The album received Gold certifications from RIAA and BIA.

In 2011, Ray Toro led the #SINGItForJapan project for the brand. The project was dedicated to supporting the people affected by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami in Japan.

After that, in 2012, the band started working on their next project, Conventional Weapons. Later, on the 22nd of March 2013, the band was officially deformed before the album was finished.

2013- Present

Like other members, Ray Toro started pursuing a solo career. Meantime, he was associated with the band, Reggie and the Full Effect. Also, he accompanied the band’s musical tour in 2013.

Later, on the 16th of November 2016, he released his first debuted album, Remember the Laughter. However, the audience could find the magical sparks like in the previous albums.

In the following year, the band, My Chemical Romance was reunited in the public eye. Also, they announced the reunion show that took on the 31st of October 2019 in Los Angeles.

Moving forwards, on the 28th of January 2020, he along with his band members announced their three concerts in June 2020 at Milton Keynes. The shows are postponed till June 2021 due to the COVID Pandemic.

Ray Toro- Net Worth, Salary

As of 2022, Ray Toro has an estimated net worth of $2.5 million. As a singer, he makes in the range of $23k to $208k. Besides that, he also earns through the royalties of his albums too.

Apart from that, his musical tours are the major source of his income.

Is Ray Toro involved in any rumors and controversies?

To date, he has managed to maintain dignity as a music artist. As of now, Ray Toro has not been involved in any sort of controversy that created a buzz in the media.

Also, he has remained far from any type of controversy related to him.

Body Measurements: Height, Weight

Ray Toro has black eyes with black hair. His height is 6 feet 0 inches and weighs around 72 kg.

Social Media

Ray Toro has over 484k followers on Twitter and over 345k followers on Instagram, and over 10k followers on Facebook.

On Instagram, he is following the personalities like Gerard Way, Eelco Roos, and Lauren Valencia.

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