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Raymond Toro-Ortiz, most known as Ray Toro (born on July 15, 1977 in Kearny, New Jersey) is the lead guitarist and backup vocals for My Chemical Romance. He is recognized in the band by his signature afro.
Biography
Childhood
As a child he wanted able arms for christmas
Music
He plays the hand farts (better than andy or adrian can) =]
Trivia
- He does most of the guitar solos on My Chemical Romance songs.
- His nose has been broken three times.
- He has been asked by the band Alkaline Trio to play on a song.
- He started playing guitar when he was a sophomore in high school.
Toro has been injured several times on stage, some examples being:
- During a particularly complicated move, guitarist Frank Iero's guitar flew away from his shoulder and hit Toro in the side of the head (One of the two injuries so far meriting a hospital visit) that ended in Toro getting a concussion and minor blood loss. This has happened many times; however, this is the only incident that required a hospital visit. He played the rest of the show despite his injury. Fortunately, the remainder of the set only consisted of three more songs.
- A more recent addition to Toro's many head injuries, the snare drum in drummer Bob Bryar's drum kit fell from a height of eleven feet, hitting Toro. It was the first and last time Bryar decided to be elevated above the rest of the band.
- One of the first moments of My Chemical Romance live, captured on film consisted of Toro getting hit in the face with lead singer Gerard Way's microphone as he swung it (which would later become a trademark move), resulting in a torn lip and bloody nose. This was the only other injury that ended in a hospital visit due to the need for seventeen stitches in his lip.