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Member Since: 11/10/2007
Band Website: http://www.valtoth.com
Band Members: Ron Toth: Lead Guitar, Lead Vocals
RON TOTH; Lead Guitar/Lead Vocals
Ron, a self-proclaimed “wandering mad gypsy†has been playing guitar for 20+ years and has played with regional acts Ion, Passion Risk, Bartok’s Wish, and Danger. He has opened for many national acts such as; Spread Eagle, Lizzy Borden, Quiet Riot, and Faith No More. He appeared with world known artist such as Joe Lynn Turner, Mike Ronson, and Joey Ramone.
Ron has had many recording experiences including Barry Titus on the ESP label which received worldwide distribution and air play. He also recorded with Ion as an artist development deal with ESP records. Ron contributed to a rock opera with William Ames from The London Symphony Orchestra.
While recording his Metal-Masterpiece “Tothic†on Valtoth Music with Victor Ruzzo (of the Alice Cooper, Slash & Axel Rose of Guns and Roses fame), Ron was contacted by Death Watch and asked to record and co-produce an album on Prison Rock Label-Sony Connect based in Chicago. Accompanied by Victor, they recorded the album at The Chicago Recording Studio, one of the most renowned studios in the country. The EP album boasted the single “Here Lies an Outlaw†which reached the charts in Holland, falling just below Judas Priest. The full album release is due near the end of summer 2007.
One of the highlights of Ron’s career was playing at the Freedom Festival in Bethel NY running in conjunction with “Woodstock 94†with an attendance of over 15,000.
Throughout working on a variety of productions, including working as a guitar instructor at Joe Nevolo’s music studio “Big Beat Music†in Neptune NJ, he has continued to lead his band Tothic.
Members of Tothic have regularly played many of the local venues including; The Chance (Poughkeepsie, NY), West Strand Grill, The Semi-annual Woodstock Guitar Festival, The Forum (formerly C-Spot), The End Zone (Kingston, NY), Kenny's Castaways of NYC, Lamour's (Brooklyn, NY), and various clubs around the NJ circuit. Tothic has performed live several times on WDST Radio, which has also featured tracks from their debut album "Subway".
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