Tico Talks

If you've seen the doucmentary, you know the guys talk about things they don't normally talk about.  Richie opened up about the black period in his life, and has since gone on Access Hollywood to tell us again.  Now it's Tico's turn.  

Bon Jovi drummer Tico Torres has opened up about his years of alcohol abuse in a new band documentary, revealing his heavy drinking was related to his absent father.


The rocker admits he was "killing" himself with drinking in the early 1990s until his bandmates urged him to seek help - and he turned to band psychologist Lou Cox, who helped keep the bandmates together after they fired manager Doc McGhee in 1991.

In new film "Bon Jovi: When We Were Beautiful", Torres says, "I was the kind of person that wouldn't drink for months and then blow off two bottles. A lot of that was shit I had to learn about - my father leaving me when I was a kid... There was a lot of anger behind that.  I learned about myself through seeking people... to help me out. I came to grips with that. I met him (father) years later after 20 years... and I was able to come to terms with that and forgive him... I'm really OK."

Bandmate Jon Bon Jovi reveals it was inevitable that the band stepped in and tried to help their drummer: "He had a lot of demons... He was a really bad drunk... T was a very mean, mean man. He'd get you in a lot of trouble with a lot of people."

And thanks to Cox's help, Torres has turned his life around. Bon Jovi adds, "His is the most together life of all of us."

~ Hath

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