Raymond Toro was born on July 15, 1977 in Kearny, New Jersey. He was one of the founding members and lead guitarist of My Chemical Romance. After their break-up, on 24 May 2013 Ray posted a solo song, "Isn't That Something", to his SoundCloud account. He also stated how the track was entirely a solo effort: "I played everything. Sang everything. Recorded everything. Mixed everything. Myself" via his Twitter. On January 1st 2015 he posted a new song "For The Lost And Brave" on his website and SoundCloud, as a free download.