Tony Ortiz

Tony Ortiz has been an active musician, songwriter, performer, vocalist and lead guitarist here in the San Francisco Bay area for over 20 years. He has fronted the progressive Zero Hour band in its inception, Madman's Lullaby; Crush (Bon Jovi tribute) and currently, Hare Metal.


Currently, Tony's new debut CD title, "Follow with My Love" will be released in spring 2011. The songs are energetic, aggressive and fun melodic hard rock songs. Tony brings a live and interactive show to all that choose to participate. Members of Tony Ortiz consist of Marco Bicca-drums (LoNero); Korhan Bircan (Guitar); Sheldon Mah (Keyboard) and Dave Prescott on bass.

Tony carried lead vocals on Zero Hour's (Sensory Records) self titled effort, co-wrote and recorded an acoustic based CD with Seasons in 2002 and more recently, fronted Madman's Lullaby's "New Beginning" CD in 2010.

Vocally, Tony has been classically trained and he has been singing for over twenty years in musicals, solo performances and rock bands in the San Francisco Bay Area.

His vocal style and sound is edgy, yet smooth and wet. There's also a raspy tone in the middle register as well as high piercing notes in the higher register. He emphasizes on articulating words and lyrical phrases in order to be clear.

During the 80's, he played lead guitar with many bands such as Avalon, Silhouette, Witness and Steel River with a guitar style reminiscent of George Lynch.