Terry Ilous Biography

TERRY ILOUS ' s Biography

Terry Ilous was born the son of a French mother and a Spanish father, in Europe. His father, who played guitar, imbued Terry with the love of music he nurtures to this day. He settled in Los Angeles, and then became the lead singer for XYZ, a melodic metal rock band that was promptly signed with Capitol Records to enormous fanfare. With XYZ, he toured the world in the early 1990's and sold over 1.5 Million Cd S worldwide.
He has worked with members of such diverse rock bands as Ozzy Osbourne, Black Sabbath, Peter Gabriel, Sting, Whitesnake, Stevie Wonder, AC/DC, Mariah Carey, Guns and Roses, Rod Stewart, David Bowie and many others.
Terry has appeared on soap operas (He was been a regular on NBC's Passions), television commercials and actively participating in the voiceover field (Rug Rats, Stuart Little 2) and doing jingles, to name a few, EBay, Levy's, Wrigley s ETC. Terry is the new singing voice for Dr Pepper ad jingles.
He is also a renown songwriter and has written and published over 500 songs for other artists, films and TV.
Terry is also the lead singer of the band Great White and a new CD will be released worldwide May 18.