Ron Emory (born 1962, Lynwood, California) is an American rock musician and guitarist for the punk rock band T.S.O.L. (True Sounds of Liberty). An original member of the band, founded in Southern California in 1979, Emory left in 1987 prior to the release of the album Hit and Run. In 1996, he joined the other original members of T.S.O.L. to reform the band, which remains active. Ron is working on a solo project titled Walk that Walk which is scheduled to be released on April 15, 2010.

Emory played with Social Distortion during their 2006 tour to fill in for his friend Mike Ness, who had broken his wrist in a skateboarding accident.

Biography

Early life

Ron grew up in Southern California where he met Jack Grisham, Todd Barnes and Mike Roche to form the Punk Band, T.S.O.L. in 1979. T.S.O.L was the first SoCal punk group to draw widespread fame.

Adult life

According to his self portrait, Ron got clean and has been sober since February 10, 1999. He has made amends and made efforts to make good decisions and most importantly seek a healthy relationship with God."

He also owns and produces music from his own production studio, Prairie Productions Studio. Ron currently lives in the midwest with his wife and kids.

True Sounds of Liberty (T.S.O.L.)

Ron Emory joined friends Jack Grisham, Todd Barnes and Mike Roche to form the Punk Band, T.S.O.L. The original line-up of the band was vocalist Jack Grisham, guitarist Ron Emory, bassist Mike Roche, and drummer Todd Barnes.

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