Background
His first band was with his father, called the Grijalva Brothers.
His first band was with his father, called the Grijalva Brothers.
Early He had a few guitar instructors when he was little, and was told by one of them that he would have a hard time playing because "his fingers were too small". Grijalva, being the determined musician that he was, would practice until his fingers hurt. Tracy gives cr to Eddie Van Halen (Van Halen) and Donny Simmons (Yankee Rose, Stormer) for influencing his playing, especially referring to Simmons as "his idol".
He also put together the bands Love/Hate with singer Jizzy Pearl, and
He would play at almost any club he could find to get his publicity out. He also played with vocalist Rudy Torres and drummer Audie Desbrow (Great White) in Riff Raff, a very popular band around southern California in the early days of hard rock and heavy metal.
Tracy then joined Dio. In his six years with the band, was featured on two studio albums, (Strange Highways and Angry Machines), and one live album (Inferno: Last in Live).
He left the band in 1999 when he was asked to play rhythm guitar while Craig Goldy took lead.
Dio decided to bring back Goldy, who had played with him on the Dream Evil album. formed The Group, which included Jeremy Masana on bass guitar, Donnie Rodriguez on drums and, respectively, on guitar. Currently, is in the band. They have released two albums and Tracy has released numerous solo albums as well.
He would later play in a variety of bands, including with future member of Great White, Jack Russell.