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Born, Floro Labarete Bely Jr. Lead guitarist for Canadian band, Legion of Saints.

Early life and Career

Floro was born in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada and grew up in the nation's capital throughout elementary school. In 2005, Floro first found that he had a big interest in playng the guitar just before he turned sixteen inspired by bands like, Led Zeppelin, Metallica, Guns N Roses, Billy Talent, Sum 41, Blink 182, ACDC, Def Leppard, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, and many more. In 2006, He played his first show was at a talent show at his high school, Immaculata where he met Bryce St. Jaques Attkinson being one grade higher than him. His first performance of the show was with a band he formed with a drummer and guitarist playing, Gun N' Roses' cover version of Knockin' on Heaven's Door. His second performance of the night was with Bryce on piano and another guitarist but Floro was playing on the drums.

During late 2006 Floro continued to play with both groups until Bryce graduated in 2007 and the only contact between each other would be through online chat programs such as MSN and Facebook.

Floro continued to play with his first group naming themselves, "Picks N' Sticks" covering Metallica's Nothing Else Matters, Oasis' Live Forever, and ACDC's Highway to Hell. In the early months of 2007, Floro received an email from his drummer giving him the elbow out of the band. He never found out the reason.

Floro continued to play guitar while he graduated from high school. In late 2008, Floro started his very first job work at a nearby Tim Hortons, then later joined with a solo artist who played country as he was singing harmony vocals and bass guitar where he did not last long due to excessive disorganization and decided he would try to find a band associated with Rock. In 2009, Floro went to Everest College where he graduated with a diploma for Dental Office and Chairside Assistant. Floro immediately dropped the dental business and dedicated himself to find a way into the world of Music.

Joining Legion of Saints

In 2010 Floro was walking back to his job where he was working as a custodian when he ran into Bryce. Upon finding out that Bryce has picked up the guitar and started playing and was already jamming with Drummer Seb Bax, Floro joined the band after a few jam sessions and quickly settled in and later named themselves, "Legion of Saints". In 2012, the band auditioned several bassists, until they recruited their newest member, Shawn Bowser.

Floro has been playing, recording, and performing with Legion of Saints since 2011.

Musical Equipment

Floro played with an Eppiphone SG Deluxe when he joined Legion of Saints. He also owns a BC Rich Junior-V with a Floyd Rose Bridge, and another Eppiphone, Les Paul Custom. He is currently using a VOX VT-100 as his amplifier.

Hobbies, Interests and Life

Floro admits to having a big guilty pleasure of playing video games. He is a big fan of all Call of Duty games, Halo games, and Blizzard's MMO, World of Warcraft.

Floro has a massive addiction to Golf. He picked up the sport, in 2011 and has been playing on a daily basis fitting time to play golf between his time with the band and his job. He also like to fish.

Floro also has a girlfriend he has been dating since 2005.