“We write all the time,” Iorio says of the group, which also includes guitarist/singer Keith Wallen, bassist Derek Johnston and drummer Trevor “Tre” Stafford. Anthemic rockers like “Invincible” and “Just a Little Bit” provide the fist-pumping balance. “Last Stand” is an arena-ready ballad that pulls no emotional punches, while “Hate Love” investigates a tumultuous relationship. Such empathetic concerns – backed up by the kind of hard rock offered by Saliva and Shinedown, both of whom Adelitas Way have supported on tour – give Adelitas Way an unexpected measure of heart. “Then he started asking the girls why they were in the business they were obviously in, and he found out that they were broke and this was the only way.”
“He’d seen all these pretty girls coming and going with some pretty scurvy-looking dudes,” Iorio recounts. To recover their wits, the group headed to the nearest saloon: the Adelita Bar. “Rick fell asleep, they got lost, and the next thing he knew they were in Tijuana, getting shaken down by some corrupt cops.” Lead singer Rick DeJesus “went to California with a couple of friends,” recounts lead guitarist Chris Iorio. Oh, and then there’s the matter of the group’s name, derived as it is from a Mexican brothel. But when it comes to Las Vegas-based quintet Adelitas Way, the improbability factor goes to 11: After seeing one of their earliest compositions, “Invincible,” selected as the theme song for villainous World Wrestling Entertainment tag team The Legacy, the group soon signed with Virgin Records, which released its self-titled debut in July. Unlikely components coalescing to bring a band success is nothing new.
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