Adelitas Way (2009)

The band was formed in 2005 in Las Vegas, Nevada by lead vocalist Rick DeJesus, lead guitarist Chris Iorio and drummer Trevor Stafford. During a band road trip to Los Angeles, California, they took a detour to San Diego, California, and when Rick woke up from a nap in the back of the band truck, they were getting arrested in Mexico. Corrupt cops robbed the band, but Rick stowed 20 bucks away in his sock. When the cops saw that Rick had no money on him, the mugged him and took off. Freaked out, the band went to the first bar they saw in Tijuana to have a beer and calm their nerves. It was the Adelita Bar. “There were a bunch of young, really pretty girls and I realized it was basically a brothel,” explains Rick. “I chatted with one girl, questioning why she was living this life? And I wrote a song about it. The band name emerged from the sad stories behind the ‘Way’ they lived at the Adelita—Adelitas Way. As a songwriter,” Rick continues, “I’m very emotional, I put myself in people’s shoes a lot and live vicariously. My songs are about true situations.” That’s reflected in their album. For instance, “All Falls Down” is about Rick’s headspace before he left the Bristol Township which is a suburb of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. “Before I moved, everything was gloomy and depressing. But as a kid, your only concern was what you were going to be for Halloween, or get for Christmas. So the song is about how you should have savored those moments. I took things for granted.”^[2]

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^invincible

^scream

^{Dirty Little Thing}

^{Last Stand}

^{Hate Love}

^{So what if you go}

^{Closer to you}

^{Just a little bit}

^{All falls down}

^{My derailment}

^Brother