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My songs are about true situations.” That’s reflected in their album. As a songwriter,” Rick continues, “I’m very emotional, I put myself in people’s shoes a lot and live vicariously. The band name emerged from the sad stories behind the ‘Way’ they lived at the Adelita-Adelitas Way. “I chatted with one girl, questioning why she was living this life? And I wrote a song about it. “There were a bunch of young, really pretty girls and I realized it was basically a brothel,” explains Rick. Freaked out, the band went to the first bar they saw in Tijuana to have a beer and calm their nerves. Corrupt cops robbed the band, but Rick secreted away a little cash in his socks. 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. The band was formed in 2005 in Las Vegas, Nevada by lead vocalist Rick DeJesus, lead guitarist Chris Iorio and drummer Trevor Stafford. 1.1 Formation and early years: 2005-2008īand history Formation and early years: 2005-2008.The band joined the 2009 SnoCore Tour in support of the album. The single "Dirty Little Girl," featuring Gates on guitar, was a mainstream rock radio hit. Burn Halo made its eponymous full-length album debut in 2009 on the label Rawkhead Rekords in association with distributor Warner Music Group. A band lineup was also assembled: Joey Cunha (guitar), Allen Wheeler (guitar), Aaron Baylor (bass), and Ryan Folden (2009), in addition to Hart (vocals). Intending to craft a straightforward mainstream hard rock album with commercial potential, Hart collaborated extensively with songwriter/producer Zac Maloy (formerly of the Nixons) on a full-length batch of songs recorded with hired studio hands such as Avenged Sevenfold guitarist Synyster Gates. Based in Orange County, CA, the band was founded in 2007 by Hart after the dissolution of his former band, Eighteen Visions, an alternative metal act found in 1995 that had a brush with mainstream success with its final album, Eighteen Visions (2006). Burn Halo is a mainstream hard rock band led by former Eighteen Visions lead singer James Hart that made its album debut in 2009.