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Chris Iorio was born in a small town in upstate New York. He
began playing guitar at the age of eight and has since
played with greats such as Robben Ford, Sammy Hagar,
and Jeff Carlisi (.38 Special) to name a few. His influences
are Randy Rhoads, Ted Nugent, Jeff Carlisi, Slash,
Paul Gilbert, Steve Vai, and Robben Ford. His musical
education ranges from performing club dates and studio
sessions as well as studying at the Academy for the
Performing Arts where he flourished in a musical environment.
Chris has a musical range from playing rock music to writing
classical music and composing.
At 13, Chris was featured on National TV performing on CNN Live
with Jeff Carlisi, performed with the Atomic Punks (the greatest
Van Halen tribute band in the country), featured on Fox 5 News,
NBC Nightly News, music newspapers such as Vegas Rocks and the
Las Vegas Sun etc., and quoted in People Magazine. In 2005, at
only 14, He was named the “Best Guitar Player” in
Las Vegas when he won “Guitarmageddon” (Guitar Center's
National Contest).
In the summer of 2006, he traveled to Atlanta and played and
recorded on a song written by Jeff Carlisi, Liberty Devito (Billy
Joel), and Derek St. Holmes (Ted Nugent).
Chris is the lead guitarist in rock band Adeltas Way, produced
by Bryan Howse (Hinder, Nickelback, Avril Levigne, Chris
Daughtry, etc.), Kevin Churko (Ozzy, Mutt Lange) and Skidd Mills(ZZ
Top, Saving Abel) to name a few.
Recently, after a year of hard work trying to recover from a
falling out with Interscope Records, the band received numerous
offers from major labels. In the end, Chris and the band signed
with Virgin records and will be heading into the studio in early
November.
Chris plays Dean Markley’s Blue
Steel Electric REGs and LTHB, and VintageBronze
Acoustic CL.
Be sure to visit the Chris Iorio website at: www.ChrisIorio.com. |