February 9, 2025 • 26 mins
Join Cheryl Lee - That Radio Chick on STILL ROCKIN' IT for news, reviews, music and interviews with some of our favourite Australian musicians.
Have you ever wondered how a junior tennis prodigy, who once had dreams of sports stardom, finds himself captivating audiences worldwide as the frontman of an INXS tribute band? Meet Dellacoma Rio, whose journey from the tennis courts of the US to embodying the legendary Michael Hutchence is a tale of resilience and passion.
I had the pleasure of chatting with Dellacoma, who shared the unexpected twists of his career, including a detour into acting, a corporate stint as an operations manager, and the eventual call of music that he couldn't resist. Known for his striking resemblance to Michael, Dellacoma embraced this uncanny likeness, turning it into a tribute show that transcends mere imitation, offering fans an authentic INXS experience.
From the unique video productions that recreate the grandeur of a Wembley-style concert, to the band's global performances in places like Dubai, India, and Japan, Del brings us into the heart of the incredible Australian INXS Tribute Show.
We also touched on his band, Dellacoma, and their acoustic cover of Audioslave's "Like a Stone," giving us a glimpse of exciting new music slated for 2025.
Wrapping up, we reflected on the deeper theme of striving for more than just survival, inspired by the powerful messages in his music. Join us for an inspiring episode that reminds us to chase our passions and embrace life's unexpected paths.
What has Dellacoma Rio been up to lately? Let's find out!!
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CheryL Lee (00:02):
That Radio Chick, Cheryl Lee here.
Welcome to the Still Rockin' itpodcast, where we'll have music
news, reviews and interviewswith some of our favourite
Australian musicians and artists.
Today we're excited to catch upin the Zoom room with Dellacoma
Rio.
Not only does he front INXSAustralian tribute show with an
(00:25):
uncanny portrayal of MichaelHutchence that captivated
audiences worldwide, but his ownband, Dellacoma, is also
releasing more new music Just agenuine nice young man.
Hope you enjoy getting to knowDellacoma Rio.
To catch up on podcasts fromother favourite artists, simply
(00:45):
go to that radiochick.
com.
au.
You're with Cheryl Lee, thatRadio Chick, and I'd like to
welcome into the Zoom room today.
Dellacoma, or, as we know him,Del from now what is the
official name?
We don't want to confuse youwith anybody else.
You are from INXS AustralianTribute Show.
Dellacoma Rio (01:06):
That is correct, yes.
CheryL Lee (01:08):
That's always good, isn't it?
The first and, I think, lasttime I've ever only seen you
guys was actually on Rock theBoat, not last year, the year
before.
Dellacoma Rio (01:20):
Wow, yes, yeah, that was us.
CheryL Lee (01:23):
Yeah, that was awesome.
We went with quite a posse, aswe quite often do, and they all
said we have to have these guyscome to Adelaide.
It didn't happen overnight, butyou're coming, yeah, we're
coming.
Dellacoma Rio (01:37):
We're coming to the Adelaide Entertainment
Centre.
So they say go big or go home.
So we're finally coming toAdelaide and it's a big one, yay
.
CheryL Lee (01:45):
I'm hoping that we might be able to just backtrack
a little bit before we goforward, because we don't
actually know much about you.
Del Like is music in your DNA?
When did you realize that musicwas going to be your passion,
your life?
Dellacoma Rio (02:02):
Actually it happened fairly late in life, I
think, for me, because myparents have always been singers
just around the home andeverything, and I grew up in an
acapella church, so singing wasalways something that, as long
as I can remember, you knoweverybody sings, you know that
was just something that was justkind of normal.
I guess, if you will, I was ajunior tennis player and I
(02:24):
actually went to the US on atennis scholarship.
Long story short, I had somephysical issues and had to take
a bit of a left turn and gotinto acting and that led me to
LA.
I did a few things in LA andthen, when I was 25, I kind of I
thought I was too old for theentertainment industry and I
(02:45):
moved back to Australia.
After a couple of years ofdoing a quote, unquote, normal
job, I was like man, I got toget back into performing.
That bug was just still there.
So that's when I decided togive music a go as a more of a
professional, professional thing, Cause it's always been.
(03:06):
When I was younger, music wasjust something you did in my
head.
You know everybody did music,you know, Um, and then you had
what you did for a career.
So, yeah, I joined a band whowas produced by Anton Haggap,
who's worked with PowderfingerUm, and we did an EP and um,
then it just kind of snowballedfrom there.
And ever since I've beenperforming with my own music,
(03:28):
people have always said I lookand move like Michael when I'm
on stage.
I'd always said that I wasn'tgoing to do a tribute and I've
said no to a few tributes andthen this one came along and we
kind of sat down and had a chat.
It was just one of those thingswhere it's like, well, if
you're going to do it, then goall the way and do it big right,
Exactly.
CheryL Lee (03:46):
What was your plan B ?
Temporary career.
Dellacoma Rio (03:51):
So I've done almost every job under the sun.
But when I was in Sydney I wasoperations manager for a
eco-friendly household cleaningproducts company called
Murchison Hume.
I mean, they're still goingtoday.
They're in David Jones andMeyer and I'm sure, and all that
sort of stuff.
I was one of the.
Well, I was the first employeeof the company and then the
(04:13):
company kind of expanded while Iwas there and ended up in sort
of a more of a management role.
My bosses who was the creatorsof the company they'd always
fully supported me doing musicand everything.
But the company had grown tothe point after a couple of
years to where they were like weneed you to be, you know, our
right hand man.
You've been right hand man allthe way along and now we've got
(04:33):
a bunch of employees and we needyou here more often.
And I was like but I want totour, I want to do yeah so I
made a promise to myself I wouldfollow this path until I didn't
want to do it anymore, becauseI think, no matter what it is
you do in life, I think you knowregret only kicks in when you
(04:55):
really want to do something andyou believe you can, but you
choose not to because eitheryou're scared, or or something
holds you back, or Somethingholds you back.
Yeah, something holds you back,and I was like at the time, you
know, I was like there's noreason why I can't do this, it's
(05:15):
just my own fear that's holdingme back.
And so I decided that I wasgoing to do this, was going to
be my main career focus until Ididn't want to do it anymore.
CheryL Lee (05:21):
You could always go back and be a hot shot CEO later
, if you want.
Dellacoma Rio (05:25):
Yeah, that's right right.
Speaker 3 (05:30):
You are listening to Still Rocking it.
The podcast with Cheryl Lee.
CheryL Lee (05:35):
Time for an INXS song.
I reckon Never tear us apart,but let's hear Delta Goodrum and
Josh Teske's version, and thenwe're back to speak some more.
To Del I'm hearing an accentthere.
(05:59):
Did you pick that up in Americaor are you actually from?
Where are you from?
Dellacoma Rio (06:06):
I was homeschooled in Tasmania.
My mum is from Brisbane and mydad's from Dallas.
People often do attribute myaccent.
They go oh you spent time inAmerica, you went to university
over there.
I've kind of always had thismottled hodgepodge accent and I
think it does come from havingparents in the home that had
different accents and beinghomeschooled.
(06:27):
That's who I'm spending themajority of my time around.
CheryL Lee (06:30):
Exactly.
So a bit from mom and a bitfrom dad, and not so much from
the schoolyard.
Exactly, you actually are quitea late bloomer, but there's no
going back now, right.
Dellacoma Rio (06:42):
Absolutely no.
Going back now.
No, this course is set.
This path before me isdefinitely there and there's
been definitely been times alongthis journey where I've thought
, oh man, like you know, thegigs aren't coming in or you're
not quite making enough.
But I've kind of gotten to apoint in my life where you know
everybody well, not everybody, Iguess, I should say, but like
(07:04):
there's a lot of people at timesin life you know they need a
secondary job to bring in alittle bit of extra income and
I've definitely had those, thosepoints in my life.
You know, where you have asecondary, part-time income or
whatever.
But this, this is my.
This is my main passion and mymain focus.
I'm, at heart, a storyteller,you know.
This is the way that I've.
I guess I've chosen to tellstories.
(07:25):
And one of the most beautifulthings about the In Excess
Tribute Show which I guess Ididn't expect when I started
doing it, because I've alwaysdone my own music right, in
doing the tribute show, when youlook out on the audience, you
can actually see people's faceswhen they a song that you play
or something you do on stagetriggers a memory, and you can
actually see people's faces whenthey a song that you play or
(07:46):
something you do on stagetriggers a memory and you can
actually see that on their face.
You have no idea what thememory is it could be good, it
could be bad, you have no idea,right but you can see that
trigger and it's pretty cool tobe able to be a part of
remembering and that part oftheir life that they may or may
not have interacted with in avery long time.
CheryL Lee (08:08):
Yeah, that nostalgia , it is really powerful and, as
I said, we've, you know, thereare a few in excess bands around
.
I've seen a couple of them, butfor some reason there's
something different about youguys and if I had to try and put
my finger on it, I would saythat it is the, you know, the
(08:28):
absolute energy that you bringto the show, not trying to be
Michael, but being Michael-esque, with energy and vitality.
And that stage presence Wereyou always a fan of Michael?
Why do you ask that question?
Dellacoma Rio (08:45):
Because I was asked that.
Sbs actually did a special onnostalgia.
They actually called me up.
I was part of that special andit was all aspects of nostalgia.
I was kind of, I guess,representing the music part of
it.
They asked me that exactquestion, you know, were you
always a fan?
My honest answer was I was, butin excess, wasn't a part of my
(09:11):
growing up because I was I'mdating myself now, but that's
fine.
I was 15 when Michael passedaway.
Their peak was sort of, you know, late 80s, early 90s, and
that's when I was kind of, youknow, between 7 and 11, and my
parents weren't really into itin excess.
So I knew who they were, butthey didn't really influence me
(09:33):
growing up.
It was something that Iretrospectively looked into
because I used to have shorterhair and then I grew my hair out
a little bit and people go, oh,you know who you look like If I
had a bit of stubble, you knowpeople go, oh, with the stubble,
you know who you look like.
Or you know, if I put my hairback in a ponytail, people go,
(09:55):
oh, you know who you look like.
I knew that they had impacted alot of people and I knew, you
know, they were kind of one ofthose bands for me growing up.
I kind of missed Bon Jovi aswell they were.
They're another band that Ikind of retrospectively got into
.
I knew who they were, butbecause I kind of was too young
for their heyday and my parentsweren't really into them, they
(10:16):
were just kind of one of thosebands that anywhere you go,
there's a, there's a song likeoh yeah, I know that song still
rocking that podcast With thatradio chick Cheryl Lee.
CheryL Lee (10:24):
Time INXS an song, I'd say.
How about Need you Tonight?
Apart from on their album1987's Kick, it was also
featured On the Coyote Uglyalbum.
Then we're back to speak to Del.
This is Andrew Farris andyou're with that radio chick
Cheryl Lee.
I've got to let you know.
Dellacoma Rio (10:48):
You touched on the energy part and I think
something that has helped me,without really realizing it,
stand out in this space is thefact that I initially came on as
a fill-in, so the band wasaround.
They were one of the I don'tknow four or five that are doing
Melbourne.
You know, I think there's 10 or12 that are kicking around
(11:10):
Australia at any given time.
I'd gotten to a point where Iwas like, oh, maybe I will do a
tribute or a cover or, like youknow, my music never really took
off in Australia, so I've gotto go overseas, right, which is
awesome, but it's also verytaxing on family.
Yeah, so I was trying to find away to play in Australia more
(11:31):
regularly, so I auditioned andit didn't really work out.
Maybe nine months later theycalled me up again and they said
, hey, our singer's just pulledout of a show and it's next
month.
Do you reckon you could fill in, because we've already got
contracts signed and yada, yada,and I was like man, like what's
the set like?
And they gave me, you know, 20songs or something.
(11:52):
I was like far out.
I don't know if I can learn allof these and the moves and all
that kind of stuff.
So I made the choice back then.
I was like, okay, people havealways said, and this is like
across the world us, uk, belgium, you know, when I go and play
my music I'll have some randomcome up and say, you know who
you remind me of?
And it's either MichaelHutchence or it's Mark Wahlberg
(12:16):
from Rockstar.
I said, okay, I don't have thetime to learn all the moves.
In my head, you know a tribute,you know it's kind of like an
acting role In my head.
I was like what I'm going to dois I'm going to learn the music
and I'm just going to let themusic do to me what it does to
me.
Naturally.
And it makes sense to me thatif me, playing my music, people
(12:37):
say I'd look and move a bit likeMichael, if I'm singing
Michael's music, it makes sensethat it would move me in a
similar way that would move him.
CheryL Lee (12:45):
And naturally not choreographed, just naturally.
Dellacoma Rio (12:48):
Yeah, exactly, exactly.
So that's something that Ithink is a point of difference.
I mean, I haven't spoken to anyof the other singers of other
tributes, so I don't know theirprocess, and I make a real point
during the show of saying youknow, I know that we are not in
excess and I'm not trying to bemild, but I hope that through
the performance I can help youfeel.
(13:10):
The way that Michael made youfeel or in excess, made you feel
.
That's my goal, and I've had alot of positive feedback from
people going.
Oh, you know I was trying topick you apart.
You know Michael didn't have anose ring and he didn't have
tattoos, and you know there'sthis and there's that and
everything, but there's stillsomething about the way that you
do it that makes me feel thesame way and I go well then,
(13:32):
I've done my job.
CheryL Lee (13:33):
Then Exactly yeah.
When we were on Rock the Boatwe were like where is he?
You were running up and downbeside the pool.
I thought you're going in anyminute up the stairs.
Dellacoma Rio (13:45):
I actually put the net over the pool because I
made a joke.
Halfway through.
I was like, oh, maybe I'll jumpin the pool.
And sure enough, 10 minuteslater they put the net across
the pool.
CheryL Lee (13:57):
It's so true.
We just love and thank you fordoing it.
We just love the opportunity tohear that fabulous music played
live again by a great band.
It's a six-piece band.
You've got a great video showthat goes with it to bring us
even more memories.
And is this right that you guyshave toured this to Dubai,
(14:21):
india, hawaii, tahiti, newZealand, hong Kong, benamati,
singapore, japan, china,bonaparte, new Caledonia, taipei
and South Korea?
Yeah, yeah, wow.
Dellacoma Rio (14:30):
And all of that happened in a very short space
of time, just pre-COVID, andthat's why it was like when we
kind of came out of the COVIDera, we had all of this.
We were like, do we just?
Do we go to pubs?
Like how do we do this in a pub, Like even on Rock the Boat,
right, because that was kind oflike a pub gig in a way.
(14:52):
We've got the video show.
We created the show likesomething that we thought would
be a point of difference is ifwe created what we thought
possibly in excess would havedone if they were still around
today and making use of moderntechnology, the whole video show
.
That's something we've created.
That's not copyrighted material, it's we've created unique,
original videos for all thesongs because we felt like if in
(15:14):
excess was still playingstadiums and the like today,
they would make use of moderntechnology.
Oh, they would, in the same waythat you know acdc and def
leppard and all the bands fromthat era, like you two, when
they play in stadiums.
Now they've got all the videosand all of that.
So, and gummies like youmentioned, yeah, and we've tried
(15:36):
to recreate.
We call it a wembly styleexperience.
The set list is not the wemblyset list.
Right, we have some songs thatweren't in the wembly set list,
but we use that wordingspecifically because when people
think of in excess and kind ofthe I guess, if you will, the
pinnacle, it's them selling outWembley twice.
So if you were, in 2025, seeingin excess in Wembley, what
(16:01):
would it be like?
We've allowed our imaginationto run and the guys have been
absolutely amazing.
I mean, they've learnedeverything note for note.
That gives me a platform to beable to do what I do, you know,
because I know they're going tobe bang on every single time.
Speaker 3 (16:15):
Stay up.
You are listening to StillRocking it the podcast with
Cheryl Lee.
CheryL Lee (16:26):
Well, I can't wait any longer to play you some
music from Del.
At the end of last year, hisband Dellacoma released their
cover of Audioslave's track Likea Stone from their studio album
to be released in 2025.
It's a beautifully hauntingacoustic version.
I hope you enjoy it.
And then we're back to speakSome more to the man himself,
del Rio.
(16:56):
Is it right that it's an18-month tour?
Dellacoma Rio (17:00):
It's longer now.
So we started this end ofFebruary 2023.
CheryL Lee (17:08):
Wow.
Dellacoma Rio (17:09):
We just booked our first show in Devonport in
Tasmania and we booked a returnto Hobart in January of 2026.
That's going to be entering thefourth year Now.
We've taken a couple of breaksin there because I've released
some of my own music so we'vekind of had to slot that in.
But aside from that it's prettymuch just been going out, yeah,
(17:33):
and we've been back to a coupleof places.
But we're still going to newplaces.
I mean Adelaide is one of thoseWe've been to about.
I can't remember what the nameof it was, but it's about an
hour outside of Adelaide but wehaven't actually been to
Adelaide proper until April.
Last year was the first timewe'd gotten to Darwin.
We got to Alice Springs.
(17:54):
We're getting to Kalgoorlie andEsperance out in WA.
For the first time this yearwe're getting to a bunch of
places in New South Wales thatwe haven't been to.
It's been absolutely mental,like the response and kind of
sitting there going man, thiswas something we're sitting
there going, man, this wassomething we're sitting there in
2022 going there's not a wholelot of gigs.
What do we do?
(18:14):
And we just decided to take apunt and here we are in February
2025.
I'm looking at my calendar formid-2026.
CheryL Lee (18:24):
Still going so, so strong.
Get onto the Googleometer.
People Find out when they'recoming near you.
Where will they find all thosedates?
Dellacoma Rio (18:42):
So we're the Australian In featuring Tribute
Show featuring Dellacoma Rio,which is me.
So there is, as we've saidbefore, there's plenty out there
and they're all doing it intheir own way.
This is the way that we do it.
So if you want to see the waywe do it, look for me, I'll be
there.
CheryL Lee (18:56):
They can also keep up with what's going on on the
Facebook page and is there anInsta as well.
Dellacoma Rio (19:03):
Yes, there is.
And both of INXS Australian .
Tribute show featuringDellacoma Rio.
CheryL Lee (19:08):
And if you look me up, I also noticed that you're
doing Rockfest in July in the.
Dellacoma Rio (19:14):
US.
Yes, yes, so that's with myoriginal band.
We're releasing a new albumthis year and we've done
festivals in the US before andthat was all pre-COVID and
everything and that kind of.
I focused on the In Excess showfor sort of two years before
COVID and then since COVID, butI finally got it back off the
ground my original show.
(19:35):
So we're releasing songs allthe way through this year,
releasing a new album towardsthe end of the year and we're
playing a festival in July inthe US with a bunch of big name
acts, Rob Zombie being one ofthose, a five-figure death punch
, Sick Puppies, which areactually an Australian band as
well.
It's a massive festival.
Last count, I think it was like78,000 people, so that's going
(19:58):
to be a lot of fun.
CheryL Lee (19:59):
Do you need an assistant?
Dellacoma Rio (20:03):
My wife is tagging along this time.
She's agreed to run merch forme Awesome.
CheryL Lee (20:08):
I could be her assistant, exactly.
Dellacoma Rio (20:11):
Exactly Right you can be her assistant.
I'll get my people to talk toyour people and we could just
create a big entourage.
The Australian Invasion.
CheryL Lee (20:20):
That sounds good and I must say, if you ever need a
tambourine, I'm your woman.
Dellacoma Rio (20:25):
Oh, you were right there.
I do have tambourine in acouple of songs, so you never
know it might be in for a dig.
I knew it.
CheryL Lee (20:30):
Still rocking that, podcast with Podcast with that
radio chick, cheryl Lee.
INXS quick song, this timewith one of my other favourites,
Jimmy Barnes Good Times, andthis is from the Lost Boys
original motion picturesoundtrack from 1987.
Then we're back to Say Goodbyeto Del.
I'm glad you started talkingabout your solo projects as well
(21:00):
.
There's just been recently acouple of singles come out so
you can go and see the videos onthe YouTube channel.
Yes, they're very cool and youcan buy them from all the usual
suspects.
Dellacoma Rio (21:13):
Yep, Yep.
So I've got vinyl of my lastalbum available.
I had Tracy Guns from Guns N'Roses actually play the solo on
one of the first single off ofmy last album, and I've got a
few surprises in store for this,this next record.
But we've dropped the firstsingle, which is More Than
Survival, and then we justdropped Like A Stone Christmas.
(21:34):
And then we've got Heard ithere.
First, our next single is goingto come out 28th of Feb, so we
haven't actually announced thatyet, but that'll be the next one
that's coming out In Talks toCome to Adelaide.
We actually got an offer tocome to Adelaide.
I think it was this week ornext week.
I couldn't make it work with myschedule.
(21:58):
So it's on the cards to come toAdelaide.
We've got Delacombe has doneQueensland, new South Wales Well
, we're about to do New SouthWales.
We've done Victoria andTasmania, so Adelaide's next on
the cards.
CheryL Lee (22:06):
I was going to ask that Any sign of Dellacomba on
their way here.
So that's the scoop.
You did hear that first, thatis the scoop.
Dellacoma Rio (22:15):
We're on X Music label and one of our label mates
is a band called Audio Reign.
They're actually based out ofAdelaide, so we're kind of just
working out details to try andcome over and play a show with
them over there in Adelaide WithJake and the boys.
Yes, yes, with Jake and theboys.
CheryL Lee (22:33):
There you go I interviewed Jake for the telly
like a couple of weeks ago.
Oh, that'll be so exciting.
Yeah, maybe if you guys havegot half an hour when you are
here, I could interview you forthe telly too.
Dellacoma Rio (22:47):
Absolutely yeah, we need to line that up.
CheryL Lee (22:50):
Yeah, again, your people speak to my people.
Tee that up.
Dellacoma Rio (22:54):
Make sure that we've got plenty of tambourines
available.
CheryL Lee (22:56):
Exactly.
It sounds like there's excitingthings coming on the horizon.
We really thank you forspending some of your precious
time today.
Just looking here, how busy youare.
We are grateful that you spenta bit of time with us in the
Zoom room today and we arecounting off the days on our
calendar for when we get to seeyou here in our entertainment
(23:18):
center.
One more quick question for you, because you're such big rock
stars what is it that is anon-negotiable, honestly it
(23:40):
sounds super lame, but it'sliterally just a steamer.
A steamer.
Dellacoma Rio (23:46):
I haven't had that one before Because we wear
full whites, like this soundsreally silly.
But the amount of times youknow you'll be backstage getting
ready and you grab the irontalking to somebody and you put
the iron down and then you'relike, oh my goodness, now
there's a black mark on my whiteand then you're in a mad panic
(24:06):
an hour before the show tryingto get something to replace that
or get the stain out or turn itinside, what you know.
It's one of those things that Itry not to be too rock star-y
about it, but I'm always like,oh, I don't have a steamer, I'm
not going on Steamer available.
It'd be great if there was one.
Yeah, yeah, it's okay ifthere's not, but like can you do
(24:27):
it?
CheryL Lee (24:29):
Steamers are a girl's best friend.
Dellacoma Rio (24:36):
I've just learned today that they're also a rock
star's best friend.
They are a rock star's bestfriend, can I tell you, for
vocalists out there as wellsuper dangerous.
So don't try this at home, kids.
But if you are having somevocal issues, you turn it on and
you can't get too close becauseyou want to burn yourself.
But you can breathe in thesteam as well and it helps with
warming up.
CheryL Lee (24:53):
Awesome.
Again, thank you for your timetoday.
I'm going to let you get backto your busy schedule.
Can't wait to see you withaudio reign, Dellacoma well as
, because I haven't seen youguys before, so that's something
to look forward to.
Dellacoma Rio (25:06):
Well, thank you so much for your time as well
and for having us, and lookingforward to seeing you at the
Entertainment Center in April.
CheryL Lee (25:12):
I'll see you down the front.
When you came, I was justtrying to get the number for my
ticket.
I think it's because I think Imean I booked the second.
I saw it.
So I think Hubby and I are inthe front row, so we'll give you
a wave.
Dellacoma Rio (25:25):
Yes, yes, amazing .
CheryL Lee (25:27):
We'll talk to you a little bit about the TV as well,
prior to then.
Dellacoma Rio (25:31):
That'd be great.
That'd be great, alrighty great.
Speaker 3 (25:33):
Alrighty, thanks, gail, take care you are
listening to Still Rocking itthe podcast with Cheryl Lee.
CheryL Lee (25:41):
Let's go out with the other single, more Than
Survival.
With its huge vocal harmonies,driving riffs and emotive guitar
fills, more Than Survival harksback to a time when songs like
this were all over the radio.
The band says the song is aboutrecognising that you've spent a
long time in survival mode andare wanting more than that
(26:02):
wanting to actually thrive.
Sometimes life can get hard,but we're resilient as humans
and if you hang in long enough,the sun starts to shine again.
This song is about decidingthat you want more from life
than just getting by.
You're with Cheryl Lee, thatradio chick.
(26:24):
Thank you so much for joiningme on the Still Rocking it
podcast.
Hope to catch you again nexttime.
That Radio Chick, Cheryl Lee here.
Welcome to the Still Rockin' itpodcast, where we'll have music
news, reviews and interviewswith some of our favourite
Australian musicians and artists.
Today we're excited to catch upin the Zoom room with Dellacoma
Rio.
Not only does he front INXSAustralian tribute show with an
(00:25):
uncanny portrayal of MichaelHutchence that captivated
audiences worldwide, but his ownband, Dellacoma, is also
releasing more new music Just agenuine nice young man.
Hope you enjoy getting to knowDellacoma Rio.
To catch up on podcasts fromother favourite artists, simply
(00:45):
go to that radiochick.
com.
au.
You're with Cheryl Lee, thatRadio Chick, and I'd like to
welcome into the Zoom room today.
Dellacoma, or, as we know him,Del from now what is the
official name?
We don't want to confuse youwith anybody else.
You are from INXS AustralianTribute Show.
Dellacoma Rio (01:06):
That is correct, yes.
CheryL Lee (01:08):
That's always good, isn't it?
The first and, I think, lasttime I've ever only seen you
guys was actually on Rock theBoat, not last year, the year
before.
Dellacoma Rio (01:20):
Wow, yes, yeah, that was us.
CheryL Lee (01:23):
Yeah, that was awesome.
We went with quite a posse, aswe quite often do, and they all
said we have to have these guyscome to Adelaide.
It didn't happen overnight, butyou're coming, yeah, we're
coming.
Dellacoma Rio (01:37):
We're coming to the Adelaide Entertainment
Centre.
So they say go big or go home.
So we're finally coming toAdelaide and it's a big one, yay
.
CheryL Lee (01:45):
I'm hoping that we might be able to just backtrack
a little bit before we goforward, because we don't
actually know much about you.
Del Like is music in your DNA?
When did you realize that musicwas going to be your passion,
your life?
Dellacoma Rio (02:02):
Actually it happened fairly late in life, I
think, for me, because myparents have always been singers
just around the home andeverything, and I grew up in an
acapella church, so singing wasalways something that, as long
as I can remember, you knoweverybody sings, you know that
was just something that was justkind of normal.
I guess, if you will, I was ajunior tennis player and I
(02:24):
actually went to the US on atennis scholarship.
Long story short, I had somephysical issues and had to take
a bit of a left turn and gotinto acting and that led me to
LA.
I did a few things in LA andthen, when I was 25, I kind of I
thought I was too old for theentertainment industry and I
(02:45):
moved back to Australia.
After a couple of years ofdoing a quote, unquote, normal
job, I was like man, I got toget back into performing.
That bug was just still there.
So that's when I decided togive music a go as a more of a
professional, professional thing, Cause it's always been.
(03:06):
When I was younger, music wasjust something you did in my
head.
You know everybody did music,you know, Um, and then you had
what you did for a career.
So, yeah, I joined a band whowas produced by Anton Haggap,
who's worked with PowderfingerUm, and we did an EP and um,
then it just kind of snowballedfrom there.
And ever since I've beenperforming with my own music,
(03:28):
people have always said I lookand move like Michael when I'm
on stage.
I'd always said that I wasn'tgoing to do a tribute and I've
said no to a few tributes andthen this one came along and we
kind of sat down and had a chat.
It was just one of those thingswhere it's like, well, if
you're going to do it, then goall the way and do it big right,
Exactly.
CheryL Lee (03:46):
What was your plan B ?
Temporary career.
Dellacoma Rio (03:51):
So I've done almost every job under the sun.
But when I was in Sydney I wasoperations manager for a
eco-friendly household cleaningproducts company called
Murchison Hume.
I mean, they're still goingtoday.
They're in David Jones andMeyer and I'm sure, and all that
sort of stuff.
I was one of the.
Well, I was the first employeeof the company and then the
(04:13):
company kind of expanded while Iwas there and ended up in sort
of a more of a management role.
My bosses who was the creatorsof the company they'd always
fully supported me doing musicand everything.
But the company had grown tothe point after a couple of
years to where they were like weneed you to be, you know, our
right hand man.
You've been right hand man allthe way along and now we've got
(04:33):
a bunch of employees and we needyou here more often.
And I was like but I want totour, I want to do yeah so I
made a promise to myself I wouldfollow this path until I didn't
want to do it anymore, becauseI think, no matter what it is
you do in life, I think you knowregret only kicks in when you
(04:55):
really want to do something andyou believe you can, but you
choose not to because eitheryou're scared, or or something
holds you back, or Somethingholds you back.
Yeah, something holds you back,and I was like at the time, you
know, I was like there's noreason why I can't do this, it's
(05:15):
just my own fear that's holdingme back.
And so I decided that I wasgoing to do this, was going to
be my main career focus until Ididn't want to do it anymore.
CheryL Lee (05:21):
You could always go back and be a hot shot CEO later
, if you want.
Dellacoma Rio (05:25):
Yeah, that's right right.
Speaker 3 (05:30):
You are listening to Still Rocking it.
The podcast with Cheryl Lee.
CheryL Lee (05:35):
Time for an INXS song.
I reckon Never tear us apart,but let's hear Delta Goodrum and
Josh Teske's version, and thenwe're back to speak some more.
To Del I'm hearing an accentthere.
(05:59):
Did you pick that up in Americaor are you actually from?
Where are you from?
Dellacoma Rio (06:06):
I was homeschooled in Tasmania.
My mum is from Brisbane and mydad's from Dallas.
People often do attribute myaccent.
They go oh you spent time inAmerica, you went to university
over there.
I've kind of always had thismottled hodgepodge accent and I
think it does come from havingparents in the home that had
different accents and beinghomeschooled.
(06:27):
That's who I'm spending themajority of my time around.
CheryL Lee (06:30):
Exactly.
So a bit from mom and a bitfrom dad, and not so much from
the schoolyard.
Exactly, you actually are quitea late bloomer, but there's no
going back now, right.
Dellacoma Rio (06:42):
Absolutely no.
Going back now.
No, this course is set.
This path before me isdefinitely there and there's
been definitely been times alongthis journey where I've thought
, oh man, like you know, thegigs aren't coming in or you're
not quite making enough.
But I've kind of gotten to apoint in my life where you know
everybody well, not everybody, Iguess, I should say, but like
(07:04):
there's a lot of people at timesin life you know they need a
secondary job to bring in alittle bit of extra income and
I've definitely had those, thosepoints in my life.
You know, where you have asecondary, part-time income or
whatever.
But this, this is my.
This is my main passion and mymain focus.
I'm, at heart, a storyteller,you know.
This is the way that I've.
I guess I've chosen to tellstories.
(07:25):
And one of the most beautifulthings about the In Excess
Tribute Show which I guess Ididn't expect when I started
doing it, because I've alwaysdone my own music right, in
doing the tribute show, when youlook out on the audience, you
can actually see people's faceswhen they a song that you play
or something you do on stagetriggers a memory, and you can
actually see people's faces whenthey a song that you play or
(07:46):
something you do on stagetriggers a memory and you can
actually see that on their face.
You have no idea what thememory is it could be good, it
could be bad, you have no idea,right but you can see that
trigger and it's pretty cool tobe able to be a part of
remembering and that part oftheir life that they may or may
not have interacted with in avery long time.
CheryL Lee (08:08):
Yeah, that nostalgia , it is really powerful and, as
I said, we've, you know, thereare a few in excess bands around
.
I've seen a couple of them, butfor some reason there's
something different about youguys and if I had to try and put
my finger on it, I would saythat it is the, you know, the
(08:28):
absolute energy that you bringto the show, not trying to be
Michael, but being Michael-esque, with energy and vitality.
And that stage presence Wereyou always a fan of Michael?
Why do you ask that question?
Dellacoma Rio (08:45):
Because I was asked that.
Sbs actually did a special onnostalgia.
They actually called me up.
I was part of that special andit was all aspects of nostalgia.
I was kind of, I guess,representing the music part of
it.
They asked me that exactquestion, you know, were you
always a fan?
My honest answer was I was, butin excess, wasn't a part of my
(09:11):
growing up because I was I'mdating myself now, but that's
fine.
I was 15 when Michael passedaway.
Their peak was sort of, you know, late 80s, early 90s, and
that's when I was kind of, youknow, between 7 and 11, and my
parents weren't really into itin excess.
So I knew who they were, butthey didn't really influence me
(09:33):
growing up.
It was something that Iretrospectively looked into
because I used to have shorterhair and then I grew my hair out
a little bit and people go, oh,you know who you look like If I
had a bit of stubble, you knowpeople go, oh, with the stubble,
you know who you look like.
Or you know, if I put my hairback in a ponytail, people go,
(09:55):
oh, you know who you look like.
I knew that they had impacted alot of people and I knew, you
know, they were kind of one ofthose bands for me growing up.
I kind of missed Bon Jovi aswell they were.
They're another band that Ikind of retrospectively got into
.
I knew who they were, butbecause I kind of was too young
for their heyday and my parentsweren't really into them, they
(10:16):
were just kind of one of thosebands that anywhere you go,
there's a, there's a song likeoh yeah, I know that song still
rocking that podcast With thatradio chick Cheryl Lee.
CheryL Lee (10:24):
Time INXS an song, I'd say.
How about Need you Tonight?
Apart from on their album1987's Kick, it was also
featured On the Coyote Uglyalbum.
Then we're back to speak to Del.
This is Andrew Farris andyou're with that radio chick
Cheryl Lee.
I've got to let you know.
Dellacoma Rio (10:48):
You touched on the energy part and I think
something that has helped me,without really realizing it,
stand out in this space is thefact that I initially came on as
a fill-in, so the band wasaround.
They were one of the I don'tknow four or five that are doing
Melbourne.
You know, I think there's 10 or12 that are kicking around
(11:10):
Australia at any given time.
I'd gotten to a point where Iwas like, oh, maybe I will do a
tribute or a cover or, like youknow, my music never really took
off in Australia, so I've gotto go overseas, right, which is
awesome, but it's also verytaxing on family.
Yeah, so I was trying to find away to play in Australia more
(11:31):
regularly, so I auditioned andit didn't really work out.
Maybe nine months later theycalled me up again and they said
, hey, our singer's just pulledout of a show and it's next
month.
Do you reckon you could fill in, because we've already got
contracts signed and yada, yada,and I was like man, like what's
the set like?
And they gave me, you know, 20songs or something.
(11:52):
I was like far out.
I don't know if I can learn allof these and the moves and all
that kind of stuff.
So I made the choice back then.
I was like, okay, people havealways said, and this is like
across the world us, uk, belgium, you know, when I go and play
my music I'll have some randomcome up and say, you know who
you remind me of?
And it's either MichaelHutchence or it's Mark Wahlberg
(12:16):
from Rockstar.
I said, okay, I don't have thetime to learn all the moves.
In my head, you know a tribute,you know it's kind of like an
acting role In my head.
I was like what I'm going to dois I'm going to learn the music
and I'm just going to let themusic do to me what it does to
me.
Naturally.
And it makes sense to me thatif me, playing my music, people
(12:37):
say I'd look and move a bit likeMichael, if I'm singing
Michael's music, it makes sensethat it would move me in a
similar way that would move him.
CheryL Lee (12:45):
And naturally not choreographed, just naturally.
Dellacoma Rio (12:48):
Yeah, exactly, exactly.
So that's something that Ithink is a point of difference.
I mean, I haven't spoken to anyof the other singers of other
tributes, so I don't know theirprocess, and I make a real point
during the show of saying youknow, I know that we are not in
excess and I'm not trying to bemild, but I hope that through
the performance I can help youfeel.
(13:10):
The way that Michael made youfeel or in excess, made you feel
.
That's my goal, and I've had alot of positive feedback from
people going.
Oh, you know I was trying topick you apart.
You know Michael didn't have anose ring and he didn't have
tattoos, and you know there'sthis and there's that and
everything, but there's stillsomething about the way that you
do it that makes me feel thesame way and I go well then,
(13:32):
I've done my job.
CheryL Lee (13:33):
Then Exactly yeah.
When we were on Rock the Boatwe were like where is he?
You were running up and downbeside the pool.
I thought you're going in anyminute up the stairs.
Dellacoma Rio (13:45):
I actually put the net over the pool because I
made a joke.
Halfway through.
I was like, oh, maybe I'll jumpin the pool.
And sure enough, 10 minuteslater they put the net across
the pool.
CheryL Lee (13:57):
It's so true.
We just love and thank you fordoing it.
We just love the opportunity tohear that fabulous music played
live again by a great band.
It's a six-piece band.
You've got a great video showthat goes with it to bring us
even more memories.
And is this right that you guyshave toured this to Dubai,
(14:21):
india, hawaii, tahiti, newZealand, hong Kong, benamati,
singapore, japan, china,bonaparte, new Caledonia, taipei
and South Korea?
Yeah, yeah, wow.
Dellacoma Rio (14:30):
And all of that happened in a very short space
of time, just pre-COVID, andthat's why it was like when we
kind of came out of the COVIDera, we had all of this.
We were like, do we just?
Do we go to pubs?
Like how do we do this in a pub, Like even on Rock the Boat,
right, because that was kind oflike a pub gig in a way.
(14:52):
We've got the video show.
We created the show likesomething that we thought would
be a point of difference is ifwe created what we thought
possibly in excess would havedone if they were still around
today and making use of moderntechnology, the whole video show
.
That's something we've created.
That's not copyrighted material, it's we've created unique,
original videos for all thesongs because we felt like if in
(15:14):
excess was still playingstadiums and the like today,
they would make use of moderntechnology.
Oh, they would, in the same waythat you know acdc and def
leppard and all the bands fromthat era, like you two, when
they play in stadiums.
Now they've got all the videosand all of that.
So, and gummies like youmentioned, yeah, and we've tried
(15:36):
to recreate.
We call it a wembly styleexperience.
The set list is not the wemblyset list.
Right, we have some songs thatweren't in the wembly set list,
but we use that wordingspecifically because when people
think of in excess and kind ofthe I guess, if you will, the
pinnacle, it's them selling outWembley twice.
So if you were, in 2025, seeingin excess in Wembley, what
(16:01):
would it be like?
We've allowed our imaginationto run and the guys have been
absolutely amazing.
I mean, they've learnedeverything note for note.
That gives me a platform to beable to do what I do, you know,
because I know they're going tobe bang on every single time.
Speaker 3 (16:15):
Stay up.
You are listening to StillRocking it the podcast with
Cheryl Lee.
CheryL Lee (16:26):
Well, I can't wait any longer to play you some
music from Del.
At the end of last year, hisband Dellacoma released their
cover of Audioslave's track Likea Stone from their studio album
to be released in 2025.
It's a beautifully hauntingacoustic version.
I hope you enjoy it.
And then we're back to speakSome more to the man himself,
del Rio.
(16:56):
Is it right that it's an18-month tour?
Dellacoma Rio (17:00):
It's longer now.
So we started this end ofFebruary 2023.
CheryL Lee (17:08):
Wow.
Dellacoma Rio (17:09):
We just booked our first show in Devonport in
Tasmania and we booked a returnto Hobart in January of 2026.
That's going to be entering thefourth year Now.
We've taken a couple of breaksin there because I've released
some of my own music so we'vekind of had to slot that in.
But aside from that it's prettymuch just been going out, yeah,
(17:33):
and we've been back to a coupleof places.
But we're still going to newplaces.
I mean Adelaide is one of thoseWe've been to about.
I can't remember what the nameof it was, but it's about an
hour outside of Adelaide but wehaven't actually been to
Adelaide proper until April.
Last year was the first timewe'd gotten to Darwin.
We got to Alice Springs.
(17:54):
We're getting to Kalgoorlie andEsperance out in WA.
For the first time this yearwe're getting to a bunch of
places in New South Wales thatwe haven't been to.
It's been absolutely mental,like the response and kind of
sitting there going man, thiswas something we're sitting
there going, man, this wassomething we're sitting there in
2022 going there's not a wholelot of gigs.
What do we do?
(18:14):
And we just decided to take apunt and here we are in February
2025.
I'm looking at my calendar formid-2026.
CheryL Lee (18:24):
Still going so, so strong.
Get onto the Googleometer.
People Find out when they'recoming near you.
Where will they find all thosedates?
Dellacoma Rio (18:42):
So we're the Australian In featuring Tribute
Show featuring Dellacoma Rio,which is me.
So there is, as we've saidbefore, there's plenty out there
and they're all doing it intheir own way.
This is the way that we do it.
So if you want to see the waywe do it, look for me, I'll be
there.
CheryL Lee (18:56):
They can also keep up with what's going on on the
Facebook page and is there anInsta as well.
Dellacoma Rio (19:03):
Yes, there is.
And both of INXS Australian .
Tribute show featuringDellacoma Rio.
CheryL Lee (19:08):
And if you look me up, I also noticed that you're
doing Rockfest in July in the.
Dellacoma Rio (19:14):
US.
Yes, yes, so that's with myoriginal band.
We're releasing a new albumthis year and we've done
festivals in the US before andthat was all pre-COVID and
everything and that kind of.
I focused on the In Excess showfor sort of two years before
COVID and then since COVID, butI finally got it back off the
ground my original show.
(19:35):
So we're releasing songs allthe way through this year,
releasing a new album towardsthe end of the year and we're
playing a festival in July inthe US with a bunch of big name
acts, Rob Zombie being one ofthose, a five-figure death punch
, Sick Puppies, which areactually an Australian band as
well.
It's a massive festival.
Last count, I think it was like78,000 people, so that's going
(19:58):
to be a lot of fun.
CheryL Lee (19:59):
Do you need an assistant?
Dellacoma Rio (20:03):
My wife is tagging along this time.
She's agreed to run merch forme Awesome.
CheryL Lee (20:08):
I could be her assistant, exactly.
Dellacoma Rio (20:11):
Exactly Right you can be her assistant.
I'll get my people to talk toyour people and we could just
create a big entourage.
The Australian Invasion.
CheryL Lee (20:20):
That sounds good and I must say, if you ever need a
tambourine, I'm your woman.
Dellacoma Rio (20:25):
Oh, you were right there.
I do have tambourine in acouple of songs, so you never
know it might be in for a dig.
I knew it.
CheryL Lee (20:30):
Still rocking that, podcast with Podcast with that
radio chick, cheryl Lee.
INXS quick song, this timewith one of my other favourites,
Jimmy Barnes Good Times, andthis is from the Lost Boys
original motion picturesoundtrack from 1987.
Then we're back to Say Goodbyeto Del.
I'm glad you started talkingabout your solo projects as well
(21:00):
.
There's just been recently acouple of singles come out so
you can go and see the videos onthe YouTube channel.
Yes, they're very cool and youcan buy them from all the usual
suspects.
Dellacoma Rio (21:13):
Yep, Yep.
So I've got vinyl of my lastalbum available.
I had Tracy Guns from Guns N'Roses actually play the solo on
one of the first single off ofmy last album, and I've got a
few surprises in store for this,this next record.
But we've dropped the firstsingle, which is More Than
Survival, and then we justdropped Like A Stone Christmas.
(21:34):
And then we've got Heard ithere.
First, our next single is goingto come out 28th of Feb, so we
haven't actually announced thatyet, but that'll be the next one
that's coming out In Talks toCome to Adelaide.
We actually got an offer tocome to Adelaide.
I think it was this week ornext week.
I couldn't make it work with myschedule.
(21:58):
So it's on the cards to come toAdelaide.
We've got Delacombe has doneQueensland, new South Wales Well
, we're about to do New SouthWales.
We've done Victoria andTasmania, so Adelaide's next on
the cards.
CheryL Lee (22:06):
I was going to ask that Any sign of Dellacomba on
their way here.
So that's the scoop.
You did hear that first, thatis the scoop.
Dellacoma Rio (22:15):
We're on X Music label and one of our label mates
is a band called Audio Reign.
They're actually based out ofAdelaide, so we're kind of just
working out details to try andcome over and play a show with
them over there in Adelaide WithJake and the boys.
Yes, yes, with Jake and theboys.
CheryL Lee (22:33):
There you go I interviewed Jake for the telly
like a couple of weeks ago.
Oh, that'll be so exciting.
Yeah, maybe if you guys havegot half an hour when you are
here, I could interview you forthe telly too.
Dellacoma Rio (22:47):
Absolutely yeah, we need to line that up.
CheryL Lee (22:50):
Yeah, again, your people speak to my people.
Tee that up.
Dellacoma Rio (22:54):
Make sure that we've got plenty of tambourines
available.
CheryL Lee (22:56):
Exactly.
It sounds like there's excitingthings coming on the horizon.
We really thank you forspending some of your precious
time today.
Just looking here, how busy youare.
We are grateful that you spenta bit of time with us in the
Zoom room today and we arecounting off the days on our
calendar for when we get to seeyou here in our entertainment
(23:18):
center.
One more quick question for you, because you're such big rock
stars what is it that is anon-negotiable, honestly it
(23:40):
sounds super lame, but it'sliterally just a steamer.
A steamer.
Dellacoma Rio (23:46):
I haven't had that one before Because we wear
full whites, like this soundsreally silly.
But the amount of times youknow you'll be backstage getting
ready and you grab the irontalking to somebody and you put
the iron down and then you'relike, oh my goodness, now
there's a black mark on my whiteand then you're in a mad panic
(24:06):
an hour before the show tryingto get something to replace that
or get the stain out or turn itinside, what you know.
It's one of those things that Itry not to be too rock star-y
about it, but I'm always like,oh, I don't have a steamer, I'm
not going on Steamer available.
It'd be great if there was one.
Yeah, yeah, it's okay ifthere's not, but like can you do
(24:27):
it?
CheryL Lee (24:29):
Steamers are a girl's best friend.
Dellacoma Rio (24:36):
I've just learned today that they're also a rock
star's best friend.
They are a rock star's bestfriend, can I tell you, for
vocalists out there as wellsuper dangerous.
So don't try this at home, kids.
But if you are having somevocal issues, you turn it on and
you can't get too close becauseyou want to burn yourself.
But you can breathe in thesteam as well and it helps with
warming up.
CheryL Lee (24:53):
Awesome.
Again, thank you for your timetoday.
I'm going to let you get backto your busy schedule.
Can't wait to see you withaudio reign, Dellacoma well as
, because I haven't seen youguys before, so that's something
to look forward to.
Dellacoma Rio (25:06):
Well, thank you so much for your time as well
and for having us, and lookingforward to seeing you at the
Entertainment Center in April.
CheryL Lee (25:12):
I'll see you down the front.
When you came, I was justtrying to get the number for my
ticket.
I think it's because I think Imean I booked the second.
I saw it.
So I think Hubby and I are inthe front row, so we'll give you
a wave.
Dellacoma Rio (25:25):
Yes, yes, amazing .
CheryL Lee (25:27):
We'll talk to you a little bit about the TV as well,
prior to then.
Dellacoma Rio (25:31):
That'd be great.
That'd be great, alrighty great.
Speaker 3 (25:33):
Alrighty, thanks, gail, take care you are
listening to Still Rocking itthe podcast with Cheryl Lee.
CheryL Lee (25:41):
Let's go out with the other single, more Than
Survival.
With its huge vocal harmonies,driving riffs and emotive guitar
fills, more Than Survival harksback to a time when songs like
this were all over the radio.
The band says the song is aboutrecognising that you've spent a
long time in survival mode andare wanting more than that
(26:02):
wanting to actually thrive.
Sometimes life can get hard,but we're resilient as humans
and if you hang in long enough,the sun starts to shine again.
This song is about decidingthat you want more from life
than just getting by.
You're with Cheryl Lee, thatradio chick.
(26:24):
Thank you so much for joiningme on the Still Rocking it
podcast.
Hope to catch you again nexttime.
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