Ronnie Radke
Ronald Joseph Radke (born December 15, 1983 in Las Vegas , Nevada , United States ), known as Ronnie Radke , is an American rock musician and songwriter . He is the founder of Falling in Reverse and its singer. Before founding Falling in Reverse, Radke was active as a singer in Escape the Fate , where he was also one of the founding musicians.
Life
Radke grew up with his older brother and father in rather poor circumstances with their grandmother. Radke's mother had left the family. He learned to play guitar and piano in his first band . The first pieces were from Blink-182 . In high school, he formed several bands. Together with Robert Ortiz and Max Green he founded the group Escape the Fate in 2004 , where he was the lead singer until 2008. He was sentenced to four years suspended prison sentence for incitement to murder. He had to leave Escape the Fate because of his arrest for a parole violation.
While still in prison, he founded the Falling in Reverse group in 2008 . It was originally called From Behind These Walls and changed its name to its original name due to a copyright issue. After Radke's release from prison in December 2010, they recorded their debut album The Drug in Me is You and released it in July 2011 through Epitaph Records .
Career
2004-2008: Escape the Fate
- → Main article: Escape the Fate
Together with his friend Max Green, whom he met at a talent show, and Bryan Money, Radke founded the band Escape the Fate in 2004. Omar Espinoza (formerly with LoveHateHero ) a drummer and Carson Allen a keyboardist joined the group. The group recorded their Escape the Fate EP demo and was signed to Epitaph Records in early 2006 .
The EP There's No Sympathy for the Dead and the debut album Dying is Your Latest Fashion were recorded and published under Epitaph . Both records were produced by Michael Baskette , a friend of Radke's.
In 2006 Radke and his friend Chase Rader got involved in a shootout in which the then 18-year-old Michael Cook was killed. Radke's friend Rader committed suicide shortly after the crime. Ronnie Radke was sentenced to four years suspended prison sentence and $ 100,000 in compensation for inciting murder. Shortly after the scandal became known, Radke was kicked out of the band and replaced by former Blessthefall singer Craig Mabbitt . The group also stated that Radke's problems with narcotics and various stays in rehab clinics had also led to the expulsion.
He failed to report to the police in June 2008, and the remainder of the suspended sentence was commuted to prison. Due to his imprisonment, the group was unable to tour outside the USA for a certain period of time, as Radke had, among other things, taken care of the international promotion. In addition, the announced single Webs We Weave was never released.
Radke was released from prison on December 12, 2010.
2008–2012: Falling in Reverse
- → Main article: Falling in reverse
Radke was planning to found a new band back in 2006. After he was replaced by Craig Mabbitt in Escape the Fate in 2008 , he founded the group From Behind These Walls in prison in December of the same year , which was later renamed Falling in Reverse. After he was released in December 2010, he began working with the group on several demos.
Falling in Reverse were signed by Epitaph Records and began work on their debut album The Drug in Me is You in December , which was released worldwide in July 2011. In October 2011, the group had to cancel a tour with Black Veil Brides because their singer, Andy Biersack , was injured in an accident. However, another concert tour was announced for December of the same year.
On October 31, 2011, Radke was arrested again. During a concert at Six Flags Great Adventure , towards the end of his band's set, he threw three microphone stands into the crowd, injuring a 16-year-old girl and a 24-year-old man. However, he was released from prison a few days later. After this incident, the concert hall canceled and banned all further metal concerts. In June 2012 Radke was awarded the Kerrang! Award nominated in the "Hero of the Year" category. However, this went to Rou Reynolds of Enter Shikari .
Watch Me (Mixtape)
At the end of 2013, Radke announced on the Falling In Reverse Facebook page that he would publish a mixtape in spring 2014, which contains 12 songs that can be assigned to rap. In addition, he published the single Destiny at the end of 2013 , which could be downloaded for free with an email signup. The singles Stupid Boy , Never The Same and Already Dead were released as further freetracks in 2014 . The mixtape should contain other songs with features like Andy Biersack, Danny Worsnop and Deuce.
Discography
With Escape the Fate
- 2005: Escape the Fate EP (demo, in-house production)
- 2006: There's No Sympathy for the Dead (EP, Epitaph Records )
- 2006: Dying is Your Latest Fashion (Album, Epitaph Records)
- 2007: Situations (EP, Epitaph Records)
With falling in reverse
- 2011: The Drug in Me is You (Album, Epitaph Records )
- 2013: Fashionably Late (Album, Epitaph Records )
- 2015: Just Like You (Album, Epitaph Records )
- 2017: Coming Home (Album, Epitaph Records )
Guest appearances
- 2008: Guys Like You, Make Us Look Bad by Blessthefall (performed live on the Taste of Chaos Tour)
- 2012: Nobody Likes Me by Deuce (on the album Nine Lives )
- 2012: Situations by Escape the Fate (Live together with Omar Espinosa )
Individual evidence
- ^ MTV Artist's, Escape the Fate Bio . MTV.com. Retrieved October 18, 2013.
- ^ Escape the Fate's New Vocalist . Kerrang! . February 8, 2008. Retrieved October 18, 2013.
- ↑ Escape The Fate cancel UK tour's . Kerrang! . August 12, 2008. Retrieved October 18, 2013.
- ↑ Escape the Fate on Purevolume.com . Archived from the original on December 28, 2010. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved October 18, 2013.
- ^ Escape the Fate's New Vocalist . Kerrang! . February 8, 2008. Retrieved October 18, 2013.
- ↑ Escape The Fate cancel UK tour's . Kerrang! . August 12, 2008. Retrieved October 18, 2013.
- ^ Ronnie Radke Reveals Six Things Not To Do in Jail
- ↑ Ex escape teh fate vocalist, Ronnie Radke breaks his silence ( Memento of the original from August 15, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Ronnie Radke breaks his silence after prison release
- ↑ Ex-Escape The Fate Vocalist Ronnie Radke Breaks His Silence After Prison Release . Retrieved October 18, 2013.
- ↑ Alternative Press Interview with Ronnie Radke . Altpress.com. Archived from the original on October 19, 2013. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved October 18, 2013.
- ↑ Ronnie Radke returns with Falling in Reverse . Retrieved October 18, 2013.
- ↑ The Drug In Me Is You Hits the selves . Blabbermouth.net. Retrieved October 18, 2013.
- ↑ BLACK VEIL BRIDES The show is canceled at short notice due to illness! New date soon.
- ↑ Falling in Reverse Singer Ronnie Radke Arrested for Injuring Two Fans
- ↑ Singer Ronnie Radke of Falling in Reverse accused of throwing microphone stands at Great Adventure ( Memento of the original from February 15, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Six Flags Great Adventure Bans Metal Concerts Following Microphone Stand Throwing Incident
- ↑ And the nominees are ... . In: Kerrang! , Bauer Media Group , May 2, 2012.
- ↑ Katie P .: Kerrang! : The Kerrang! Awards Filled By Relentless Energy Drink 2012 - The Winners! Ron Ficarro replaces Mika Horiuchi . fallinginreversefans.com. 2012. Retrieved October 18, 2013.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Radke, Ronnie |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Radke, Ronnie Joseph (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American rock musician and songwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 15, 1983 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Las Vegas |