Ronnie Radke
Ronald Joseph Radke was born December 15th, 1983. He grew up in Las Vegas, Nevada.
In 2005, Ronnie formed a band, Escape the Fate, with his best friends Max Green(bass), Robert Ortiz(drums) Omar Espinosa(rhythm) and Monte Bryan Money(lead guitar). They won a radio band contest judged by My Chemical Romance. The gig awarded them the opportunity to open a show on the band's headlining tour with Alkaline Trio and Reggie and the Full, which subsequently led to Escape the Fate's record deal with Epitaph.
On September 26, 2006 the band released their first full-length album, Dying Is Your Latest Fashion. Omar left a year later due to personal issues(I still mourn his loss)
Ronnie Radke was asked to leave the band after he was sentenced to prison in June 2008 for multiple run-ins with the law involving narcotics and battery for a fight that led up to the death of Michael Cook. This, was actually a mistake. Ronnie and Max, best friends, got involved with drugs, and started getting into fights. They ran into Michael Cook and his friends/gang, who brought a gun. In defense for Ronnie, Max grabbed one of Cook's friends, and attempted to grab the gun out of his hand. Unfortunately, the gun went off, and accidentally shot Cook...leading to his death. Max, not knowing exactly what to do, ran off; leaving Ronnie on the ground as the cops came. And they arrested him for the "alleged murder" of Michael Cook. (source: Yahoo! answers & various/several fansites, pages and biographies)
After coming out of prison in December 2010, Ronnie started to form a new band (YAY :D ) and first named it From Behind These Walls. The band, now named Falling In Reverse, went through many, many lineup changes before finally sticking with Jacky Vincent, Ryan Seaman, Mika Horiuchi, Derek Jones and of course, Ronnie.
The band released two singles, "The Drug In Me Is You" and "Raised By Wolves" off Epitaph Records. The full length album released July 26th, and managed to sell 18,000 copies in its first week and ranked at number 19 on the Billboard 200.
Ronnie still resides in Las Vegas, Nevada...and still thrives to be one of the most legendary performers alive, with his signature squeak and stupdifying screams.
Sources: Wikipedia, various fan sites and Yahoo.
In 2005, Ronnie formed a band, Escape the Fate, with his best friends Max Green(bass), Robert Ortiz(drums) Omar Espinosa(rhythm) and Monte Bryan Money(lead guitar). They won a radio band contest judged by My Chemical Romance. The gig awarded them the opportunity to open a show on the band's headlining tour with Alkaline Trio and Reggie and the Full, which subsequently led to Escape the Fate's record deal with Epitaph.
On September 26, 2006 the band released their first full-length album, Dying Is Your Latest Fashion. Omar left a year later due to personal issues(I still mourn his loss)
Ronnie Radke was asked to leave the band after he was sentenced to prison in June 2008 for multiple run-ins with the law involving narcotics and battery for a fight that led up to the death of Michael Cook. This, was actually a mistake. Ronnie and Max, best friends, got involved with drugs, and started getting into fights. They ran into Michael Cook and his friends/gang, who brought a gun. In defense for Ronnie, Max grabbed one of Cook's friends, and attempted to grab the gun out of his hand. Unfortunately, the gun went off, and accidentally shot Cook...leading to his death. Max, not knowing exactly what to do, ran off; leaving Ronnie on the ground as the cops came. And they arrested him for the "alleged murder" of Michael Cook. (source: Yahoo! answers & various/several fansites, pages and biographies)
After coming out of prison in December 2010, Ronnie started to form a new band (YAY :D ) and first named it From Behind These Walls. The band, now named Falling In Reverse, went through many, many lineup changes before finally sticking with Jacky Vincent, Ryan Seaman, Mika Horiuchi, Derek Jones and of course, Ronnie.
The band released two singles, "The Drug In Me Is You" and "Raised By Wolves" off Epitaph Records. The full length album released July 26th, and managed to sell 18,000 copies in its first week and ranked at number 19 on the Billboard 200.
Ronnie still resides in Las Vegas, Nevada...and still thrives to be one of the most legendary performers alive, with his signature squeak and stupdifying screams.
Sources: Wikipedia, various fan sites and Yahoo.