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Some Lesser Known Facts About Ronnie Radke

• Ronnie Radke’s mother was a drug addict and was absent for most of his childhood. He claims that this was the reason for his lack of respect for women; however, in 2014, he posted a picture with his mother after one of his concerts on his Instagram account saying that he had forgiven her.

• He learnt to play guitar at a very young age. He began by playing the songs by the American rock band Blink-182.

• During high school, he became friends with the American musician Maxwell Scott Green. He met Max while performing on stage at the school.
  

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  Ronnie Radke (right) childhood picture with his brother

• Radke formed his first band with Max during school named 3.0. He ran away from his home and moved in with Max and his mother. He also quit high school to pursue music full-time.

• They performed at various politicians in Las Vegas including Chain Reaction and the Huntridge.

• After the band split, he moved back to his father’s house in Las Vegas. He joined back to school; however, he dropped out again after a short time.

• Later, he joined another band named Lefty.

• In 2002, he composed various songs with the American music producer Michael Baskette including  “Listen Up!”, “The Worst Time” and “The Departure”.

• Radke formed another band known as the  True Story. They composed a demo song titled  “This Is Not the End.” After being inspired by the rock band Thrice, he began screaming which led to the formation of the band Escape the Fate.
  

  Ronnie Radke (centre) with other band members from Escape the Fate

• Ronnie became the lead vocalist of the band. According to various reports, the complete band came together through a social media networking website MySpace. Soon after the complete formation of the band, they gained fame a massive fan following through local radio.

• In May 2006, the band composed an EP There’s No Sympathy for the Dead and various songs including Dying Is Your Latest Fashion.  the album reached No. 12 on Billboard’s Heatseekers chart.

• Ronnie Radke was kicked out of the band in 2008 after his incarceration for owning Brass Knuckles.

• While still incarcerated at the High Desert State Prison, Radke composed various songs for his upcoming band named From Behind These Walls. Later, he changed the name of the band to Falling in Reverse due to copyright issues.

• They were signed by American record label Epitaph Records. In July 2011, the band released its debut album titled The Drug in Me Is You. The album reached number 19 on the Billboard 200. It also sold 18,000 copies in its first week and was given gold certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in December 2019.

• On 31 March 2013, he started his own YouTube channel and released his solo song titled “Fair-Weather Fans.”

• In 2015, he publicly announced that he does not follow any religion as he believes that Christianity does not treat LGBT people well. He also said that he “felt bitter and found hypocrisy in that Christianity was initially discriminatory against gay people but became accepting of them later on.”

• In December 2022, he published a memoir along with the journalist Ryan J. Downey titled “I Can Explain.” According to him, he titled his memoir like this because he found it to be funny as previously he had been in a lot of trouble for various reasons.

• In 2023, Radke covered up all of his tattoos.
  

  Ronnie Radke’s fully covered tattoos