Escape the Fate

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Escape the Fate
Escape the Fate Live at Extreme Thing 2008 in Las Vegas, Nevada
Escape the Fate Live at Extreme Thing 2008 in Las Vegas, Nevada
Background information
Origin Flag of the United States Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Genre(s) Post-hardcore[1]
Alternative rock[2][3]
Years active 2005 - present
Label(s) Epitaph Records
Associated acts blessthefall
The Word Alive
Website Official Website
Members
Craig Mabbitt
Max Green
Bryan "Monte" Money
Robert Ortiz
Former members
Ronnie Radke
Omar Espinosa
Carson Allen

Escape the Fate is an American post-hardcore band from Las Vegas, Nevada. Their first full-length album was released on September 26 2006, entitled Dying Is Your Latest Fashion.

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[edit] History

[edit] Formation and Dying Is Your Latest Fashion (2005-2007)

Escape The Fate's early success on the local radio quickly massed a devoted fan base. On October 2005, they won a local radio contest judged by My Chemical Romance, who awarded the band an opportunity to open for its current headlining tour with Alkaline Trio and Reggie and the Full Effect.

The band signed to Epitaph Records. Their debut five-song EP, There's No Sympathy for the Dead, appeared in early 2006. Tour dates through the summer followed including several dates on the Warped Tour, and the band subsequently dropped off a tour with Bullet for My Valentine and Eighteen Visions due to personal problems. Radke was suddenly kicked out of the band, the reason recently revealed as Radke's drug addiction, weeks before the release of their first full album, Dying Is Your Latest Fashion, which was released on September 26, 2006. Dying Is Your Latest Fashion peaked at #12 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart and #19 on the Top Independent Albums chart.[4]

On November 6, 2006, the band posted on their MySpace blog stating that Radke was back in the band. Radke also posted on his own MySpace explaining his absence and describing his new love for life.

The band was scheduled to co-headline "The Take Action Tour", but were not able to play for reasons unknown and were replaced by From First to Last, these reasons again later revealed as Ronnie's drug dependancy and several other problems.

Omar Espinosa left the band during the Black On Black tour in late 2007. He stated in his MySpace blog that he left the band for good, but that his leaving was on good terms, and he is still friends with the members of Escape the Fate. He said that he will continue to support the members no matter what, and he still believes it is a great band.

[edit] Departure of Radke (2008)

Radke has had a number of run-ins with law enforcement since 2006, many of which were related to narcotics. Radke was also sentenced to five year probation in Las Vegas for his involvement in a fight which took place in May 2006. This fight lead to the shooting death of 18 year old Michael Cook. While Radke did not pull the trigger, his friend Marcel Colquitt was armed and did. Radke pled guilty to one charge of battery with substantial bodily harm after Colquitt committed suicide. [5] In late 2007 the band ceased all touring due to the incident. He was wanted for parole violation in his hometown Las Vegas as of June 12, 2008, and was caught June 16, 2008.[6] Radke was offically dismissed from the band in early 2008. His out of control drug dependancy, along with his alleged charges as an accomplice in a local murder, had caused all members of the band, except Max Green, to quit. The members later decided to kick Radke out in order to keep Escape The Fate going. Craig Mabbitt from Blessthefall has replaced Radke as frontman and lead singer of the band.[7]

On August 4, 2008 Radke was sentenced to four years in jail.[8] While in jail, Radke posted three MySpace blogs. The first was addressed to his fans and admirers thanking them for the support and stating that he is ready to work on his "next album". It is unknown whether or not this is a reference to a new Escape the Fate album, or if Radke is aware that he was replaced by Mabbitt and have a new album due out in October. The other two blogs had a negative tone and were addressed to the victim's family, and former band-mate Max Green. In the blog to the family, Radke expressed that he was sorry for what happened but was wrongfully put in jail as a witness to the crime. In the blog to Max Green, he states that, "You are the one that deserves to be in this position. YOU are the real culprit," and that Green's "Time is coming. Trust me, you're going to get what you deserve!"[9] Green posted a blog of his own in reaction to Radke's blog stating that Radke was immature and he got what he deserved.[10]

[edit] New album and future plans (2008-Present)

On May 6, 2008, Escape the Fate announced that Craig Mabbitt had officially joined the band for the recording of the follow up to Dying Is Your Latest Fashion. The album will be produced by John Feldmann (Lostprophets, The Used, Story of the Year, Atreyu) and is expected to be released in late 2008. [11] In the same press release, Mabbitt discussed his feelings about joining the band:

"I'm excited to have the opportunity to continue making music with a group of amazing people, I'm loving what's coming out of us in the studio right now and things couldn't be going better. Escape the Fate is taking over the world, so buckle your seatbelts 'cause we're here to stay."

Bassist Max Green also discussed the direction of the new album in the press release:

"We've been through a lot of shit this last year, and we took all that anger, frustration and sadness and molded it into an album with huge rock choruses, in your face riffs and melodies, and drums that will give your parents a heart attack. This new album isn't going to be a hardcore metal album and it's not going to be a soft melodic album, we are who we are, we are Escape the Fate."

Max Green on discussing the new album with his fan site:[citation needed]

"Yes we are currently writing our new album. and its not going as amazing as our past album, we are evolving musically into something that is going to blow peoples minds. we have taken all our influences and merged them with our style of playing and are creating something amazing. i cant wait to release it!!!! we will probably be recording around march or april and it will probably be released shortly after."

Escape the Fate has recently announced an Australian/New Zealand tour, and it is believed that they will be showcasing many songs from the yet to be released album. Bands Anime Fire, From The Hearts Of Heroes, We Are The Emergency and False Start will be the support bands for the tour. In a recent Myspace bulletin, Craig Mabbitt announced the new album is nearly ready, and should be dropping sometime in the fall.

Escape The Fate will be supporting Chiodos on their US headlining tour along with Silverstein and Alesana in fall 2008, after dropping out of yet another UK tour.

[edit] Members

[edit] Current

[edit] Former

[edit] Videography

  • Not Good Enough for Truth In Cliché (Demo Version)
  • There's No Sympathy For The Dead
  • Not Good Enough for Truth In Cliché
  • Situations
  • A video has been shot for an as-of-yet unknown song from This War Is Ours

[edit] Discography

[edit] References

  1. ^ Escape the Fate, page 1 - Music - Miami New Times - Miami New Times
  2. ^ Escape the Fate at Allmusic
  3. ^ Review of Dying Is Your Latest Fashion. Exclaim!, November 2006.
  4. ^ Billboard, Allmusic.com
  5. ^ Escape the Fate singer pleads guilty to battery charge.
  6. ^ "Police Search For Singing Parole Violator - Man Convicted Of Battery In Connection With Killing, Police Say" Fox 5 Vegas. Retrieved on August 13, 2008.
  7. ^ Ex-blessthefall Frontman Joins Escape the Fate. Rocklouder. Accessed February 8, 2008.
  8. ^ Djamoos, Anton. "Ronnie Radke Sentenced to Four Years in Jail" absolutepunk.net. Retrieved on August 13, 2008.
  9. ^ Djamoos, Anton. "They Let You Blog in Prison?" absolutepunk.net. Retrieved on August 13, 2008.
  10. ^ Tate, Jason. "Follow-Up: Myspace Blog Fight!!!" absolutepunk.net. Retrieved on August 13, 2008.
  11. ^ Escape the Fate Recording New Album – With New Singer!. Buzznet. May 6, 2008.
  12. ^ Omar Espinosa leaves Escape the Fate

[edit] External links

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