I lived in NM for 12yrs. Don’t EVER drive out to the desert 🌵 for a fight is a DEFINITE rule to live by. Not to meet, not to talk to, not to buy drugs, not to fuk around, not to photograph, not to camp… just stay away from the damn desert! 😂
as I pierce the veil I was asking alexandria to bring me the horizon while she was sleeping with sirens it was a day to remember and no matter how hard I try to escape the fate I just can't stop falling in reverse
You're so fucking close man. A couple minor discrepancies but this is the most accurate second hand account of the shooting I've heard. Me and Chase aren't brothers though, we're cousins and Max wasn't there my brother Randy was. Ronnie and Randy ran and hid behind the truck as soon as Michael Colquitt pulled out the gun and stuck it in my face and Chase pulled out my H&K USP 40 and was going to shoot him to defend me but my H&K has a manual safety unlike chase's Springfield Armory XD40 and Michael Colquitt saw Chase with the gun and went to shoot him while he was looking for the safety so I grabbed the gun and started fighting over it, Mike Cook attacked me from behind and Michael Colquitt fired 2 shots that missed me and thinking I was shot Chase shot them both 4 times each. Very good account anyway. Quite impressive.
Hm. Thought I saw somewhere you and chase were brothers. I’ll have to check my sources on that. And wow. I have never seen a description that detailed online anywhere, that’s really interesting. Thanks Joe! Sounds like ronnie did next to nothing lol
I made the proper corrections in the pinned comment. I’m curious, did you get arrested or charged with anything? Couldn’t find anything about you online. Only knew you grabbed the gun from Ronnie’s prison interview.
No man, no legal trouble. You're allowed to stop someone from pointing a gun at your head. I did lose my truck and pool cleaning business because there were jurisdictional issues between Las Vegas and North Las Vegas and neither DA would release my truck, and Mike Cook's mom and the estate of Mike Cook tried to sue us and made some outrageous claims about the incident but nothing came of it.
Yeah I saw in that footage of Ronnies "Parole" violation on the news. She was on tv, talking as if HE killed Mike. Seems believable that she was tryna get all of you guys fucked over for it.
@@a1rabidfox341 Sources that are available to everyone yet most people aren't willing to do the research I was! I'd always promote people do their own research.
@@FXKNate Thank you so much for making this! I was going to do some research myself cause I recently got into Falling In Reverse and one of my friends was like no he's a bad person, but I found your video as well as a few others and it was a whole lot simpler, so thanks so much!
I don’t hate Ronnie because of his accusations or anything in his past, I think he’s incredibly narcissistic, self absorbed, unselfaware, generally unlikable and overall incredibly cringy to put it bluntly
Everything about this. I really can't stand him. I watched one video where he was doing and saying the exact same thing he was telling people not to do. He's a hypocritical jack ass. Can't fucking stand him.
Yet here you are watching and commenting on a video about him, adding nothing to the video at hand besides interjecting an opinion no one asked for. Your statement can be applied to you. Hypocrite.
My dad use to take care of Ronnie while he was in prison(my dad worked at the prison). He told me he was a good guy who he enjoyed taking care of while he worked there
Very well structured. I’m not a huge fan of Ronnie at all, but I feel people need to stop throwing around past allegations that have legally been proven untrue. However, I still feel like making tasteless jokes about said people at times, making hypocritical remarks about other artists (Andy Cizek) or acting extremely immature about certain situations and attacking people who sometimes just voice dislike for his music is a bit much. Nonetheless, this is a very well structured video and I appreciate someone actually taking time to set things straight
@@FXKNate He actively hurts people online and regularly sends his fans to send him pictures of people that even slightly disagree with him on Twitter so he can blast them and make fun of their appearance. This dude is an overgrown man child.
@@FXKNate hurting people online?! Bahahahahahahahahaha seriously? You want someone to cater to the delusions of others online? Bahahahaha the fact you say that says more about your soft little ego than it does about his behavior. Grow up. You probably correlate misgendering someone to actual violence. SMH
I find his story inspiring. A lot of ppl wouldn't be able to cope with all Ronnie's been thru. Has he made mistakes? Sure who hasn't? He's grown and learned. I admire that. Probly why he's bigger than he's ever been
Ronnie put himself in every shit situation he ever had to suffer through. He has plenty of learning to do. I am inspired by people who stand up for others and don’t put their hands on others.
You’re actually one of the most reasonable people I’ve seen on this platform. The way you approach these subjects is really well thought out and with extreme common sense it’s kinda refreshing to see these points of view in a time where things tend to be so extreme on either side. Really cool video you’ve definitely earned a subscriber I hope to see more content like this 👍🏼🤞🏽
Omfg that poem was fantastic. I love your commentary. You're sarcastic af and have confidence in yourself. You're a really good narrator. Plus you're the only channel I've found that does drama stories regarding the emo hardcore community. It's awesome. Plus, you have a plethora of creeps to cover 😆 so much content just waiting for you
⚠️I WILL ADD TO THIS PINNED COMMENT WITH ANY NECESSARY EDITS OR CORRECTIONS WHEN THEY PRESENT THEMSELVES⚠️ 🚨(UPDATE 9/22/2023) Six Months ago I uploaded this video, and in 6 months many things can change. I stand by this video, and I stand by my perspective on almost everything. ALMOST. I believed that it was possible that Ronnie, rather than being a bigot, was just misguided and uninformed. I no longer believe this. If constantly speaking on a subject, while also displaying a clear misunderstanding of that subject, isn't bigotry: then I don't know what is. Ronnie Radke is a transphobe, Ronnie speaks very passionately on trans issues, while not having the passion to do research on them. That is bigotry, and I fully stand against that. I have added a fundraiser to the Trevor project on this video in the hopes to correct this. Please consider donating :>🏳🌈🏳⚧🚨 • at 6:36 I said Max Green was there for the fight. According to Joe Rader himself, in my comment section, he says Max was not there, rather his brother Randy was the 4th person in the party. Another side note, Chase and Joe are Cousins, not brothers. Not sure if I saw false info or just wrongly assumed on that. Joe goes into detail on the shooting in the comment section as well, and according to him... Ronnie essentially did nothing during the altercation. • at 16:03 I forgot to show the court document. Major fuck up. Here is the link (scroll to 5/14/14) - xprosebeforebrosx.tumblr.com/post/85862900760/full-public-record-case-2gn02026-the-people-of • at 17:37 I make a claim without evidence. Here is the evidence of allegations made by Jenna and Crissy - imgur.io/a/x2500jA
OMG! I discovered you through your reimaging of Last Resort just last night on the radio. Hadn't even heard 2 lines before I had to find out who this amazing voice (that has given me goosebumps!) belongs to. Last Resort is already 1 of my top 10 favorites of all time so of course I had to watch your official video version. I don't know if I can properly express how deeply your music has affected me!! That song, your energy, your voice, your angst & your essence that you put into that song is perfect. It is so rare when one can do a melody better than the composer & you did so much more than just make it better you made it so perfect it totally undid me!! I'm 56 years old & a song hasn't given me goosebumps AND made me cry, at the same time, in over 40 years! I'm not talking about a single tear running down my cheek either, I'm talking ugly sobbing, can't catch my breath, snot bubbles n all!!! I almost ended up on the floor, thank you! Thank You!! THANK YOU!!! I've been marathoning your stuff & basically stalking you ever since. Damn dude, but you are just plain n simply the most amazing individual I have ever had the pleasure of stalk-um, I mean-researching! You are truly a testament to the power of determination!! I applaud you, how6r you've survived, what you've accomplished & who you are!!!! You are our Modern Day version of Cinderella, sans the mice n shit, lol. Seriously though, you really are the epitome of the Underdog overcoming. All the disadvantages you have surmounted to be where you are now, it's mind boggling!!! I have also spent time incarcerated & your example gives me hope. Something I haven't had for far too long! Maybe some day I might, possibly, be able to redeem myself too, hopefully. Thank you, again, for the gift of you! I feel it's only fair to warn you that: No good deed goes unpunished. & giving me hope is one Hella Good Deed, so look over your shoulder. In ever growing respect & adoration, take care. Your #1 Stal-uh, Fan Elf (Tina Harding) P.S. Turns out we were in prison at the same time 😂
My dude, huge respect for you for admitting you used to be transphobic. It's really important to reflect on our prejudices and to learn and move on with respect for other people. I'm honestly impressed, well done
@@kismecrow As someone who is disabled physically and had to use a wheelchair and other mobility aids over the years, and as someone who is autistic, I don't mind the R word if it's used as an adjective to describe someone's actions. If it's used to say, "X person is [r slur]" that's awful and needs to be addressed. If it's used to say, "What X person did is [r slur]", I think that's acceptable. But that's just my own personal opinion, and I know others find it objectionable no matter what. So I see where you're coming from and your point of view is valid. People are all on their own journeys and I think we need to support them on that and give praise where it's due.
@@HullabaLulu_Art I’m autistic as well! But what I’ve been told by many and have learned is it’s not autistic or physically disabled people who can reclaim it, it’s people with Down syndrome who only can. Even if they can reclaim it it’s just not a good word to use for anything anymore. It hasn’t been a medical term since like 2013-2014 if I remember right
I must thank the CZcams algorithm for bringing me to your channel. While your format is obviously not new, your self-awareness, and honest commentary certainly are. I can hardly stand the plethora of creators making similar documentary style content as a way to express their own self righteous moral character. I will be subscribing for sure!
SUPER well made video. It’s obvious you did your research and looked at this from a very unbiased view. Nobody is perfect, I dare anybody to be judged for the worst thing they’ve ever done in their life. I think we’d all look pretty bad.
ronnie has GOT to see this. this needs to reach his attention. i so glad someone has finally told the truth about this man. thank you for this video. i will forever defend ronnie
Only in the past year or two have I even learned who Ronnie is. Initially I was like "No way, he sounds like an asshole." But then I started watching his interviews, listening to more of his music, & totally changed my mind. Doesn't mean I support everything he's ever done or said- but neither does he! He's willing to admit his mistakes & is constantly trying to better himself. What more can we ask from anyone?... Also, holy shit, I knew Bad Girls Club was about that situation with Sally. But I didn't realize #setmefree was something she actually tweeted... Wow. And amen to the statement that you can't cancel ideas! And that you won't win anyone to your side by being a dick. Both are so, so true.
I would really appreciate if you stopped using the word ‘retard’. It’s highly offensive, and like myself, love your videos but feel pretty gross when hearing that word constantly used.
@@FXKNateI'm not gonna ask you to do anything other than maybe think about how and why it's hurtful to use that term, just as you asked us to open our minds to Ronnie and the truths or falsehoods surrounding him. Coming from a place of love and sincerity, I think you're insanely funny, you don't need that word to be funny. I used to use it A LOT myself and it took a long time to get used to not saying it, it's not something you just drop overnight because I know you probably say it more out of habit. I know that was the case with me anyway. Much love. 🖤
the slurs are truly unnecessary, my guy. pls stop using the r word. there are so many synonyms for "stupid" that you can use, without being insensitive and cringe.
@@FXKNate thanks for being receptive to this. I’m around your age so i know the language was popular for us growing up so i get it. I’m down to keep watching if you’re open to leaving this language behind. You do a great job with your videos.
It's interesting watching this because I've heard all these rumors twisted in so many ways and I was almost shocked to find out that a lot of what I heard was not the case. It's hilarious how bad the internet is at being fair when they just simply don't like a person.
You should make a video about Johnny Craig. I absolutely love his music and he is so gifted as a singer. I know he’s had a lot of downs, would be very interesting to watch. 🤞
Great video bro. Ronnie is far from perfect and he's made plenty of mistakes, but the lies and hateful narratives constantly being spread about him are disgusting. Not just Ronnie either, people get attacked based on easily debunkable misinformation and false allegations all the time and it's disturbing to see.
Man, I honestly really like Ronnie. I met him at the first ever warped I went to! It was ‘14 (same warped I met eyeball boy). My bestfriend and I went specifically for FIR and we bought some merch to meet them. I remember I was so nervous! But Ronnie never gave me bad vibes, he shook everyone’s hands, asked how we were, made some jokes (as he does), and signed our posters with such a welcoming energy :) he was considerate and made sure to thank us each as we went through. One of the nicest bands and vocalist I’ve ever met. Also binging your vids atm, you’re doing fantastic! Love the channel :)
Autistic gender-queer person here. Some autistic people choose to use the term "autigender" to describe their RELATIONSHIP to gender as an autistic person, it doesn't mean they actually identify as autism lol. Autistic people have like a way higher percentage of identifying as either trans or nonbinary than non-autistic people do. It's just a fact that I as an autistic person experience gender through a completely different lense than that of a non-autistic person, whether they be cis, trans or non-binary. Even cisgendered autistic people tend to feel displaced from the rest of their gendered peers due to the autistic experience (I could get way more into what the autistic experience is and how it relates to gender, but I'll save you that read). I know that what you said was more of a throwaway comment, but I just wanted to add my two cents anyway, because while I appreciate the notion that people on the internet are willing to come to the defense of autistics because they believe we are being appropriated, it's actually queer autistics that get negatively affected by that misinformation the most. They've become basically the only targets, as people don't realise that it's a term we invented ourselves, meant for only us.
@@FXKNate I understand! I'm not looking to get into a full debate or lecture on the intricacies of trans and autistic identities lol. I just wanted to make the point that it's really something entirely separate from just identifying as a cat or whatever
I'm a black trans woman, and I don't see how what Ronnie said is wrong!!! There have been multiple cases that rarely getting any attention beyond local news stations of Mexican and black kids who have committed school shootings, sure most of these shootings are more personal or often gang related. So although they may not commit "school" mass shootings, they do commit school shootings nonetheless.
This is actually a well made video about Ronnie, personally i dont like the guy but i still enjoy listening to his music, just that now i cant openly say so without getting jumped by twitter users, hell, even seeing bands who associate with radke get attacked and "cancelled" especially from the recent announcement of the popular monstour, im not surprised by the reaction but its annoying when people spread the false narrative to make a "point" and completely decide to ignore when someone is trying to correct them
You make a lot of fair points, but as a trans person I’d like to comment more on what he’s said. It is transphobic, he has expressed clear issues with nonbinary people and that’s not cool. Also, I would like to explain autigender (“autistic gender”). This is a term used to describe the difference in experience of gender for those on the autism spectrum because research has found that those who are on the autism spectrum are more likely to be transgender. I think it’s also important to note that gender in its totality is a social construct and it’s about appearing and being perceived and feeling like whatever gender. Also, there are very very few people who genuinely say they are animals, but it shouldn’t matter. Why, because if it’s a mental issue, we should treat it with kindness and compassion to help the person be as comfortable as possible, if it’s not then we should also be doing that.
My memory could be fuzzy, but I'm pretty sure Ronnie explained once that Sally attacked him and that he had to defend himself by grabbing her arms to stop her, to which she then wouldn't stop violently shaking, causing either her arm or his arm to hit her in the eye by mistake. I fully believe him because that same exact thing happened to me in a past relationship, me being hit, me grabbing the arms to stop the hitting without me attempting to hurt the other person, and then the girl being hit in the eye BY ACCIDENT because she wouldn't calm down. That same girl "fake called" the cops on me to scare me, unlike Sally, who actually called the cops on Ronnie with her bullshit. I don't believe for a second that he assaulted any woman and his current relationship more than proves that he wouldn't stoop to such abuse either. I encourage reading his book too if you can get your hands on it. I read it and it's basically his entire life story up until like the 2020's era, and even though it's a lot of what you might know, there's a fair amount of tidbits in there that made me go "Oh, really?! That puts things into perspective. Hmm." Thanks for this video. So sick of people trying to cancel him with lies. He's actually a wonderful person with issues just like the rest of us who has shown insane growth compared to the rest of the scene, and it's sad so many people try to lie about him and bring him down. He even tried to help save my mom's life 4 years ago. Dude is my hero. Ronnie makes fun of himself now by the way, for the shitting in pampers. LMAO. Alone slaps live though.
I could be completely wrong here, so someone please correct me if I am, I read in that legal document he posted “Court finds that there is factual basis for defendants plea, and court accepts plea.” In order for the judge to accept the plea deal on the DV case, Ronnie had to prove that the alleged injury/injuries Sally sustained, were not INTENTIONAL. Which is why the domestic counts (01&02) were dismissed.
As a trans guy, Id like to explain that gender and biological sex are two different things. Gender is a social construct. Other cultures recognize more than two genders and they have so for hundreds of years. I personally don't understand, how someone can identify as "in between" genders, because I've never felt that way.. but I can respect and accept people and their identities (obviously with common sense in mind.. there is no such thing as "Anime gender" or whatever). I don't expect anyone to understand my struggles with gender dysphoria, when they've never lived it.. It's hard to grasp something you have no connection with, but its easy to be respectful and kind. In regard to Ronnie "being transphobic": I generally think that he does not care about anyone's identity whatsoever.. If a person tells him "My name is Riley and I go by they/ them pronouns", I recon he would probably try his best to respect them and their pronouns.. But like you already said: We can never know for sure and I don't really care either, tbh.
I don’t care about Ronnie Radke or his music because I’m not into it. I can tell you for sure though that knowing the whirlwind of negativity he is surrounded with, that I would never want to be associated with him. He is someone I would actively avoid becoming a fan, friend, or business partner of.
I can not stand when people lie about abuse and sexual assault, it makes real victims less believable. It's ridiculous and needs to stop. Also I am friends with a trans woman, I was there for her during the whole thing. We started being friends when she was a very unhappy gay guy and you could see the difference in her mood and mental state once she came out and started to transition, you can't tell that she is transgender at all so people don't always understand that her pro trans posts are the worst place to leave nasty comments. Transphobia is hard to witness and angering even for me who is a cis woman, I can't even imagine how much that hurt her to see men that were hearting all her pictures tell her she's a fake woman.
The recent uptick in Ronnie Radke drama felt like a breaking point for me. I'm not a fan of him but it was so disheartening seeing so many people who you'd expect to command respect just happily spreading libel for internet points, and there was no use in fixing it and to touch grass. I'm glad to have discovered this channel. Nate's very authentic about what he believes is right and wrong, and expresses compassion when it's appropriate(even to BryanStars lol). I don't think this kind of content will ever fix people's stupidity but it is comforting knowing that I might not actually be going insane.
abt the educating others abt how being trans actually works: i’m friends with a lot of trans people including my best friend, and the issue here is the fact that they’ve spent years trying to. at this point and this age of such easy access to information surrounding it, it is not their job to constantly be understanding and passive when they’ve spent their entire existence being treated like less than human. same with POC as well, if you’re rude and unresponsive to basic facts about gender, racism, etc. you don’t deserve continuous kindness and people bending over backwards to explain things to you when you can easily google it but just choose not to.
If trans people want to find peace, i promise being assholes and making shit up will never help them. There is a strong argument for trans people, lots of pro trans people fumble the bag, IMO
Ronnie has a heart of gold, but people like to throw crap at him because he respond. It seems that people think that famous people should just take it, but they're human just like us and everyone would have defending them self, i know i would. He doing alot of good things but people tend to just focus on the past. Like who hasn't made mistakes in their life:)
hey brother more than happy to let you guys react to my video. But I noticed ur girlfriend/wife seems to be hyper obsessed with making fun of trans people on her channel. You guys can believe and say whatever you want, but if you react my video, my one request is you don't use my video as a mouthpiece to spread any form of hatred or bigotry. Thanks man
It would have definitely been better for you to have read "I Can Explain", it would have made a lot of things clearer and more digestible, but things you say here are fair enough, and the effort you put into gathering together the information is truly honorable. My personal opinion about Ronnie is that he's not just a musical genius, but also a remarkable personality, he has some past misdeeds, but he has never been aggressive to women (and people in general), so I'd just drop all SA/DV accusations based on the lack of evidences + knowing his person. Anyways, thx for your work. (A fan who's struggling with RR haters on a daily level)
I literally couldn’t. And I think the fact that all of this information is public is kind of the point of the video, kind of to display how you can already come to a conclusion with the information online. But I understand, I do plan on reading it
And also be careful with definitive statements. We don’t really know anything for sure, most of my video is just explaining the available information. All I’d say is Ronnie didn’t kill Michael Cook and Didn’t SA Kacee.
I liked very much that you cleared the relation between dropping an accusation and dismissing a court charge. It took me days to try to explain in a thread that "dismissing" is just another form of "dropping", not the opposite of that, as some kept sustaining.
Oh he's definitely aggressive to people. Mostly blokes being real about it, but he wont take shit without acting back. He likes to remind people that in the real world people will hurt you if you give them shit.
@@ChristopherJames1993 "He likes to remind people that in the real world people will hurt you if you give them shit" and he's so damn right about that! and about literally ALL he says and believes in!
I went to Warped in '14 in Dallas specifically to see FIR and Get Scared, unfortunately they played at almost the same time so since I didn't have the money to buy the merch, I met GS and then went to the main stage to get as close to the front as I could early on while my best friend went to buy the merch to meet them. When she rejoined me, she said Ronnie had his daughter on his lap the whole time and he was really cool to everyone coming through. I never met him personally, but my friend said she had a great time meeting the band, and Ronnie specifically. The concert was great and I was so glad I got to see it (despite getting kicked in the face by a crowd surfer with a really bad sunburn). I don't believe that anyone is infallible, but I do believe that people can grow if they want to, and to me, it seems Ronnie has matured and grown through his hardships and I hope he stays that way.
Im trans, but I don't believe that him having an opinion is wrong. They should be happy to have people like him on our side, instead they want to argue over stupid shit instead of just educating him. Educating someone on an "ignorant" opinion on something they may not understand, is better than spewing hate towards them. The last thing I want as a trans woman, is for more people to hate us because some of the lgbt community berate and attack people who don't agree with them. I just want to have fun and live life, and speak freely.
I used to watch Ronnie on Twitch, he knew some of his fans were trans and treated them no differently and said more than once he supports trans rights. He made a joke once that he apologised for, he said he didn't mean any harm or offence and he'd mistakenly found it funny. Funny enough I never saw a trans person annoyed by his joke, just cis white knights.
Exactly why as a bisexual man, I don't associate myself with the LGBTQ community. Nothing but a bunch bullies that can't handle opinions different than theirs. I don't believe that you have to be "woke" to support gay or trans people. The woke community even tries to demonize trans/non-straight people that don't agree with them. The problem with most of the A-Z genders is that most of them don't actually have gender dysphoria.
Fair play to you. As a big Ronnie fan, i may be bias at times but i’m not stupid to think that he is the perfect human, but neither am i. He has went through so much in his life, both because of his own actions & also things out of his control, so it’s no surprise he has had his bad moments. But at the end of the day, he’s chose to better himself & work on his problems instead of trying to blame others & make up excuses. He turned his life around after prison, which majority of people don’t. He’s not perfect but he is definitely someone you can take inspiration from for how he has bettered himself.
@@FXKNate Your statement about people using another persons trauma to win twitter points when they genuinely do not care for the victim was spot on. Perfectly said
Man...these videos put my english listening skills to the test. I'm old now and I think I was finishing HS when Falling in Reverse debuted so I remember a little bit of this Ronnie Radke scandal so when I heard all of his acusations I was so confused.
29:44 Did you just say within the last section that he mocked I See Stars in a homophobic way??? And you’re in this section saying there’s no proof that he’s homophobic? Got it.
Pro Tip: As a Libertarian that votes Republican, if you want to advance those issues, just be yourself. The key is to not wrap your entire identity up in these issues because then it comes across as disingenuous and even fanatical which will be met with a “wtf” type of response. The majority of us don’t care. We just don’t care. Including us not caring to hear about it 24/7. Let it go. Let it go. Be yourself.
His life is definitely tragic. I got into the alternative lifestyle, especially music from one of my still fave songs "The drug in me is you". I love their music, the singing,the instrumentals and the lyrics are fucjing awesome. Its good to see that youre showing the reality of it all. Keep making these videos they are seriously great, informative and ofc helps feeding my nostalgia 😊
Some of the most sane and neutral takes in my time on the internet I have heard here. I assumed you had at least a good few hundred thousand followers with the quality of the videos you put out, and to say I was surprised to see you don’t even have 30K would be an understatement. So far, I’m in love with this channel; I love your dedication to the topics, I love your editing, I love your humour and your honesty. Everything’s just fantastic here I feel, your community seems great too. I see this channel going places, I hope so at least because I think you deserve that💜
Takes a lot of balls to admit to being transphobic in the past, or at least being wrong about how u viewed them. I grew up understanding it when I was first introduced to it fairly easily so I never I had a problem and always supported the lgbt+ community. My brother came out as trans last year, while still going through the process as well from female to male, is actually the person who got me into ETF and FIR as a kid so I was always a fan. But we're actually going the the A7X w FIR concert tm and they've always been a fan and continued to be one. Definitely in the same boat as you as far as what I don't agree on w Ronnie but I can't stand baseless bandwagon hate on people or things. Unless you just don't like assholes. Cuz you're spot on with that argument.
After this video was posted, in September of 2023, Ronnie supported CJ McMahon by offering $20,000 to him after Thy Art is Murder fired him for saying a mother who supported her child using different pronouns should be "burned to death." He then called for a boycott of the band. My personal issue is no longer that he has different opinions about trans people. It's that he supported extreme violence towards someone for having a different opinion and raising their family how *they* see fit.
I was at the show right after they kicked out I See Stars, and he kicked out several people in the venue that kept screaming "I See Stars". I was young and Naive, but I remember it being really funny. And from what I recall the reason I See Stars were removed from the tour because they were caught with weed and Ronnie specifically said no drugs on tour, because had just released and didn't want any temptation. I believe they were caught with it once and Ronnie let it go, but they were caught again so he removed them from the tour. And there were probably other reasons too, but that's what I remember. OH, and during this tour "The Thug in Me is You Tour" they came on stage as "Escape the Fate" with masks on and played a song or two, then removed the masks to show that they were obviously FIR. Sadly, they didn't do it at my show because Ryan was sick and couldn't do the screams.
The vocal minority that hate Ronnie always seem to be the people who, by choice or by ignorance, don't understand that he's talking in broader strokes. I used to hate the guy. I came around to loving him because he is brutally honest.
He got charged because he brought brass knuckles to the fight, which is illegal in half of the states. You're in a less legal bind with a knife or a gun, which is weird.
shooting in the dark, but maybe its because Guns and Knives are more conventional "self defense weapons" where as brass knuckles seem to be more of a "strictly for fighting" type of weapon. Just a guess.
@@FXKNate I believe it's because you could justify a pocket knife as a tool, not just a weapon. And with guns, you generally are required to have a permit, do a background check, training, etc. Though the laws on that are loosening in some right states, where you can conceal and carry without a permit and children now being allowed to have guns in public. Brass knuckles have a bad wrap because they were used by certain crime organizations. And since this happened in Nevada, where the Mob was strong, the state passed very strict laws against brass knuckles.
@@FXKNate Also I thought that was a very well-thought out analysis. I did want to add to one thing if you do a follow-up video or just want more information. Ronnie was mad at I See Stars primarily because of their drug use. Their song We're Not in Kansas Anymore is about when they got jail time for getting caught with acid. I hung out with them on their tour bus in Atlanta when they supported Breathe Carolina. I know they smoked weed then too. Ronnie didn't like being around that, since it was important for him to stay clean. Though, Ronnie was also upset at fans in I See Stars' hometown, where they were kicked off the tour. I remember Sumerian making a huge fuss about it too.
@@Hiddeninplainview117 Yeah, I left a bunch of info out about I see stars because I genuinely couldn't be fucked to talk about it. But i was aware, Ronnie gave em a second chance and allegedly had them sign an NDA
Great video. It's nice to see someone actually do research about it. I'm a fan of Ronnie, and Ronnie isn't perfect, but he's not this monster everyone pins him to be. He's just an asshole that talks back to the haters, and Ronnie gets under peoples skin.
After watching this, I want to read Ronnie’s book even more. People on twitter have been saying how racist and transphobic he is, but all I’ve seen of HIM is a kind person that had hell growing up. People seem to just be MAD for some reason and I do NOT get it.
honestly, i do think he's a bit of an asshole, but I think people greatly overexaggerate a lot of what he does. He does have a huge victim complex though
i’m pretty unbiased on the whole ronnie radke situation but some food for thought. should someone’s past trauma and past drug use justify their acts? i’m curious to see what people have to say
No it shouldn't justify their actions. But if they move away from drugs, and improve themselves and break those bad habits, then that is worthy of respect and forgiveness. In my eyes atleast. So in a sense, maybe?
@@FXKNate makes sense. people should be forgiven but it also depends on the severity of actions. great video btw i only knew the twitter side of ronnie’s “controversies” so hearing it from a different perspective was eye opening
Justify? No, but while in active addiction you are prone to doing things sober you wouldn’t even think of doing. If you continue on that path without bettering yourself then it’s inexcusable, but if you seek help and change ur life around I think it’s commendable, most people go their whole lives without accepting fault. But addict or not those action will never be justified, but serve ur time, make a change and stay that way? They can be forgiven. Good question! I enjoyed thinking about this!
Yes it can. Ever heard of trauma and how that affects and literally changes a person usually for the worse? He is very defensive and based on his childhood and entire life growing up, it makes perfect sense. He has openly spoken about getting therapy and has gotten much better in his behavior but therapy can't 100% fix people.
I was super skeptical to watch this video because I am always the first person to back up Ronnie. But this video is perfect and has my exact feelings. Good video dude. Quality research and well laid out. Good soup my guy.
I have spent hundreds of hours using completely accurate scientific reasoning to explain trans people and enbies, transphobes still don't listen. They don't want to listen, it is exhausting
As a person that has dealt with things like rape and abuse(talking about situation with sally) I will say that when talking about subjects like this I think it might have been better if you didn’t do the both sides thing but instead just did what you in the edit and only mention what we have available to us because at least from my perspective the “its either or” is a bit dismissive sounding I’m not saying you are dismissive but that’s just my experience when people would say this to me and others that have this experience. Other than that good video. Also the only time I heard about this band was when my friend bought me tickets thinking I was a fan lol
I will always give my opinion, its my channel and how i handle it. But I hope you consider the objective evidence i presented in between the info! sorry for making you feel that way, I tried my best haha
my main problem with ronnie is that he refuses to admit he’s wrong. the transphobia is the biggest issue for me because he goes on transphobic tiktok rants and refuses to admit to being transphobic because its “just an opinion” yet he claims that trans people shouldnt use the bathroom of their gender and thats trans women shouldn’t compete in sports that there’s only two genders etc. “genderqueer” has been a term since the late 80s. people identifying with the absence of gender or inbetween genders is not new. people identifying as transgender is not new. “transvestite” “transexual” “t girl” “t boy” “FTM” “MTF” are all terms that have been used for decades as this point as various ways to describe being transgender. i don’t give bigots the benefit of the doubt. regardless of how new it is to someone that doesn’t make their bigotry okay when they make it a point to call out trans people and belittle them. it’s insulting that someone like ronnie can go on these tirades and be the type of self centered asshole he is and he still gets defended. regardless of the lies people still say about him because they don’t like him that doesn’t negate his bigotry. and you expect me to take you seriously as a cis person going on a random neopronouns rant while talking about transphobia? 😐 FURTHERMORE. i don’t have to make my existence palatable to bigots. its fucking ridiculous to assume that if trans people are just nice and assimilate into society and kiss cis people’s asses on how they want us to act and look that more people would be on our side. when people like matt walsh have literally said they’d rather die then have a transgender child you expect me to just conform to what people want me to be and be more “normal” fuck that. i’m not changing the way identify or the way i advocate for trans rights because right wing people are uncomfortable with my existence as a whole. people want “transgenderism eradicated from public life entirely” but i’m supposed to be normal and nice and pander to bigots? trans liberation will not come from me acting a certain way to please my oppressors.
I find him to be a cringe person, but he has be shitted on for stupid reasons. I’ve always hated both sides of fandoms(?) ig, the ones where ppl hate him for stupid shit or bring things up that are already done for but then the flip side is when ppl have legitimate reasons as to why they don’t like him, his fans get butthurt (and so does he a lot) and attack them (but that’s not just his fans, that’s pretty much everyone lmao). One thing that really irked me ig was the whole him getting into it with MIW, when he was not needed or had to do anything with it. But anyways, to me he just seems like someone who can’t take any sort of criticism (like legit criticism) bc he just takes it all as “haters”, “they wanna tear me down”, “they’re all sheep”, “trying to get me cancelled” and I don’t agree with most of his takes on things lmao, so all in all I don’t think he’s the worst person ever. Just cringe.
I found your channel through your Brian Stars video and I’ve been binged the rest on the emo scene definitely brings me back to my teen years lmfao I’m loving them!
37:07 SING IT WITH ME KIDS "I am aware that I am an asshole, I really don't care about all of that though,I'm living my life the way that I want too, and you can't deny that honestly I'm just like you." -ronnie 😂
I saw him in Nashville last weekend with Kim Dracula and avenged sevenfold and people can say whatever tf they want about him but you can’t call the dude a bad performer because he absolutely KILLLLLLLLS it live 🤷♀️
The first 30seconds where you clip 14 year you into a suit, leaving school 😂 yes, very authentic. You really took me back to my teenage years ❤ made me giggle thank you
A well thought out and articulated opinion delivered well and backed by facts. This is the first video of yours i have seen but you, dear one, are refreshing to say the least.
The way of relating Radke's personal history and the origins and evolution of the band is very correct. Always the same debate... for those of us who live without the internet or networks but have already witnessed its birth, evolution and what has been made of it today from the age of 20, it is surprising how people waste their time (for more unfairly treated than the person feel) in answering, clarifying... his own history, when precisely "time" is something intangible that we do not know a priori how much we have. For me it is very curious since I understand that the opinions that matter to me, make me reflect and can even hurt me are those I love. The networks have managed to raise the voice of those whose opinion has always mattered very little, but with the loudspeakers of Twitter (especially), Instagram etc... those who lend their ears are heard. very good video, very good investigation into the realities of a life that has not been easy but it turned around very well and that is precisely how Ronnie should continue: focused on HIS PEOPLE and HIS MUSIC, doing what he has an enormous talent for and ignoring certain opinions based solely on gaining "likes" that only interest or capture those who prefer not to think. Ronnie, good luck, health, good life and good music. "Shit happens but keep going” And finally, congratulations on your good attitude in the video, no taking sides (love your phrase “Not my business”, I’m completly agree) but stating the facts objectively. That’s how it should always be. Good job. Greetins from Spain 💪💪🤘
Im not a huge Ronnie fan, but I will say he has had one of the most impressive careers in this music scene. Him and Oli Sykes have done very well for themselves.
Good video bro! It was shitty of him to kick I See Stars out here in Detroit they're hometown and it was supposedly cause they were smoking weed and they apologized and even said they'd stay on the tour and not even get paid. Then diss their sound but then start to kind of jock their sound. All and all been listening since 2009, Dying is your latest fashion is a classic album and I couldn't listen to Escape the fate with Craig and stuck with Ronnie along with Falling in Reverse though he is the only founding member left. Jacky Vincent was his best guitarist and shreds! RIP Derek!
I've been on Ronnie's Twitch stream since early 2020, His quotes may seem racist, or Transphobic, but his Actions are far from it! His stream was asking for some LGBTQ+ merchandise so he created his F.I.R. LIPS logo in rainbow colors, he wears a rainbow flag pin on every jacket he owns, He fully supports LGBTQ+ Ppls, As far as racist.... Ronnie was called that because he used the "N" word, but he wasn't calling others that, he was quoting what the black kids he went to school with called him, they nicknamed him Skittles, because he was always doing rap battles in school and was good at it! Yes Ronnie is an Asshole.... But his Heart is Golden!
I loved everything about your video, I caught myself laughing a few times, nodding in agreement a few times, learning a few times, so great job, and that's coming from a HUGE Ronnie Radke fan 👏😎
i’m rewatching this and i forgot about the shockwave of shame and cringe when hearing about ‘hashtag set me free’ in bad girls club, then having it stuck in my head for ages after
Ngl, I really like your content, but as a trans person it kinda felt like you were trying real hard not to paint ronnie in a negative light under any circumstance or bad action of his. I'm not saying you warped true events to make him look better at all, but going "people have different concepts of transphobia" and theorizing he (and other people with negative views on the matter) simply misunderstand the concept (by fault of the stereotypical 'sjw leftard') when he used the two most prominent talking points for bigoted people really rubbed me the wrong way. You seemed sorta hesitant to actually say it's wrong cut-and-dry, without any kind of padding out to lessen the impact. I did understand it more upon hearing you were transphobic not a long while ago, though, because that might explain the uncertain vibe you had while talking about labeling someone else as that. I hope you don't take this as an insult. I just wanted to share my opinion. I'm not calling you bigoted in any way
I appreciate your insight. Here's the thing, I was transphobic because I heard a lot of bad arguments. And i started hearing really good arguments, all I was saying is Ronnie hasn't bee given good arguments. I think, as strange as it sounds, we should be empathetic to transphobes, even though they aren't empathetic. Because they will never empathize with trans people if we don't. Transphobes are deluded into thinking THEY are the victims, THEY are the persecuted ones. We need to speak to them like children. I'm also REALLY big on deradicalizations. You should look up Daryl Jones, a black man who's converted over 200 klans men. His method is by giving them the kindess he wishes to get from them, he challenges them but in a way that isn't hostile. I promise every argument I make for trans people, is always for the improvement of trans peoples lives. I swear. And all trans people are welcome to engage with the FXK community, i hope you know that.
@@FXKNate thanks for not calling me a tr4nny lmao i do understand your point of view. I can't quite subscribe to that idea anymore after the atrocities I've seen commited against and said about the community over the years (and the quickly worsening state of our reputation in the usa these days), but I'm happy you try to make your channel a hate-speech free space. We really appreciate that.
@@genericbro2440 The reputation of trans people is deterorating because of kids being really dumb, nobody hates you for what gender you want to be they hate you when you start saying you're a ze xer alien from mars or some goofy shit, I do feel bad for those who suffer but at this point it's kind of a war with the aggressive LGBTQ members strongly hating on white straight people which makes them hate LGBTQ people so the whole thing is just kind of shit I wish people could just focus on real world issue rather than social issues,
I was gonna say, it sounds like a plea bargain. Defense will usually bargain a deal with the prosecution for a lesser charge. Definitely not an argument for innocence. If the defense felt he was innocent, they would've fought it. I'd have to ask my wife, she's the lawyer. I know a little bit from being with her for over twenty years, but I'm by no means an expert. Have no idea who Ronnie is it what he's actually done, but physically and mentally abusive people are shit. Edit: just talked to my wife, and i was correct in my assessment. The defense likely felt that they couldn't convince the jury of reasonable doubt because there was some kind of convincing evidence that they felt they couldn't fight.
It should be said that there are two sexes, not two genders; there are multiple gender identities/expressions. I can't decide if it's bare faced bigotry on Ronnie's part or just plain ignorance??? It's not difficult to update your thinking/vocabulary...
@@abigailxmary I agree, there are two biological sexes. I disagree that there are numerous gender identities. There are probably 3 ways to express gender.
While I am gay, I must admit those who are transgender and non-binary goes straight over my head (pun not intended). But just because I don't understand doesn't mean they don't deserve all the respect that every other person in the world does. If the haters could just learn to show grace and kindness to others maybe just maybe we could change the world for the better.
Lmao. Love that last line. All I can say for sure is that Ronnie is indeed an a*shole. But other than that I also don’t think he deserves the worst. Just deserves to be humbled and ‘stay on his lane and not talk about shit that he doesn’t know about’ ngl 😂 I’ve been a fan of his music, since like 2013 I believe. Ever since then I haven’t liked some of the shitty things he’s stated in certain songs when it comes to women but I mean, I just stick to the songs that I do like of him and don’t go in further to get to know him as person because I just don’t care. Also, no one is getting fired for saying “ there are only two genders” lol the transphobic woman who got fired was because she was actively misgendering her coworker and just being a discriminative b*tch to the trans person which is a pretty good reason to get fired. People like JK Rowling are just plain bigots and uneducated when it comes to trans people but I honestly find that argument so funny. But anyway, this is coming from a trans dude here so I would know lol P.S 👀 non binary is not being agender. That’s all lol I had to put that in there.
Non binary and agender are the same thing. I have never heard any argument for them being different once in my life. Even then, if no good argument can be made those arguments should be cast out.
@@FXKNatethey’re may be some overlapping but they’re not the same thing. An agender person can sometimes fall under the umbrella term of non-binary but that doesn’t mean all non-binary people are agender and vice versa.
I was at the rockzilla concert in Hamilton, I will say, ronnie does speak a lot on how people feel about him and makes humor of it. He even joked about throwing the mic stand towards us and said he was kidding, from what I heard nearly the whole crowd laughed. I don't know, i'm bisexual and personally don't hate him.
Well done, an impartial accounting of events. I’ve always said like him or love him, you will never really cancel him. The more you hate him the stronger he grows etc. With Radke, or Urie, or anyone, I respect you if you hate them, I respect you if you love them, and I respect you if you don’t care either way.
I agree and I think the whole Brendon urie situation was a bit of a disproportionate reaction like yeah he isn’t perfect but he certainly isn’t as bad as people make him out to be. P.s. love the profile pic
I think it would be cool if you would break down these artists stories from all various sub-genres and from all these bands, and, “how they became famous”
Escape the fate with Ronnie is my middle school epitomized . So glad I got to see them live while Ronnie was still with them. saw them here in Vegas the year before he went to prison . Then saw them the next year when Craig was first performing with them. Anyone in Vegas knows what Extreme Thing is. Went every fuckin year from 06 to 2012. Good times. But when I saw them with Craig the following year after seeing them with Ronnie I’ll never forget them announce a song name as “this song is called ‘maybe if I could get clean I would still be with my band” as a shot towards Ronnie. Such a crazy era that was . God I miss it. Never like ETF much after Craig became the front man. Just didn’t sound the same to me. That Dying is your latest fashion album and the No Sympathy for the dead EP were theme songs to my life in middle school and highschool. So good. Still go back and listen to those to this day.
To be fair, throwing 3 mic stands at an audience as a grown ass adult is a bit more than a “mistake”. I do think it’s pretty cool how rational you are when talking about these topics and how open you are too. Most people just spew bullshit non-stop for approval.
I put on this random video because I needed something playing in the background but damn, I am surprised, that was so well done and structured, keep them coming lad.
To add more context to the last one, nonbinary does fall under the trans umbrella. Gender is how we express ourselves, whereas sex is what you're born as
@@cyonu5675 Pansexual literally includes everyone, even those who do not coincide with the gender binary. Do any of you know any lgbtqia+ people? Not even just 1 trans person?
@@roxassora2706 If non binary isn't real then pan and bi are no different, and yes I know a lot of them you assume I don't but some of my closest friends are and so is my step-sister
People can dislike him but given I've seen him live for wicked cheap wifh falling in reverse last year the man's got a killer voice and some good freaking songs
His life really is like a video game, trying hard to beat the stage
I LOST MY WAY AGAINNNN
all while he is still collecting coins 💰
Bros trying hard to save the girl
@@imstupidandugly BA-DINK!
Facts
The main thing I've learned is to never drive out to the desert to fight a guy
Yea that was incredibly stupid…
I lived in NM for 12yrs. Don’t EVER drive out to the desert 🌵 for a fight is a DEFINITE rule to live by. Not to meet, not to talk to, not to buy drugs, not to fuk around, not to photograph, not to camp… just stay away from the damn desert! 😂
@@natalierozean5989 I'm a European who's never been to the US, watched Breaking Bad, know to keep tf out of the NM desert
as I pierce the veil
I was asking alexandria to bring me the horizon
while she was sleeping with sirens
it was a day to remember
and no matter how hard I try to escape the fate
I just can't stop falling in reverse
real proud of that one
@@FXKNate omg I had to pause the video and wait till I was done laughing ... I can't
Someone give this man a chef's hat
A ✨ poet ✨
But did you butter your bread with butter?
You're so fucking close man. A couple minor discrepancies but this is the most accurate second hand account of the shooting I've heard. Me and Chase aren't brothers though, we're cousins and Max wasn't there my brother Randy was. Ronnie and Randy ran and hid behind the truck as soon as Michael Colquitt pulled out the gun and stuck it in my face and Chase pulled out my H&K USP 40 and was going to shoot him to defend me but my H&K has a manual safety unlike chase's Springfield Armory XD40 and Michael Colquitt saw Chase with the gun and went to shoot him while he was looking for the safety so I grabbed the gun and started fighting over it, Mike Cook attacked me from behind and Michael Colquitt fired 2 shots that missed me and thinking I was shot Chase shot them both 4 times each. Very good account anyway. Quite impressive.
Hm. Thought I saw somewhere you and chase were brothers. I’ll have to check my sources on that. And wow. I have never seen a description that detailed online anywhere, that’s really interesting. Thanks Joe! Sounds like ronnie did next to nothing lol
I made the proper corrections in the pinned comment. I’m curious, did you get arrested or charged with anything? Couldn’t find anything about you online. Only knew you grabbed the gun from Ronnie’s prison interview.
No man, no legal trouble. You're allowed to stop someone from pointing a gun at your head. I did lose my truck and pool cleaning business because there were jurisdictional issues between Las Vegas and North Las Vegas and neither DA would release my truck, and Mike Cook's mom and the estate of Mike Cook tried to sue us and made some outrageous claims about the incident but nothing came of it.
Yeah I saw in that footage of Ronnies "Parole" violation on the news. She was on tv, talking as if HE killed Mike. Seems believable that she was tryna get all of you guys fucked over for it.
So did you try and fight Michael for his gun?
Unbiased, fluently speaking, claiming he doesn’t know everything, claiming he could fuck up, cares about the truth. This man is a credible source
Credible source? He’s not a source… he’s just repeating information from actual sources that are available to everyone
@@a1rabidfox341…. in an unbiased way??
@@a1rabidfox341 Sources that are available to everyone yet most people aren't willing to do the research I was! I'd always promote people do their own research.
@@FXKNate Thank you so much for making this! I was going to do some research myself cause I recently got into Falling In Reverse and one of my friends was like no he's a bad person, but I found your video as well as a few others and it was a whole lot simpler, so thanks so much!
I don’t hate Ronnie because of his accusations or anything in his past, I think he’s incredibly narcissistic, self absorbed, unselfaware, generally unlikable and overall incredibly cringy to put it bluntly
This. 💯
aint that the truth
Everything about this. I really can't stand him. I watched one video where he was doing and saying the exact same thing he was telling people not to do. He's a hypocritical jack ass. Can't fucking stand him.
This!
Yet here you are watching and commenting on a video about him, adding nothing to the video at hand besides interjecting an opinion no one asked for. Your statement can be applied to you. Hypocrite.
My dad use to take care of Ronnie while he was in prison(my dad worked at the prison). He told me he was a good guy who he enjoyed taking care of while he worked there
Take care of him?? Was this a nursing home?
@@poopsyoopsy9063 I cant word things
@poopsyoopsy9063 he means he was over his care, oversaw him as an inmate but I'm certain you know that.....
whats his social?
@@themuffinman9551 lmao
Very well structured. I’m not a huge fan of Ronnie at all, but I feel people need to stop throwing around past allegations that have legally been proven untrue. However, I still feel like making tasteless jokes about said people at times, making hypocritical remarks about other artists (Andy Cizek) or acting extremely immature about certain situations and attacking people who sometimes just voice dislike for his music is a bit much. Nonetheless, this is a very well structured video and I appreciate someone actually taking time to set things straight
I agree, Ronnie needs to find a way to vent his frustrations without hurting people online.
@@FXKNate He actively hurts people online and regularly sends his fans to send him pictures of people that even slightly disagree with him on Twitter so he can blast them and make fun of their appearance. This dude is an overgrown man child.
@@FXKNate hurting people online?! Bahahahahahahahahaha seriously? You want someone to cater to the delusions of others online? Bahahahaha the fact you say that says more about your soft little ego than it does about his behavior. Grow up. You probably correlate misgendering someone to actual violence. SMH
@FXKNate oh no he hurt someone's feelings online what should we do?!?!?
@@maddymcmadingson6296Stupid comment... Be better...
Finally someone with an honest approach when it comes to ronnie radke
I find his story inspiring. A lot of ppl wouldn't be able to cope with all Ronnie's been thru. Has he made mistakes? Sure who hasn't? He's grown and learned. I admire that. Probly why he's bigger than he's ever been
Exactly this!!
Gross.
his lyrics are trash doe
Ronnie put himself in every shit situation he ever had to suffer through. He has plenty of learning to do. I am inspired by people who stand up for others and don’t put their hands on others.
Evidently he hasn't learned enough to not get triggered about anyone who doesn't like him on Twitter.
You’re actually one of the most reasonable people I’ve seen on this platform. The way you approach these subjects is really well thought out and with extreme common sense it’s kinda refreshing to see these points of view in a time where things tend to be so extreme on either side. Really cool video you’ve definitely earned a subscriber I hope to see more content like this 👍🏼🤞🏽
Omfg that poem was fantastic. I love your commentary. You're sarcastic af and have confidence in yourself. You're a really good narrator. Plus you're the only channel I've found that does drama stories regarding the emo hardcore community. It's awesome. Plus, you have a plethora of creeps to cover 😆 so much content just waiting for you
thank you :)
⚠️I WILL ADD TO THIS PINNED COMMENT WITH ANY NECESSARY EDITS OR CORRECTIONS WHEN THEY PRESENT THEMSELVES⚠️
🚨(UPDATE 9/22/2023) Six Months ago I uploaded this video, and in 6 months many things can change. I stand by this video, and I stand by my perspective on almost everything. ALMOST.
I believed that it was possible that Ronnie, rather than being a bigot, was just misguided and uninformed. I no longer believe this. If constantly speaking on a subject, while also displaying a clear misunderstanding of that subject, isn't bigotry: then I don't know what is. Ronnie Radke is a transphobe, Ronnie speaks very passionately on trans issues, while not having the passion to do research on them. That is bigotry, and I fully stand against that. I have added a fundraiser to the Trevor project on this video in the hopes to correct this. Please consider donating :>🏳🌈🏳⚧🚨
• at 6:36 I said Max Green was there for the fight. According to Joe Rader himself, in my comment section, he says Max was not there, rather his brother Randy was the 4th person in the party. Another side note, Chase and Joe are Cousins, not brothers. Not sure if I saw false info or just wrongly assumed on that. Joe goes into detail on the shooting in the comment section as well, and according to him... Ronnie essentially did nothing during the altercation.
• at 16:03 I forgot to show the court document. Major fuck up.
Here is the link (scroll to 5/14/14) - xprosebeforebrosx.tumblr.com/post/85862900760/full-public-record-case-2gn02026-the-people-of
• at 17:37 I make a claim without evidence.
Here is the evidence of allegations made by Jenna and Crissy - imgur.io/a/x2500jA
OMG! I discovered you through your reimaging of Last Resort just last night on the radio. Hadn't even heard 2 lines before I had to find out who this amazing voice (that has given me goosebumps!) belongs to.
Last Resort is already 1 of my top 10 favorites of all time so of course
I had to watch your official video version.
I don't know if I can properly express how deeply your music has affected me!! That song, your energy, your voice, your angst & your essence that you put into that song is perfect. It is so rare when one can do a melody better than the composer & you did so much more than just make it better you made it so perfect it totally undid me!!
I'm 56 years old & a song hasn't given me goosebumps
AND
made me cry, at the same time, in over 40 years! I'm not talking about a single tear running down my cheek either, I'm talking ugly sobbing, can't catch my breath, snot bubbles n all!!! I almost ended up on the floor,
thank you!
Thank You!!
THANK YOU!!!
I've been marathoning your stuff & basically stalking you ever since.
Damn dude, but you are just plain n simply the most amazing individual I have ever had the pleasure of stalk-um, I mean-researching! You are truly a testament to the power of determination!! I applaud you, how6r you've survived, what you've accomplished & who you are!!!!
You are our Modern Day version of Cinderella, sans the mice n shit, lol.
Seriously though, you really are the epitome of the Underdog overcoming. All the disadvantages you have surmounted to be where you are now, it's mind boggling!!!
I have also spent time incarcerated & your example gives me hope. Something I haven't had for far too long! Maybe some day I might, possibly, be able to redeem myself too, hopefully.
Thank you, again, for the gift of you! I feel it's only fair to warn you that:
No good deed goes unpunished. & giving me hope is one Hella Good Deed, so look over your shoulder.
In ever growing respect & adoration, take care.
Your #1 Stal-uh, Fan
Elf
(Tina Harding)
P.S.
Turns out we were in prison at the same time 😂
Transphobic 😂
big up all the research and work you put into this! You deserve a lot more views. 🤙🏻
Thanks :)
My dude, huge respect for you for admitting you used to be transphobic. It's really important to reflect on our prejudices and to learn and move on with respect for other people. I'm honestly impressed, well done
While I agree it’s good he’s no longer transphobic, he still uses the R slur :/ wish he wouldn’t, he can’t reclaim it
@@kismecrow As someone who is disabled physically and had to use a wheelchair and other mobility aids over the years, and as someone who is autistic, I don't mind the R word if it's used as an adjective to describe someone's actions. If it's used to say, "X person is [r slur]" that's awful and needs to be addressed. If it's used to say, "What X person did is [r slur]", I think that's acceptable. But that's just my own personal opinion, and I know others find it objectionable no matter what. So I see where you're coming from and your point of view is valid.
People are all on their own journeys and I think we need to support them on that and give praise where it's due.
@@HullabaLulu_Art I’m autistic as well! But what I’ve been told by many and have learned is it’s not autistic or physically disabled people who can reclaim it, it’s people with Down syndrome who only can. Even if they can reclaim it it’s just not a good word to use for anything anymore. It hasn’t been a medical term since like 2013-2014 if I remember right
@@kismecrow Are you saying only people with the downs can claim the "r-word"😂😂😂😂
@@patrikvaring22 that’s what I’ve been told🤷♂️ it’s an awful word either way. Imo shouldn’t be used at all.
I must thank the CZcams algorithm for bringing me to your channel. While your format is obviously not new, your self-awareness, and honest commentary certainly are. I can hardly stand the plethora of creators making similar documentary style content as a way to express their own self righteous moral character. I will be subscribing for sure!
SUPER well made video. It’s obvious you did your research and looked at this from a very unbiased view. Nobody is perfect, I dare anybody to be judged for the worst thing they’ve ever done in their life. I think we’d all look pretty bad.
thanks man!
ronnie has GOT to see this. this needs to reach his attention. i so glad someone has finally told the truth about this man. thank you for this video. i will forever defend ronnie
He did actually haha, retweeted it! Check my community tab I posted a screenshot of it maybe 4 days ago
Only in the past year or two have I even learned who Ronnie is. Initially I was like "No way, he sounds like an asshole." But then I started watching his interviews, listening to more of his music, & totally changed my mind. Doesn't mean I support everything he's ever done or said- but neither does he! He's willing to admit his mistakes & is constantly trying to better himself. What more can we ask from anyone?...
Also, holy shit, I knew Bad Girls Club was about that situation with Sally. But I didn't realize #setmefree was something she actually tweeted... Wow.
And amen to the statement that you can't cancel ideas! And that you won't win anyone to your side by being a dick. Both are so, so true.
I would really appreciate if you stopped using the word ‘retard’. It’s highly offensive, and like myself, love your videos but feel pretty gross when hearing that word constantly used.
I hope you continue to support my channel and respect me for who I am rather than what you'd like me to be :)
@@FXKNateI'm not gonna ask you to do anything other than maybe think about how and why it's hurtful to use that term, just as you asked us to open our minds to Ronnie and the truths or falsehoods surrounding him. Coming from a place of love and sincerity, I think you're insanely funny, you don't need that word to be funny. I used to use it A LOT myself and it took a long time to get used to not saying it, it's not something you just drop overnight because I know you probably say it more out of habit. I know that was the case with me anyway. Much love. 🖤
the slurs are truly unnecessary, my guy. pls stop using the r word. there are so many synonyms for "stupid" that you can use, without being insensitive and cringe.
understood!
@@FXKNate thanks for being receptive to this. I’m around your age so i know the language was popular for us growing up so i get it. I’m down to keep watching if you’re open to leaving this language behind. You do a great job with your videos.
It's interesting watching this because I've heard all these rumors twisted in so many ways and I was almost shocked to find out that a lot of what I heard was not the case. It's hilarious how bad the internet is at being fair when they just simply don't like a person.
You should make a video about Johnny Craig. I absolutely love his music and he is so gifted as a singer. I know he’s had a lot of downs, would be very interesting to watch. 🤞
Great video bro. Ronnie is far from perfect and he's made plenty of mistakes, but the lies and hateful narratives constantly being spread about him are disgusting. Not just Ronnie either, people get attacked based on easily debunkable misinformation and false allegations all the time and it's disturbing to see.
Man, I honestly really like Ronnie. I met him at the first ever warped I went to! It was ‘14 (same warped I met eyeball boy). My bestfriend and I went specifically for FIR and we bought some merch to meet them. I remember I was so nervous! But Ronnie never gave me bad vibes, he shook everyone’s hands, asked how we were, made some jokes (as he does), and signed our posters with such a welcoming energy :) he was considerate and made sure to thank us each as we went through. One of the nicest bands and vocalist I’ve ever met.
Also binging your vids atm, you’re doing fantastic! Love the channel :)
Autistic gender-queer person here. Some autistic people choose to use the term "autigender" to describe their RELATIONSHIP to gender as an autistic person, it doesn't mean they actually identify as autism lol. Autistic people have like a way higher percentage of identifying as either trans or nonbinary than non-autistic people do. It's just a fact that I as an autistic person experience gender through a completely different lense than that of a non-autistic person, whether they be cis, trans or non-binary. Even cisgendered autistic people tend to feel displaced from the rest of their gendered peers due to the autistic experience (I could get way more into what the autistic experience is and how it relates to gender, but I'll save you that read).
I know that what you said was more of a throwaway comment, but I just wanted to add my two cents anyway, because while I appreciate the notion that people on the internet are willing to come to the defense of autistics because they believe we are being appropriated, it's actually queer autistics that get negatively affected by that misinformation the most. They've become basically the only targets, as people don't realise that it's a term we invented ourselves, meant for only us.
I think its performative and destructive to trans people as a whole to advocate for, personally. but I appreciate your insight.
@@FXKNate I understand! I'm not looking to get into a full debate or lecture on the intricacies of trans and autistic identities lol. I just wanted to make the point that it's really something entirely separate from just identifying as a cat or whatever
@@nikfiendluvr666 I get it
ronnie is the type that will learn and self improve if educated. the problem is no one is trying to they all just say fuck this guy
I'm a black trans woman, and I don't see how what Ronnie said is wrong!!! There have been multiple cases that rarely getting any attention beyond local news stations of Mexican and black kids who have committed school shootings, sure most of these shootings are more personal or often gang related. So although they may not commit "school" mass shootings, they do commit school shootings nonetheless.
This is actually a well made video about Ronnie, personally i dont like the guy but i still enjoy listening to his music, just that now i cant openly say so without getting jumped by twitter users, hell, even seeing bands who associate with radke get attacked and "cancelled" especially from the recent announcement of the popular monstour, im not surprised by the reaction but its annoying when people spread the false narrative to make a "point" and completely decide to ignore when someone is trying to correct them
You make a lot of fair points, but as a trans person I’d like to comment more on what he’s said. It is transphobic, he has expressed clear issues with nonbinary people and that’s not cool. Also, I would like to explain autigender (“autistic gender”). This is a term used to describe the difference in experience of gender for those on the autism spectrum because research has found that those who are on the autism spectrum are more likely to be transgender. I think it’s also important to note that gender in its totality is a social construct and it’s about appearing and being perceived and feeling like whatever gender. Also, there are very very few people who genuinely say they are animals, but it shouldn’t matter. Why, because if it’s a mental issue, we should treat it with kindness and compassion to help the person be as comfortable as possible, if it’s not then we should also be doing that.
Please read the decription
Ronnie can't be a transphobe, he use to be such a cute girl back in his Escape The Fate days
Yo random dude that’s video popped up about a dude I admire, this was fkn well made my man. Love from Scotland brother.
My memory could be fuzzy, but I'm pretty sure Ronnie explained once that Sally attacked him and that he had to defend himself by grabbing her arms to stop her, to which she then wouldn't stop violently shaking, causing either her arm or his arm to hit her in the eye by mistake. I fully believe him because that same exact thing happened to me in a past relationship, me being hit, me grabbing the arms to stop the hitting without me attempting to hurt the other person, and then the girl being hit in the eye BY ACCIDENT because she wouldn't calm down. That same girl "fake called" the cops on me to scare me, unlike Sally, who actually called the cops on Ronnie with her bullshit. I don't believe for a second that he assaulted any woman and his current relationship more than proves that he wouldn't stoop to such abuse either. I encourage reading his book too if you can get your hands on it. I read it and it's basically his entire life story up until like the 2020's era, and even though it's a lot of what you might know, there's a fair amount of tidbits in there that made me go "Oh, really?! That puts things into perspective. Hmm." Thanks for this video. So sick of people trying to cancel him with lies. He's actually a wonderful person with issues just like the rest of us who has shown insane growth compared to the rest of the scene, and it's sad so many people try to lie about him and bring him down. He even tried to help save my mom's life 4 years ago. Dude is my hero.
Ronnie makes fun of himself now by the way, for the shitting in pampers. LMAO. Alone slaps live though.
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I could be completely wrong here, so someone please correct me if I am, I read in that legal document he posted “Court finds that there is factual basis for defendants plea, and court accepts plea.” In order for the judge to accept the plea deal on the DV case, Ronnie had to prove that the alleged injury/injuries Sally sustained, were not INTENTIONAL. Which is why the domestic counts (01&02) were dismissed.
I am dying to get the book! I bought it on Twitch and still haven’t received it
…. did you really just use the “he can’t be racist he has black friends” take
yep!
As a trans guy, Id like to explain that gender and biological sex are two different things. Gender is a social construct. Other cultures recognize more than two genders and they have so for hundreds of years. I personally don't understand, how someone can identify as "in between" genders, because I've never felt that way.. but I can respect and accept people and their identities (obviously with common sense in mind.. there is no such thing as "Anime gender" or whatever). I don't expect anyone to understand my struggles with gender dysphoria, when they've never lived it.. It's hard to grasp something you have no connection with, but its easy to be respectful and kind.
In regard to Ronnie "being transphobic": I generally think that he does not care about anyone's identity whatsoever.. If a person tells him "My name is Riley and I go by they/ them pronouns", I recon he would probably try his best to respect them and their pronouns..
But like you already said: We can never know for sure and I don't really care either, tbh.
I don’t care about Ronnie Radke or his music because I’m not into it. I can tell you for sure though that knowing the whirlwind of negativity he is surrounded with, that I would never want to be associated with him. He is someone I would actively avoid becoming a fan, friend, or business partner of.
I can not stand when people lie about abuse and sexual assault, it makes real victims less believable. It's ridiculous and needs to stop. Also I am friends with a trans woman, I was there for her during the whole thing. We started being friends when she was a very unhappy gay guy and you could see the difference in her mood and mental state once she came out and started to transition, you can't tell that she is transgender at all so people don't always understand that her pro trans posts are the worst place to leave nasty comments. Transphobia is hard to witness and angering even for me who is a cis woman, I can't even imagine how much that hurt her to see men that were hearting all her pictures tell her she's a fake woman.
The recent uptick in Ronnie Radke drama felt like a breaking point for me. I'm not a fan of him but it was so disheartening seeing so many people who you'd expect to command respect just happily spreading libel for internet points, and there was no use in fixing it and to touch grass. I'm glad to have discovered this channel. Nate's very authentic about what he believes is right and wrong, and expresses compassion when it's appropriate(even to BryanStars lol). I don't think this kind of content will ever fix people's stupidity but it is comforting knowing that I might not actually be going insane.
abt the educating others abt how being trans actually works: i’m friends with a lot of trans people including my best friend, and the issue here is the fact that they’ve spent years trying to. at this point and this age of such easy access to information surrounding it, it is not their job to constantly be understanding and passive when they’ve spent their entire existence being treated like less than human. same with POC as well, if you’re rude and unresponsive to basic facts about gender, racism, etc. you don’t deserve continuous kindness and people bending over backwards to explain things to you when you can easily google it but just choose not to.
and calling ppl the R term isn’t funny even if you’re neurodivergent like you’re still implying it’s an insult :/
@@strawbieee Yeah. That and the fat joke are what got me.
If trans people want to find peace, i promise being assholes and making shit up will never help them. There is a strong argument for trans people, lots of pro trans people fumble the bag, IMO
it is an insult
@@FXKNate No one's really being an asshole except for a small, but vocal minority. .
Ronnie has a heart of gold, but people like to throw crap at him because he respond.
It seems that people think that famous people should just take it, but they're human just like us and everyone would have defending them self, i know i would.
He doing alot of good things but people tend to just focus on the past. Like who hasn't made mistakes in their life:)
People will start a fight but when someone stands up to them they hide under a rock. It's funny. Ronnie could kill any guy who starts on him.
damn dickriding a transphobe is insane
He definitely does not have a heart of gold lol also he starts a hell of a lot of shit himself
@@ChristopherJames1993Ronnie have gotten into a fight over drama ever he just brings up his friend killing someone to play the tough guy
I'ma react to this soon if it's cool.
Go for it, buddy!
hey brother more than happy to let you guys react to my video. But I noticed ur girlfriend/wife seems to be hyper obsessed with making fun of trans people on her channel. You guys can believe and say whatever you want, but if you react my video, my one request is you don't use my video as a mouthpiece to spread any form of hatred or bigotry. Thanks man
It would have definitely been better for you to have read "I Can Explain", it would have made a lot of things clearer and more digestible, but things you say here are fair enough, and the effort you put into gathering together the information is truly honorable. My personal opinion about Ronnie is that he's not just a musical genius, but also a remarkable personality, he has some past misdeeds, but he has never been aggressive to women (and people in general), so I'd just drop all SA/DV accusations based on the lack of evidences + knowing his person. Anyways, thx for your work. (A fan who's struggling with RR haters on a daily level)
I literally couldn’t. And I think the fact that all of this information is public is kind of the point of the video, kind of to display how you can already come to a conclusion with the information online. But I understand, I do plan on reading it
And also be careful with definitive statements. We don’t really know anything for sure, most of my video is just explaining the available information. All I’d say is Ronnie didn’t kill Michael Cook and Didn’t SA Kacee.
I liked very much that you cleared the relation between dropping an accusation and dismissing a court charge. It took me days to try to explain in a thread that "dismissing" is just another form of "dropping", not the opposite of that, as some kept sustaining.
Oh he's definitely aggressive to people. Mostly blokes being real about it, but he wont take shit without acting back. He likes to remind people that in the real world people will hurt you if you give them shit.
@@ChristopherJames1993 "He likes to remind people that in the real world people will hurt you if you give them shit" and he's so damn right about that! and about literally ALL he says and believes in!
I went to Warped in '14 in Dallas specifically to see FIR and Get Scared, unfortunately they played at almost the same time so since I didn't have the money to buy the merch, I met GS and then went to the main stage to get as close to the front as I could early on while my best friend went to buy the merch to meet them. When she rejoined me, she said Ronnie had his daughter on his lap the whole time and he was really cool to everyone coming through. I never met him personally, but my friend said she had a great time meeting the band, and Ronnie specifically. The concert was great and I was so glad I got to see it (despite getting kicked in the face by a crowd surfer with a really bad sunburn). I don't believe that anyone is infallible, but I do believe that people can grow if they want to, and to me, it seems Ronnie has matured and grown through his hardships and I hope he stays that way.
Im trans, but I don't believe that him having an opinion is wrong. They should be happy to have people like him on our side, instead they want to argue over stupid shit instead of just educating him. Educating someone on an "ignorant" opinion on something they may not understand, is better than spewing hate towards them. The last thing I want as a trans woman, is for more people to hate us because some of the lgbt community berate and attack people who don't agree with them. I just want to have fun and live life, and speak freely.
Hell yeah! I hope everything is going well for you buddy, always a safe space to speak openly in my community!
I used to watch Ronnie on Twitch, he knew some of his fans were trans and treated them no differently and said more than once he supports trans rights. He made a joke once that he apologised for, he said he didn't mean any harm or offence and he'd mistakenly found it funny. Funny enough I never saw a trans person annoyed by his joke, just cis white knights.
Exactly why as a bisexual man, I don't associate myself with the LGBTQ community. Nothing but a bunch bullies that can't handle opinions different than theirs. I don't believe that you have to be "woke" to support gay or trans people. The woke community even tries to demonize trans/non-straight people that don't agree with them. The problem with most of the A-Z genders is that most of them don't actually have gender dysphoria.
I was scrolling down in the comments when that Blue screen of death hit, u really got me with the sound LOL
lmaoooo hope it didnt jump scare you
Fair play to you. As a big Ronnie fan, i may be bias at times but i’m not stupid to think that he is the perfect human, but neither am i.
He has went through so much in his life, both because of his own actions & also things out of his control, so it’s no surprise he has had his bad moments.
But at the end of the day, he’s chose to better himself & work on his problems instead of trying to blame others & make up excuses.
He turned his life around after prison, which majority of people don’t. He’s not perfect but he is definitely someone you can take inspiration from for how he has bettered himself.
Also, you seem like a very mature person that doesn’t take everything at face value. I wish more people had your mindset :)
@@antonyanderson1880 thanks buddy appreciate that
@@FXKNate Your statement about people using another persons trauma to win twitter points when they genuinely do not care for the victim was spot on. Perfectly said
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Man...these videos put my english listening skills to the test. I'm old now and I think I was finishing HS when Falling in Reverse debuted so I remember a little bit of this Ronnie Radke scandal so when I heard all of his acusations I was so confused.
29:44 Did you just say within the last section that he mocked I See Stars in a homophobic way??? And you’re in this section saying there’s no proof that he’s homophobic? Got it.
thanks for hate watching! your surplus of bad faith comments will continue to boost me in the algorithm!
@@FXKNate based
Pro Tip: As a Libertarian that votes Republican, if you want to advance those issues, just be yourself. The key is to not wrap your entire identity up in these issues because then it comes across as disingenuous and even fanatical which will be met with a “wtf” type of response.
The majority of us don’t care. We just don’t care. Including us not caring to hear about it 24/7. Let it go. Let it go. Be yourself.
His life is definitely tragic. I got into the alternative lifestyle, especially music from one of my still fave songs "The drug in me is you". I love their music, the singing,the instrumentals and the lyrics are fucjing awesome. Its good to see that youre showing the reality of it all. Keep making these videos they are seriously great, informative and ofc helps feeding my nostalgia 😊
Some of the most sane and neutral takes in my time on the internet I have heard here. I assumed you had at least a good few hundred thousand followers with the quality of the videos you put out, and to say I was surprised to see you don’t even have 30K would be an understatement. So far, I’m in love with this channel; I love your dedication to the topics, I love your editing, I love your humour and your honesty. Everything’s just fantastic here I feel, your community seems great too.
I see this channel going places, I hope so at least because I think you deserve that💜
thanks so much!
Takes a lot of balls to admit to being transphobic in the past, or at least being wrong about how u viewed them. I grew up understanding it when I was first introduced to it fairly easily so I never I had a problem and always supported the lgbt+ community. My brother came out as trans last year, while still going through the process as well from female to male, is actually the person who got me into ETF and FIR as a kid so I was always a fan. But we're actually going the the A7X w FIR concert tm and they've always been a fan and continued to be one. Definitely in the same boat as you as far as what I don't agree on w Ronnie but I can't stand baseless bandwagon hate on people or things. Unless you just don't like assholes. Cuz you're spot on with that argument.
Ronnie is right, Dylan mulvaney is mocking REAL WOMEN.
After this video was posted, in September of 2023, Ronnie supported CJ McMahon by offering $20,000 to him after Thy Art is Murder fired him for saying a mother who supported her child using different pronouns should be "burned to death." He then called for a boycott of the band.
My personal issue is no longer that he has different opinions about trans people. It's that he supported extreme violence towards someone for having a different opinion and raising their family how *they* see fit.
I swear his life is like a video game.
I was at the show right after they kicked out I See Stars, and he kicked out several people in the venue that kept screaming "I See Stars". I was young and Naive, but I remember it being really funny. And from what I recall the reason I See Stars were removed from the tour because they were caught with weed and Ronnie specifically said no drugs on tour, because had just released and didn't want any temptation. I believe they were caught with it once and Ronnie let it go, but they were caught again so he removed them from the tour. And there were probably other reasons too, but that's what I remember.
OH, and during this tour "The Thug in Me is You Tour" they came on stage as "Escape the Fate" with masks on and played a song or two, then removed the masks to show that they were obviously FIR. Sadly, they didn't do it at my show because Ryan was sick and couldn't do the screams.
The vocal minority that hate Ronnie always seem to be the people who, by choice or by ignorance, don't understand that he's talking in broader strokes. I used to hate the guy. I came around to loving him because he is brutally honest.
He got charged because he brought brass knuckles to the fight, which is illegal in half of the states. You're in a less legal bind with a knife or a gun, which is weird.
shooting in the dark, but maybe its because Guns and Knives are more conventional "self defense weapons" where as brass knuckles seem to be more of a "strictly for fighting" type of weapon. Just a guess.
@@FXKNate I believe it's because you could justify a pocket knife as a tool, not just a weapon. And with guns, you generally are required to have a permit, do a background check, training, etc. Though the laws on that are loosening in some right states, where you can conceal and carry without a permit and children now being allowed to have guns in public.
Brass knuckles have a bad wrap because they were used by certain crime organizations. And since this happened in Nevada, where the Mob was strong, the state passed very strict laws against brass knuckles.
@@FXKNate Also I thought that was a very well-thought out analysis. I did want to add to one thing if you do a follow-up video or just want more information.
Ronnie was mad at I See Stars primarily because of their drug use. Their song We're Not in Kansas Anymore is about when they got jail time for getting caught with acid. I hung out with them on their tour bus in Atlanta when they supported Breathe Carolina. I know they smoked weed then too. Ronnie didn't like being around that, since it was important for him to stay clean.
Though, Ronnie was also upset at fans in I See Stars' hometown, where they were kicked off the tour. I remember Sumerian making a huge fuss about it too.
@@Hiddeninplainview117 Yeah, I left a bunch of info out about I see stars because I genuinely couldn't be fucked to talk about it. But i was aware, Ronnie gave em a second chance and allegedly had them sign an NDA
Great video. It's nice to see someone actually do research about it. I'm a fan of Ronnie, and Ronnie isn't perfect, but he's not this monster everyone pins him to be. He's just an asshole that talks back to the haters, and Ronnie gets under peoples skin.
glad you enjoyed!
Likely the most accurate depiction
After watching this, I want to read Ronnie’s book even more. People on twitter have been saying how racist and transphobic he is, but all I’ve seen of HIM is a kind person that had hell growing up. People seem to just be MAD for some reason and I do NOT get it.
honestly, i do think he's a bit of an asshole, but I think people greatly overexaggerate a lot of what he does. He does have a huge victim complex though
i’m pretty unbiased on the whole ronnie radke situation but some food for thought. should someone’s past trauma and past drug use justify their acts? i’m curious to see what people have to say
No it shouldn't justify their actions. But if they move away from drugs, and improve themselves and break those bad habits, then that is worthy of respect and forgiveness. In my eyes atleast. So in a sense, maybe?
@@FXKNate makes sense. people should be forgiven but it also depends on the severity of actions. great video btw i only knew the twitter side of ronnie’s “controversies” so hearing it from a different perspective was eye opening
that's the whole goal!
Justify? No, but while in active addiction you are prone to doing things sober you wouldn’t even think of doing. If you continue on that path without bettering yourself then it’s inexcusable, but if you seek help and change ur life around I think it’s commendable, most people go their whole lives without accepting fault. But addict or not those action will never be justified, but serve ur time, make a change and stay that way? They can be forgiven. Good question! I enjoyed thinking about this!
Yes it can. Ever heard of trauma and how that affects and literally changes a person usually for the worse? He is very defensive and based on his childhood and entire life growing up, it makes perfect sense. He has openly spoken about getting therapy and has gotten much better in his behavior but therapy can't 100% fix people.
I was super skeptical to watch this video because I am always the first person to back up Ronnie. But this video is perfect and has my exact feelings. Good video dude. Quality research and well laid out.
Good soup my guy.
I have spent hundreds of hours using completely accurate scientific reasoning to explain trans people and enbies, transphobes still don't listen. They don't want to listen, it is exhausting
As a person that has dealt with things like rape and abuse(talking about situation with sally) I will say that when talking about subjects like this I think it might have been better if you didn’t do the both sides thing but instead just did what you in the edit and only mention what we have available to us because at least from my perspective the “its either or” is a bit dismissive sounding I’m not saying you are dismissive but that’s just my experience when people would say this to me and others that have this experience. Other than that good video. Also the only time I heard about this band was when my friend bought me tickets thinking I was a fan lol
I will always give my opinion, its my channel and how i handle it. But I hope you consider the objective evidence i presented in between the info! sorry for making you feel that way, I tried my best haha
I agree!
my main problem with ronnie is that he refuses to admit he’s wrong.
the transphobia is the biggest issue for me because he goes on transphobic tiktok rants and refuses to admit to being transphobic because its “just an opinion” yet he claims that trans people shouldnt use the bathroom of their gender and thats trans women shouldn’t compete in sports that there’s only two genders etc.
“genderqueer” has been a term since the late 80s. people identifying with the absence of gender or inbetween genders is not new. people identifying as transgender is not new.
“transvestite” “transexual” “t girl” “t boy” “FTM” “MTF” are all terms that have been used for decades as this point as various ways to describe being transgender.
i don’t give bigots the benefit of the doubt. regardless of how new it is to someone that doesn’t make their bigotry okay when they make it a point to call out trans people and belittle them. it’s insulting that someone like ronnie can go on these tirades and be the type of self centered asshole he is and he still gets defended.
regardless of the lies people still say about him because they don’t like him that doesn’t negate his bigotry.
and you expect me to take you seriously as a cis person going on a random neopronouns rant while talking about transphobia? 😐
FURTHERMORE. i don’t have to make my existence palatable to bigots. its fucking ridiculous to assume that if trans people are just nice and assimilate into society and kiss cis people’s asses on how they want us to act and look that more people would be on our side. when people like matt walsh have literally said they’d rather die then have a transgender child you expect me to just conform to what people want me to be and be more “normal” fuck that. i’m not changing the way identify or the way i advocate for trans rights because right wing people are uncomfortable with my existence as a whole. people want “transgenderism eradicated from public life entirely” but i’m supposed to be normal and nice and pander to bigots? trans liberation will not come from me acting a certain way to please my oppressors.
I find him to be a cringe person, but he has be shitted on for stupid reasons.
I’ve always hated both sides of fandoms(?) ig, the ones where ppl hate him for stupid shit or bring things up that are already done for but then the flip side is when ppl have legitimate reasons as to why they don’t like him, his fans get butthurt (and so does he a lot) and attack them (but that’s not just his fans, that’s pretty much everyone lmao).
One thing that really irked me ig was the whole him getting into it with MIW, when he was not needed or had to do anything with it.
But anyways, to me he just seems like someone who can’t take any sort of criticism (like legit criticism) bc he just takes it all as “haters”, “they wanna tear me down”, “they’re all sheep”, “trying to get me cancelled” and I don’t agree with most of his takes on things lmao, so all in all I don’t think he’s the worst person ever. Just cringe.
I found your channel through your Brian Stars video and I’ve been binged the rest on the emo scene definitely brings me back to my teen years lmfao I’m loving them!
Man that was an amazing video. Really well made. Hope it gets more recognition
Thank you!
Ronnie literally payed the two people's medical bills and people still say he's an asshole? God forbid they meet an actual asshole in their life.
Johnny Craig is not changed 😢 even to this day girl still come out about how they were sober until dating Johnny
I always thought that the Situations video was a HUGE reference or knock off of Van Halen's Hot For Teacher video from 1984.
37:07 SING IT WITH ME KIDS
"I am aware that I am an asshole, I really don't care about all of that though,I'm living my life the way that I want too, and you can't deny that honestly I'm just like you." -ronnie 😂
I saw him in Nashville last weekend with Kim Dracula and avenged sevenfold and people can say whatever tf they want about him but you can’t call the dude a bad performer because he absolutely KILLLLLLLLS it live 🤷♀️
The first 30seconds where you clip 14 year you into a suit, leaving school 😂 yes, very authentic. You really took me back to my teenage years ❤ made me giggle thank you
So glad you enjoyed!
A well thought out and articulated opinion delivered well and backed by facts. This is the first video of yours i have seen but you, dear one, are refreshing to say the least.
10:02 I was really enjoying this video until you used a slur for literally no reason, dude come on
You’ll be fine
sorry! hope you were able to continue enjoying it after the fact!
Retard is not a slur. Why do you feel the need to buy into delusional agendas? Oh...because you sir...are the retard
@@FXKNate it was a genuinely informative video but its always good to keep each other in check, thanks for acknowledging it :)
The way of relating Radke's personal history and the origins and evolution of the band is very correct. Always the same debate... for those of us who live without the internet or networks but have already witnessed its birth, evolution and what has been made of it today from the age of 20, it is surprising how people waste their time (for more unfairly treated than the person feel) in answering, clarifying... his own history, when precisely "time" is something intangible that we do not know a priori how much we have. For me it is very curious since I understand that the opinions that matter to me, make me reflect and can even hurt me are those I love. The networks have managed to raise the voice of those whose opinion has always mattered very little, but with the loudspeakers of Twitter (especially), Instagram etc... those who lend their ears are heard. very good video, very good investigation into the realities of a life that has not been easy but it turned around very well and that is precisely how Ronnie should continue: focused on HIS PEOPLE and HIS MUSIC, doing what he has an enormous talent for and ignoring certain opinions based solely on gaining "likes" that only interest or capture those who prefer not to think. Ronnie, good luck, health, good life and good music. "Shit happens but keep going” And finally, congratulations on your good attitude in the video, no taking sides (love your phrase “Not my business”, I’m completly agree) but stating the facts objectively. That’s how it should always be. Good job. Greetins from Spain 💪💪🤘
Glad you enjoyed buddy!
Im not a huge Ronnie fan, but I will say he has had one of the most impressive careers in this music scene. Him and Oli Sykes have done very well for themselves.
Good video bro! It was shitty of him to kick I See Stars out here in Detroit they're hometown and it was supposedly cause they were smoking weed and they apologized and even said they'd stay on the tour and not even get paid. Then diss their sound but then start to kind of jock their sound. All and all been listening since 2009, Dying is your latest fashion is a classic album and I couldn't listen to Escape the fate with Craig and stuck with Ronnie along with Falling in Reverse though he is the only founding member left. Jacky Vincent was his best guitarist and shreds! RIP Derek!
I've been on Ronnie's Twitch stream since early 2020, His quotes may seem racist, or Transphobic, but his Actions are far from it! His stream was asking for some LGBTQ+ merchandise so he created his F.I.R. LIPS logo in rainbow colors, he wears a rainbow flag pin on every jacket he owns, He fully supports LGBTQ+ Ppls, As far as racist.... Ronnie was called that because he used the "N" word, but he wasn't calling others that, he was quoting what the black kids he went to school with called him, they nicknamed him Skittles, because he was always doing rap battles in school and was good at it! Yes Ronnie is an Asshole.... But his Heart is Golden!
I loved everything about your video, I caught myself laughing a few times, nodding in agreement a few times, learning a few times, so great job, and that's coming from a HUGE Ronnie Radke fan 👏😎
Maybe that's why he's with a female wrestler now, so she can fight back and put him in his place?
i’m rewatching this and i forgot about the shockwave of shame and cringe when hearing about ‘hashtag set me free’ in bad girls club, then having it stuck in my head for ages after
Ngl, I really like your content, but as a trans person it kinda felt like you were trying real hard not to paint ronnie in a negative light under any circumstance or bad action of his. I'm not saying you warped true events to make him look better at all, but going "people have different concepts of transphobia" and theorizing he (and other people with negative views on the matter) simply misunderstand the concept (by fault of the stereotypical 'sjw leftard') when he used the two most prominent talking points for bigoted people really rubbed me the wrong way. You seemed sorta hesitant to actually say it's wrong cut-and-dry, without any kind of padding out to lessen the impact. I did understand it more upon hearing you were transphobic not a long while ago, though, because that might explain the uncertain vibe you had while talking about labeling someone else as that. I hope you don't take this as an insult. I just wanted to share my opinion. I'm not calling you bigoted in any way
I appreciate your insight. Here's the thing, I was transphobic because I heard a lot of bad arguments. And i started hearing really good arguments, all I was saying is Ronnie hasn't bee given good arguments. I think, as strange as it sounds, we should be empathetic to transphobes, even though they aren't empathetic. Because they will never empathize with trans people if we don't. Transphobes are deluded into thinking THEY are the victims, THEY are the persecuted ones. We need to speak to them like children.
I'm also REALLY big on deradicalizations. You should look up Daryl Jones, a black man who's converted over 200 klans men. His method is by giving them the kindess he wishes to get from them, he challenges them but in a way that isn't hostile.
I promise every argument I make for trans people, is always for the improvement of trans peoples lives. I swear. And all trans people are welcome to engage with the FXK community, i hope you know that.
@@FXKNate thanks for not calling me a tr4nny lmao i do understand your point of view. I can't quite subscribe to that idea anymore after the atrocities I've seen commited against and said about the community over the years (and the quickly worsening state of our reputation in the usa these days), but I'm happy you try to make your channel a hate-speech free space. We really appreciate that.
@@genericbro2440 yeah of course, I hope your well and continue to be well.
@@genericbro2440 The reputation of trans people is deterorating because of kids being really dumb, nobody hates you for what gender you want to be they hate you when you start saying you're a ze xer alien from mars or some goofy shit, I do feel bad for those who suffer but at this point it's kind of a war with the aggressive LGBTQ members strongly hating on white straight people which makes them hate LGBTQ people so the whole thing is just kind of shit I wish people could just focus on real world issue rather than social issues,
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I appreciate the video Nate! ❤ it's simple though... "HATERS GONNA HATE" & a wise man also said "I need to change my underwear."
I was gonna say, it sounds like a plea bargain. Defense will usually bargain a deal with the prosecution for a lesser charge. Definitely not an argument for innocence. If the defense felt he was innocent, they would've fought it. I'd have to ask my wife, she's the lawyer. I know a little bit from being with her for over twenty years, but I'm by no means an expert. Have no idea who Ronnie is it what he's actually done, but physically and mentally abusive people are shit.
Edit: just talked to my wife, and i was correct in my assessment. The defense likely felt that they couldn't convince the jury of reasonable doubt because there was some kind of convincing evidence that they felt they couldn't fight.
That Gym Class Heroes wannabe Taxi Driver poem earned you a sub 💀 phenomenal.
It should be said that there are two sexes, not two genders; there are multiple gender identities/expressions. I can't decide if it's bare faced bigotry on Ronnie's part or just plain ignorance??? It's not difficult to update your thinking/vocabulary...
Nope, it's someone who cares about advocating for trans people effectively.
@@FXKNate i was actually talking about ronnie in this instance but ok.
@@abigailxmary I disagreed with your sentiment
@FXK Nate you disagree with the fact that there are two biological sexes but numerous gender identities/gender expressions??? Bc that is a fact lmao.
@@abigailxmary I agree, there are two biological sexes. I disagree that there are numerous gender identities. There are probably 3 ways to express gender.
While I am gay, I must admit those who are transgender and non-binary goes straight over my head (pun not intended). But just because I don't understand doesn't mean they don't deserve all the respect that every other person in the world does. If the haters could just learn to show grace and kindness to others maybe just maybe we could change the world for the better.
Lmao. Love that last line. All I can say for sure is that Ronnie is indeed an a*shole. But other than that I also don’t think he deserves the worst. Just deserves to be humbled and ‘stay on his lane and not talk about shit that he doesn’t know about’ ngl 😂 I’ve been a fan of his music, since like 2013 I believe. Ever since then I haven’t liked some of the shitty things he’s stated in certain songs when it comes to women but I mean, I just stick to the songs that I do like of him and don’t go in further to get to know him as person because I just don’t care. Also, no one is getting fired for saying “ there are only two genders” lol the transphobic woman who got fired was because she was actively misgendering her coworker and just being a discriminative b*tch to the trans person which is a pretty good reason to get fired. People like JK Rowling are just plain bigots and uneducated when it comes to trans people but I honestly find that argument so funny. But anyway, this is coming from a trans dude here so I would know lol
P.S 👀 non binary is not being agender. That’s all lol I had to put that in there.
Non binary and agender are the same thing. I have never heard any argument for them being different once in my life. Even then, if no good argument can be made those arguments should be cast out.
@@FXKNatethey’re may be some overlapping but they’re not the same thing. An agender person can sometimes fall under the umbrella term of non-binary but that doesn’t mean all non-binary people are agender and vice versa.
I was at the rockzilla concert in Hamilton, I will say, ronnie does speak a lot on how people feel about him and makes humor of it. He even joked about throwing the mic stand towards us and said he was kidding, from what I heard nearly the whole crowd laughed. I don't know, i'm bisexual and personally don't hate him.
What does being bisexual have to do with any of this? That was a total non-sequitur…
Well done, an impartial accounting of events. I’ve always said like him or love him, you will never really cancel him. The more you hate him the stronger he grows etc. With Radke, or Urie, or anyone, I respect you if you hate them, I respect you if you love them, and I respect you if you don’t care either way.
I agree and I think the whole Brendon urie situation was a bit of a disproportionate reaction like yeah he isn’t perfect but he certainly isn’t as bad as people make him out to be.
P.s. love the profile pic
@@tsulfcosplay thanks!
I think it would be cool if you would break down these artists stories from all various sub-genres and from all these bands, and, “how they became famous”
your videos are very well researched! i hope to see your channel blow up in the near future
i hope so too!
Escape the fate with Ronnie is my middle school epitomized . So glad I got to see them live while Ronnie was still with them. saw them here in Vegas the year before he went to prison . Then saw them the next year when Craig was first performing with them. Anyone in Vegas knows what Extreme Thing is. Went every fuckin year from 06 to 2012. Good times. But when I saw them with Craig the following year after seeing them with Ronnie I’ll never forget them announce a song name as “this song is called ‘maybe if I could get clean I would still be with my band” as a shot towards Ronnie. Such a crazy era that was . God I miss it. Never like ETF much after Craig became the front man. Just didn’t sound the same to me. That Dying is your latest fashion album and the No Sympathy for the dead EP were theme songs to my life in middle school and highschool. So good. Still go back and listen to those to this day.
To be fair, throwing 3 mic stands at an audience as a grown ass adult is a bit more than a “mistake”. I do think it’s pretty cool how rational you are when talking about these topics and how open you are too. Most people just spew bullshit non-stop for approval.
I put on this random video because I needed something playing in the background but damn, I am surprised, that was so well done and structured, keep them coming lad.
To add more context to the last one, nonbinary does fall under the trans umbrella. Gender is how we express ourselves, whereas sex is what you're born as
I disagree, unless there is some form of physical transition aside from changing your pronouns, its not trans
nonbinary makes no sense no offense, it reminds me of pan and bi which are quite literally the same thing.
@@FXKNate Say that same thing to a nonbinary person.
@@cyonu5675 Pansexual literally includes everyone, even those who do not coincide with the gender binary. Do any of you know any lgbtqia+ people? Not even just 1 trans person?
@@roxassora2706 If non binary isn't real then pan and bi are no different, and yes I know a lot of them you assume I don't but some of my closest friends are and so is my step-sister
Just got to the part where you mention the possibility of a follow up and, yes please. Please do. This was excellent.
People can dislike him but given I've seen him live for wicked cheap wifh falling in reverse last year the man's got a killer voice and some good freaking songs