Know More About Escape The Fate

One of today’s bands who are at the forefront of the post-hardcore music scene is Escape the Fate. They are currently enjoying a surge in popularity because of their three albums to date that are being discovered by new fans worldwide. Their fame has reached into the commercial side of the music industry, as they popularized a number of categories or items, even including skeleton gloves.

What is a post-hardcore music or band you might ask? It is actually a music genre that is based on the original hardcore punk and the punk rock music. Post-hardcore therefore refers to all the bands that emerged from the influence of the hardcore music scene. While hardcore is their inspiration, their music is actually closer to that of experimental rock.

Escape the Fate was formed in Nevada, USA in 2004 with original members composed of Ronnie Radke as the lead vocalist, Bryan Monte Money lead guitarist, Omar Espinosa rhythm guitarist , Max Green bassist, and Robert Ortiz in drums.

But just like with other famous bands, they also had their own share of problems. Foremost of which is the replacement and the leaving of some of their band members. However, these changes also did result to some favorable results.

Ronnie Radke was the their first band member to leave, although it was the band who asked him to leave due to his legal problems. We was also going through a drug addiction phase at that time.

The next Escape the Fate member to leave was their keyboardist at that time, Carson Allen, who left to join On The Last Day, anothe rock band.

Omar Espinosa also left the band in 2007 due to unspecified personal reasons.

Needless to say, it is but a common phenomenon that we see in most bands of this stature to see its members come and go through the years. However, Escape the Fate is a fairly new band and yet they have already gone through such major band member changes. One of the problems they dealt with was the drug addiction of some of their members. Through rehabilitation they were able to get through it.

They currently have three albums: This War is Ours, There’s No Sympathy for the Dead, and Dying is Your Latest Fashion.

As to their first album, the ‘This War is Ours’, the band members claimed that one of their tracks, “We Won’t Back Down” shows the world the kind of wild party animals that they are. Perhpas it just goes to show what a hard rocker’s life can truly be as often portrayed in their music videos.

Two years after their first album, they released Dying is Your Latest Fashion. It was a landmark in the band’s history as they were able to come up with an album even though they have gone through the worst episodes of their band’s history. It was during that time when their lead vocalist was imprisoned and their guitarist walked out on them to join another band. But the departure of their vocalist was a blessing in disguise because at that time Craig Mabbitt was available and when the band approached him, he was willing from the start to join knowing the full potential of their music and act.

With the band seemingly at their most stable form to date, they are now poised to conquer the whole of the punk rock and hardcore rock scene.