Escape the Fate

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

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

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[edit] History

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

Former Singer early success on local radio and quickly amassed a devoted fan base. By October 2005 , they had won a local radio contest judged by My Chemical Romance, which awarded them the opportunity to open a show on the band's current headlining tour with Alkaline Trio and Reggie and the Full Effect.

They then signed to Epitaph Records. Their debut five-song EP, There's No Sympathy for the Dead, appeared in early 2006. Tour dates through the summer followed including several dates on the Warped Tour and the band subsequently dropped off a tour with Bullet for My Valentine and Eighteen Visions due to personal problems. Radke was suddenly kicked out of the band weeks before the release of their first full album Dying Is Your Latest Fashion, which was released on September 26th of 2006. Dying Is Your Latest Fashion peaked at #12 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart and #19 on the Top Independent Albums chart.[1]

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

The band were scheduled to co-headline "The Take Action Tour", but were not able to play for reasons unknown and were replaced by From First To Last.

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

[edit] Departure of Radke (2008)

Radke has had a number of run-ins with law enforcement since 2006, many of which narcotics were related. Radke was also sentenced to five year probation in Las Vegas for his involvement in a fight which took place in May 2006. This fight lead to the shooting death of 18 year old Michael Cook. While Radke did not pull the trigger, his friend was armed and did. He pleaded guilty after the person who was supposed to plead with him, committed suicide. [2] In late 2007 the band ceased all touring due to the incident and has not yet commented on the situation. Currently Craig Mabbit from Blessthefall has replaced Radke as frontman and lead singer of the band.[3]

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

On May 6, 2008, Escape the Fate announced that Craig Mabbit (formerly of blessthefall) has officially joined the band for the recording of the follow up to Dying Is Your Latest Fashion. The album will be produced by John Feldmann (The Used, Story of the Year, Atreyu) and is expected to be released in late 2008. [4] In the same press release, Mabbit discussed his feelings about joining the band:

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

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

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

Escape the Fate has recently announced an Australian tour, and it is believed that they will be showcasing many songs from the yet to be released album. In a recent Myspace bulletin, Craig Mabbit announced the new album is nearly ready, and should be dropping sometime in the fall.

[edit] Members

[edit] Current

[edit] Former

  • Ronnie Radke - (2005 - 2008) - lead vocals (starting a new project, project name is unknown)
  • Omar Espinosa - (2005 - 2007)[5] - rhythm guitar, backing vocals
  • Carson Allen - (2005) - synthesizer, backing vocals (joined On The Last Day)

[edit] Discography

[edit] Videography

  • Not Good Enough For The Truth In Cliché [Demo version] (2005)
  • There's No Sympathy For The Dead (2006)
  • Not Good Enough For Truth In Cliché (2006)
  • Situations (2007)

[edit] References

  1. ^ Billboard, Allmusic.com
  2. ^ Escape the Fate singer pleads guilty to battery charge.
  3. ^ Ex-blessthefall Frontman Joins Escape the Fate. Rocklouder. Accessed February 8, 2008.
  4. ^ Escape the Fate Recording New Album – With New Singer!. Buzznet. May 6, 2008.
  5. ^ Omar Espinosa leaves Escape the Fate

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