In June 2008, Ronnie Radke(pictured on the right), the lead singer of Escape The Fate was thrown into prison for his use of drugs and his charges for assault during his events in 2006 for a shoot off with another man. Following him getting thrown in prison, the rest of his band kicked him out and replaced him with former Blessthefall singer, Craig Mabbitt(pictured on the left).
Radke's band members had tried to reconcile with him, but he just didn't seem interested in getting back on good terms with them. Because of him not wanting to do so, Escape The Fate had decided to tells lies about him that he had gotten caught in prison with herion. The new album of his former band was called "This War Is Ours". Coincidence? Maybe. Escape The Fate had said it wasn't because of Radke, but it could be true that it is about him.
While Radke was in prison, he contacted a friend of his, who helped him set up a new band called Falling In Reverse- and they released a demo while he was still in prison in 2009. People were surprised to see that Radke was still on top of his game and writing lyrics for his new band(Some of his fans who still wrote him while he was in prison put him in good enough spirits to continue with his rock and roll search).
In 2011, after Radke was released from prison he headed to Florida, and they recorded Falling In Reverse's new album called "The Drug In Me Is You," which was released in July on the 15th.
His fighting with Escape The Fate started to get worse as Radke climbed to the top of the rock charts. Craig and Escape The Fate had literally got so low as to trash him by going online, and talking trash with friends from You Me At Six. Radke fed it by taking it onto twitter, and talking smack to Craig. It became a nasty fight to the point where Escape The Fate fans couldn't be around Falling In Reverse because it would just end up turning into fights.. or that some Escape The Fate fans would end up going to a Falling In Reverse concerts, and beating the fans of Falling In Reverse up and Radke would have to get involved by having security throw them out.
Finally Radke had enough of this feuding, and emailed Mabbitt and told him that this needs to stop. So they started talking in person, and decided to end this feud between their two bands. After about two weeks, they decided "Hey! Lets surprise everyone and start a tour together!" This announcement occurred on October 28th, shocking many fans. The tour is called "Bury The Hatchet" and stars both bands, supported by Chelsea Grin.
