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.
Escape the Fate is often categorized as a post-hardcore band. What exactly is post-hardcore music? It is actually a deviation, although not too much, from the popular hardcore music genre. However it also got a mix of other music influences such as experimental rock and punk rock. To some people, they actually find it hard to further differentiate post-hardcore from these other influences.
Formed in 2004 in Nevada, Escape the Fate had the following original members: Ronnie Radke on vocals, Omar Espinosa on rhythm guitar, Bryan Monte Money on lead guitar, Robert Ortize on drums and Max Green on bass guitar.
However, the band experienced some personal problems that led to the replacement of some of its members.
For example, Ronnie Radke was sentenced into prison prompting his departure from the band. He was immediately replaced by Craig Mabbitt.
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.
To say the least, it is only a normal thing for any band to lose and gain members over a period of time. The only difference is that Escape the Fate experienced these ups and downs during the so far short existence of their band. Add to that fact that some of the band members were going through some drug addiction problems. Something they were able to solve through rehabilitation.
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.
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