Oh, how I waited
On Christmas Eve at about midday, I finally got a package I had been waiting for a very long time. This book was called I can explain by Ronnie Radke of Falling in Reverse. I have been a fan of Ronnie for a very long time all the way back from the first Falling in Reverse’s album dying is your latest fashion. I actually got introduced to escape the fate after hearing that Ronnie founded that band and as much as I like craig, the band is completely different from having Ronnie as the front man. I would dare even say that my guitar journey truly didn’t start till I heard Falling in Reverse as Jacky Vincent was the kind of guitar player I wanted to be.
The autobiography was a pretty quick read having just over 200 pages and was one of the shorter autobiographies I have read over my lifetime. That in my opinion is a good thing because it didn’t take long to read, and I didn’t feel like it was very wordy or included things that were unnecessary. I suppose if anything there are more details I would of liked especially within his first 3 albums, but then again the book dives into his mindset and I am sure not much happened during that time that he viewed as worth mentioning.
My honest thoughts
I have always told people that my favorite singers from my childhood are Axl Rose and Steven Tyler, while my favorite singer after childhood is Ronnie Radke. His past makes sense in correlation with how he turned out and even his talent. In some ways Ronnie has always reminded me of a variation of Axl Rose, he even threw a mic stand in the audience and that whole story is in the book! Unfortunately, sometimes it seems that great talent has to come from a dark place almost as if trying to outrun a shadow from the past. I also even learned that Ronnie has been sober from drugs since he got out of jail which is surprising to me; however, I do believe it due to his convictions regarding drugs.
I always thought that Ronnie had this ability to push himself further and further as every albums had elements in it that were more impressive than before. My favorite album though has to be Fashionably late as the song alone and born to lead just blew my mind even to this day. My least favorite being coming home due to me finding it kind of similar to other songs that came out around the same time. In all honestly, I thought that the band was going to go down hill after Jacky Vincent left since but oh man when the drug in me is you(remastered) and I’m not a vampire(revamped) came out I got massive chills. I think it was those to songs that made me sit back and go wow I don’t think anyone right now is at his level on singing combined with his composition.
Conclusion
I think if you are a fan of Falling in Reverse and enjoy reading autobiographies you should absolutely get this before it sells out. It took me a few hours to get through it and I did enjoy it thoroughly. I gained a lot of knowledge from this, especially as a musician. If you want to be a successful musician first, you need to practice a lot and absolutely love practicing and second you need to study those who were highly successful in their field. I currently have a daughter just over one year old and I know that for both a good chance at a music career and to do better in school in general she will have a piano at a very young age.
~ Taylor Frizzell