Someone posted a link to this interview in a reply to a question I made on Yahoo! Answers and I followed it because I wanted to read Ronnie's side of the story. I do feel sorry for Ronnie, he didn't pull the gun or the gun's trigger and he didn't kill that man in the fight yet he was sentenced to four years in prison after he violated his probation. But I'm not sure if I believe that the Las Vegas police tricked him into violating his probation, honestly it seems like a load of bullcrap. I also do feel sorry for him because he did have a drug problem.
However, I do agree that Ronnie's voice was better suited for Escape the Fate then Craig's, but Craig's voice is good too. A bass voice is just better for Escape the Fate. However, I hold no hate to Escape the Fate for replacing Ronnie. The way I see it, EtF had two options:
A) Breakup the band: Just like Ronnie, the rest of the members of Escape the Fate are musicians too. Do you think that they could just go out and get "real" jobs? I know Ronnie had more of a disadvantage the rest of the band because of his criminal charges, but still the other members probably would have hard time too. I mean music is all they know, right? And I doubt that Escape the Fate could still bring in money without a lead singer. I don't think that EtF could put their careers on hold until Ronnie was released, the members would have to go on to find new acts to "pay the bills."
B) Get a new lead singer.
Look. Craig is a good singer. My high school music teacher told me that a tenor voice is much less common with men but tenor singers usually get farther in musical careers. Maybe he's wrong and maybe he's right. I don't know. But Craig is good, I haven't heard him sing in any other band besides Escape the Fate and blessthefall and, as far as I know, most people haven't either so how would they know if "Craig was only good in blessthefall" or not when he's only sung in two bands? He's not suited for Escape the Fate, but that doesn't make him a bad singer.
I know that Craig changed his look a lot when he joined Escape the Fate, but how could you know for certain if he didn't do that to "fit in" with EtF. Maybe he changed to look like Ronnie, maybe he changed his look to fit in, no one really knows. And why would you hate Max? I honestly don't see why anyone would hate him?
Someone posted a link to this interview in a reply to a question I made on Yahoo! Answers and I followed it because I wanted to read Ronnie's side of the story. I do feel sorry for Ronnie, he didn't pull the gun or the gun's trigger and he didn't kill that man in the fight yet he was sentenced to four years in prison after he violated his probation. But I'm not sure if I believe that the Las Vegas police tricked him into violating his probation, honestly it seems like a load of bullcrap. I also do feel sorry for him because he did have a drug problem.
However, I do agree that Ronnie's voice was better suited for Escape the Fate then Craig's, but Craig's voice is good too. A bass voice is just better for Escape the Fate. However, I hold no hate to Escape the Fate for replacing Ronnie. The way I see it, EtF had two options:
A) Breakup the band: Just like Ronnie, the rest of the members of Escape the Fate are musicians too. Do you think that they could just go out and get "real" jobs? I know Ronnie had more of a disadvantage the rest of the band because of his criminal charges, but still the other members probably would have hard time too. I mean music is all they know, right? And I doubt that Escape the Fate could still bring in money without a lead singer. I don't think that EtF could put their careers on hold until Ronnie was released, the members would have to go on to find new acts to "pay the bills."
B) Get a new lead singer.
Look. Craig is a good singer. My high school music teacher told me that a tenor voice is much less common with men but tenor singers usually get farther in musical careers. Maybe he's wrong and maybe he's right. I don't know. But Craig is good, I haven't heard him sing in any other band besides Escape the Fate and blessthefall and, as far as I know, most people haven't either so how would they know if "Craig was only good in blessthefall" or not when he's only sung in two bands? He's not suited for Escape the Fate, but that doesn't make him a bad singer.
I know that Craig changed his look a lot when he joined Escape the Fate, but how could you know for certain if he didn't do that to "fit in" with EtF. Maybe he changed to look like Ronnie, maybe he changed his look to fit in, no one really knows. And why would you hate Max? I honestly don't see why anyone would hate him?