Ronnie Radke

Ronnie Radke has one daughter, Willow Grace Radke, with model Crissy Henderson. The pair were previously engaged, and their relationship ended in 2013. Radke later began a relationship with wrestler Saraya Bevis in 2018, and they separated in late 2024.

His older brother, Anthony James Radke, died in a traffic collision in 2013. Radke wrote the Falling in Reverse songs "Brother" and "Chemical Prisoner" in his memory.

Radke formed Escape the Fate in Las Vegas in 2004 after his friend Max Green referred him to guitarist Bryan Money, who was seeking a vocalist. The lineup developed with drummer Robert Ortiz, guitarist Omar Espinosa and keyboardist Carson Allen. The band won a radio contest judged by My Chemical Romance and signed with Epitaph Records in 2006.

Escape the Fate released the EP There's No Sympathy for the Dead and the album Dying Is Your Latest Fashion in 2006. Radke was removed from the band in 2008 after he was sentenced to prison for violating probation. Craig Mabbitt replaced him as vocalist.

While incarcerated, Radke began writing material for a new band with Nason Schoeffler. The project was initially called From Behind These Walls and was later renamed Falling in Reverse. After Radke's release in December 2010, the band recorded its debut album, The Drug in Me Is You, which was released through Epitaph Records in 2011.

Falling in Reverse followed The Drug in Me Is You with Fashionably Late in 2013, Just Like You in 2015, Coming Home in 2017 and Popular Monster in 2024. The band's first two albums reached the top 20 in the United States, while all four of its first four albums charted in the top 40.

The song "Popular Monster" reached number one on Billboard's Mainstream Rock chart in 2020, giving the band its first chart-topper. Radke's vocal approach combines clean singing, screaming and rapping. In 2014, Falling in Reverse also recorded a cover of Coolio's "Gangsta's Paradise" for the compilation Punk Goes '90s Vol. 2, with Coolio appearing in the music video and a live performance.

Radke launched a YouTube channel in 2013 and released the solo songs "Fair-Weather Fans" and "What Up Earth?". His rap mixtape Watch Me followed in 2014 and included collaborations with artists such as Deuce, b.LaY, Tyler Carter, Sy Ari da Kid, Jacoby Shaddix, Danny Worsnop and Andy Biersack.

His other collaborations include vocal appearances on Deuce's "Nobody Likes Me" and Metro Station's "Getting Over You", as well as songwriting and production work with Survive This!, Get Scared and Dead Girls Academy. Radke co-wrote the memoir I Can Explain with journalist Ryan J. Downey, released in December 2022.

In 2006, Radke was involved in a Las Vegas fight during which another man was fatally shot. He was not prosecuted for murder, but pleaded guilty to battery with substantial bodily harm and possessing brass knuckles. After violating probation, he was sentenced to prison and served two and a half years. His incarceration led to his departure from Escape the Fate.

In 2012, Radke was arrested in connection with a domestic-violence case and later pleaded no contest to disturbing the peace. That year, he was also arrested after throwing microphone stands into the audience at a Six Flags Great Adventure performance, injuring two concertgoers. Six Flags subsequently banned hard rock and heavy metal bands from performing at the park.

Radke and former Escape the Fate vocalist Craig Mabbitt later reconciled, and the two bands co-headlined the "Bury the Hatchet" tour in 2014. In 2024, Radke was denied entry to the United Kingdom because of his prison sentence, resulting in the cancellation and postponement of a scheduled Falling in Reverse tour.

Radke was named among Revolver Magazine's 100 Greatest Living Rock Stars in 2011 and among Kerrang!'s 50 Greatest Rock Stars in the World Today in 2012. He also won an Alternative Press award for Best Video in 2013.

The song "Getting Over You", recorded with Metro Station, won Best Collaboration at the 2015 Kerrang! Music Awards.