Sebastian Bach and Ronnie Radke have engaged in a war of words on Twitter over FALLING IN REVERSE‘s decision to cancel a festival appearance due to “missing” laptops.
Just hours before FALLING IN REVERSE was supposed to appear at the WIIL Rock festival on Saturday, September 24 at Lake County Fairgrounds in Grayslake, Illinois, the singer and his bandmates scrapped their performance because their laptops — which the musicians use to “run” their “show” — were lost. At the time, Radke said in a video message that he and his bandmates had “no other option” because “as a band in 2022, you need your laptops. It’s like driving a car without an engine.”
A couple of days later, SiriusXM radio personality Eddie Trunk, who has been a vocal critic of rock bands using pre-recorded tracks at their live shows, blasted FALLING IN REVERSE for canceling the concert, writing on his social media: “This is astonishing .. First I heard about this I thought it was a joke to wind me up. How much longer are fans, promoters , media, just going to accept the epidemic of live rock shows… not really being live? Paying your hard earned money to see a band play ‘live’ that’s not truly live?! And there are countless bands in 2022 that hone their craft and play live! Tons! New and old !! Including the one that subbed for them in their slot, JACKYL . No laptop needed there! This is just unreal. But at least I give them credit for being honest. Wow. I am closer than ever to launching my own band. And I can’t sing or play a note .. simply amazing.”
On October 1, Radke took to his Twitter to respond to Trunk, writing: “@EddieTrunk so you wanna talk hella Shit about laptops but go watch kiss lip sync, Steven Tyler plays the piano then half way through the song he stands on top of piano while it sill plays yet here we are acting like they all don’t use tracks you fucking idiot. Literal moron”. He also shared a video of Trunk introducing Bach‘s solo band at a performance, and he included the following message: “@EddieTrunk introducing @sebastianbach using tracks, both idiots talking Shit about me using tracks can’t make this shit up.” A short time later, Bach fired back, writing: “Wow dummy are you trying to say that you believe that I use tracks on stage? @EddieTrunk how f****** funny is this”. Radke then responded: “There’s a fake audience cheer in your intro tracks and also fake drums the fuck you mean? that shit isn’t real you are using a fake audience cheering as you walk out on a fucking track hence you using tracks.”
Things escalated further when Bach tweeted “Watch what happens when track bands call real musicians idiots”, prompting Radke to write: “The fuck is your bitch ass gonna do? You disrespect an entire generation of people after you that use synths laptops and backing tracks all while using a fake audience on a track as you walk out, fuck you and fuck Eddie trunks bitch ass”. Sebastian later added: “It’s always so much fun to show someone what the world was like before the internet existed get f****** ready. Virtual reality is so much fun until you have to deal with actual reality. In your face. Can’t wait to meet you in person. Name the time and the place and I will introduce you to rock and roll in person man”.
Not backing down, Ronnie wrote: “What a fucking BUMMER this man that we all once loved is literally disrespecting an entire generation of bands. You got a lot of people that grew up listening to you you should be ashamed of yourself. Shit changes so do people the fuck is your problem”.
Earlier today, the Twitter feud continued, with Radke sharing a classic video of QUEEN performing “Bohemian Rhapsody” and writing: “@sebastianbach @eddietrunk and any other literal clown: I guess Queen isn’t real Rock since in 1986 they used full tracks to play bohemian rhapsody and walked off stage”. Within minutes, Sebastian responded: “Laptops were not invented in 1986 tho You realize that laptops didn’t come around till like 1997 right…
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