Falling in Reverse Singer Ronnie Radke Arrested for Injuring Two Fans

| Oct 03, 2012 | Comments 20 | Tags: ,

Falling in Reverse frontman Ronnie Radke (pictured left) has been arrested, again.

This time the arrest is due to two fans being injured when he threw several microphone stands into the crowd during a show that took place this past weekend at FestEVIL at Six Flags Great Adventure in New Jersey.

One victim was a 16-year-old girl who was taken to the hospital for treatment on a cut she received to the head. The other was a 24-year-old man who was treated on the scene.

Radke was charged with simple and aggravated assault. It’s being reported he was released on $25,000 bail.

Due to this incident, Six Flags Great Adventure has banned all future metal- affiliated concerts at the park. Spokeswoman for the park, Kristin Siebenicher said, “This performer was completely reckless.” She added, “He had complete disregard for the safety of his fans. His actions were totally unacceptable. It’s not the type of entertainment that we want to be producing.”

As mentioned, this isn’t Radke’s first arrest. He was sentenced to five years probation on battery charges in connection with his role in a fatal shooting of an 18-year-old man in Nevada back in 2006. Though Radke didn’t shoot the man, he spent two and a half years in prison after violating probation when he skipped an appointment with an officer.

Falling in Reverse is expected to resume touring next week in Portland, Oregon.

Revolver covers the topic if metal concerts are too dangerous in the September/October issue, on newsstands now and available online right here.

The video below shows Radke wearing underwear on his head briefly and then throwing the stands into the crowd (near the end of the song).



  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Thom-Kirby/694916411 Thom Kirby

    Six flags is so funny… Radke often throws the mic stands into the crowd… He did so when I was at Club Nokia for the vans warped tour kick off this year… Now at the vans warped tour in irvine he didnt throw the mic stands,… but this is what he does, and for six flags to be shocked is not an excuse for not knowing…. theres video of him doing it everywhere… Now as a middle aged man myself, i thought it wasnt smart of him to do it…. But this is what he does… Hell, the real danger at these concerts isnt the mic stand, its the kids surfing…. I have had them land on my head many a time…. sometimes the kids are over 200 pounds…. I am sure i had a mild concussion from one of them… and I am a big guy. For FIR and similiar bands I am often surrounded by little girls who are getting crushed by these surfers… and they love it. Add circle pits, walls of death and just the fist and leg kicking…. Six Flags is a joke.

  • http://www.facebook.com/kenneth.miller.1291 Kenneth Miller

    Stupid to ban all metal shows over one idiot frontman

    • http://twitter.com/eduardo_baca eduardo baca

      you are a faggot

  • http://twitter.com/NRTrandahl Nicholas Trandahl

    Wow. That band sucks.

  • Eva

    Apparently Radke hasn’t been keeping up on the Randy Blythe saga. How long do think it will be before the families sue?

    • Anthony Krutis

      The 16 year olds parents will sue someone not him since he’s got jackshit.You do know they’ll sue the park.

  • http://twitter.com/XXZ_BlackXX Zach Blackwell

    Not all hard rock acts are going to throw mic stands in the crowd. That promoter has no idea what she’s talking about. Bitch.

  • zack

    stupid assholes cant take a hit from a mic stand instead they act all hurt and and make a scene and get ronnie arrested again

    • Anthony Krutis

      Wow are you like 12?Maybe you should join the Bieber Cult since you sound like those tweens.”Oh Justin is gonna marry me”.
      They didn’t make a scene he did by being a asshole.
      I hope he rots in jail!

  • Big Al

    they suck!! Metal???? pop more like it!

  • http://twitter.com/RemaxSxHoriuchi PropsღMayhem♥

    Wow this is fucking STUPID. I WAS THERE. Big fucking deal he threw mics, if no one took notice like EVERYONE was laughing. There’s no wrong about throwin mic stands. IT’S THE SAME AS KIDS CROWD SURFING AND FUCKING MOSHING. But the mic stands are like a few pounds and the people/ fans are anywhere between 90~250 pounds crowd surfing. It’s rediculous. You make him seem like a bad guy, where he is NO WHERE near that. How about focus on the positive things he does and not a fucking 30 second thing of ” badness “. AND for six flags to ban ALL metal things are NOT cool. This is just fucking rediculous.

    • Anthony Krutis

      Your a bigger idiot than him.He should have known his crowd.Six Flags are all ages.I know I’ve worked the concerts since 05.He showed how amatureish he was.That shit don’t fly.Mike stands are about 5 -10 pounds.You add the force he threw them and a pesky thing called Gravity you have a deadly object.When he kills someone will you just go “Oh that’s just Ronnie going crazy”..He’s a real idiot.The worse part is the 16 year old parents will sue.Not him since he’s got shit but the park.I know they’ve been looking for any reason to cut the loses of concerts.It costs way to much to do tanked show.There had to be over 4,000 to make it worth it.He just gave them a excuse.What has he done that’s postive?I
      You reap what you sow.He threw something that could have killed someone.Maybe he’ll get the help he needs(I hate Never Shout Never but I respect Drew for getting clean of drugs).

  • JRand

    I’m having a hard time understanding who in their right minds would consider this band “metal-affiliated”

  • Guest

    What the actual fuck, Ronnie get your shit together. You fucked up Escape The Fate, because they had one good album after you left, but it’s shit now. So don’t ruin Falling In Reverse too.

  • http://twitter.com/eduardo_baca eduardo baca

    Fuck!! pleasee is bad to throw mic stands in the crowd but the mosh is totally correct please fucking girls that make a scene!! comm´on !! all the people in mosh get more kicks than a kick of a stand fucking idiots! Ronnie is better than all this shit and PLEASE! say me your favorite band and i will tell you the fronmans´s errors and mistakes … Ronnie pay what do you want!! fuck you mabitts

  • Blerg

    Way to give metal a bad name, dipshit.

  • ItsNOTMetal!

    stupid to ban metal shows because of some gay emo band…

  • that guy

    they should of seen that stand coming towards them, all they had to do was move out of the way..what were they, distracted by people going down waterslides?

    • doctor

      have you ever been to a concert? you try moving out of the way from a flying object when you are jam packed between hundreds of people who don’t care about personal space.

  • Guest

    What the actual fuck. It’s stupid enough that this Six Flags bitch would ban all “metal-affiliated” concerts over one band…what a dumb cunt, I don’t think she even realizes that she’s totally stereotyping metal bands as bad, reckless people, and it’s not fair. But furthermore, how the hell is Falling in Reverse metal or metal-affiliated in anyway??? It’s just some whiny music for unlikable scene girls to cry and masturbate too….