Shame - although I'm now not as jealous as I might have been.

Agreed. Ronnie seems to have had his torso fully inked in with black. And he also seems to have gone on a fairly major gym kick.

Well Stevie...

This was the Perth show from last night.

Melbourne on Friday... are you?

Tickets do seem to be on sale already (see https://premier.ticketek.com.au/shows/show.aspx?sh=FALLINGI25 for example). But they're likely to sell out really fast, if other countries are anything to go by. For example, all UK venues sold out in 72 hours, before the visa problems came to light and put...

Well, well, well... it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good, Stevie. Falling In Reverse have just cancelled all their UK tour dates, due to Ronnie Radke being refused a visa (courtesy of his having served prison time for parole violations 16 or so years ago). The band is re-applying, so we'll ju...

It is clearly time to re-post Covenant's self-reflective ballad on the subject of Linden Avery, which was meant to be the title track of SRD's now long-abandoned rock opera album on the subject of the Chronicles. So here goes:- (Scored to the tune of "Yesterday" by The Beatles) Leprosy... ...

The recently released 'Popular Monster' album is indeed a real kaleidoscope of multi-genres - and the track ordering is obviously important from a Ronnie's journey/evolving world view standpoint. I'm not sure that the putative narrative is entirely seamless, but I remain gob-smacked at the band's ma...

Agreed on all fronts... though of the new tracks, I also have a lot of time for "Bad Guy". By the way, Stevie, did you ever catch up with 'Straight To Hell' from the 2017 'Coming Home' album? No epic video with that one since it wasn't released as a single, but it's an absolute banger - th...

Okay so the new Falling In Reverse album (entitled "Popular Monster") dropped. The track listing is as per my May 24th post above and it's a mix of new and previously unseen material and tracks that have been released at varying times before (including the two - "Ronald" and &quo...

Okay, while I wait for the new album, I've been revisiting some of FIR's previously released material. I stick by what I said in my original post. Their first album (The Drug In Me Is You - 2011) was a promising start. Fun, high energy, reminiscent of early Blink 182/Green Day etc etc. Their second ...

Erm... there's a new FIR track that just dropped today. Falling In Reverse (feat. Jelly Roll) - All My Life This coming immediately after the dialled up way past 11 ear-bleeding metalcore insanity that was "Ronald" (and it's going to appear on the same album, release date end July)? To me,...

The track list for the new Falling In Reverse Popular Monster album (to be released end July) has been made public. It's less of a compilation than first thought. 1 Prequel - Unreleased 2 Popular Monster - Previously released 3 All My Life - Unreleased 4 Ronald (Ft. Alex Terrible & Tech N9ne) - ...

Yes it is a bit of an aural sledgehammer from the start, isn't it? My first listen reaction was the same as yours - too heavy and too much toward real deathcore metal (though I did really like the surprising Tech N9ne chopper rap section). It may be that FIR wanted to re-affirm their metal roots, fo...

Stevie... it's Falling In Reverse's next instalment - a new single. Ronald Much heavier (!!!) from the very get-go than previous material, both Tech N9ne and Alex Terrible from Slaughter To Prevail guest on this latest "out of the blue" single from Ronnie and Falling In Reverse, with the E...

Stevie, you are more than welcome. I am dead pleased (and also entirely unsurprised) that you ended up rating Falling In Reverse as highly as you clearly do (as do I). I pretty much agree with everything you've said - and especially with your comments on progression. Yes their early stuff was fun - ...

Peter, since you're clearly a Skyrim aficionado... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G97xdpy6Am4&list=PLaV2bHVOlYSDbo0JGghjISwfO3hH9jBav I think you might find this sort of thing amusing. There's a full playlist at that link. For info, Viva La Dirt League are a bunch of Kiwis who have been making ...

I have to admit that The Drug in Me is Reimagined also hits me VERY hard in the feels (and you'll understand exactly when and how, Stevie) - as does Last Resort Reimagined for that matter. And it's not because they're so utterly different and literally worlds apart from the original tracks - they'd ...

Sounds like you're about halfway through my list of recommendations. I'm actually really pleased (but not surprised) that your interest has been piqued - and as you haven't yet reached the videos, I can safely say that IMO at least the best is yet to come! I'm also interested in the comparisons you'...

Joking aside, I'd be interested in your thoughts, StevieG. I know your musical tastes are both wide-ranging and eclectic - and I'm just a tad confident that you'll see a teensy bit of evolution of musical style as you go from older to more recent. And don't give up halfway through - their more recen...

Despite his "taken utterly out of context" sig quote assurance, StevieG is invariably wrong. On all matters. Eternally. And if he's not next to post, he's just being wrong again. As he also will be, if he is next to post. (Sure, it's a heavy cross to bear, Stevie... but hey, deal with it b...

This is another band I've recently got very much into. I'm a big fan of the fact that it's nigh impossible to fit them into any one genre (or two...or three for that matter). Again I urge anyone who doesn't know them to dive into at least some of the later tracks listed below. FIR have been around f...