Emo Fought the Law, and ...Former Escape the Fate singer Ronnie Radke is behind bars in a Nevada jail right now after being caught for jumping parole. The embattled singer has been having run-ins with the law since he was charged with battery over a 2006 fight that led to the death of Michael Cook. But Radke isn't the first emo/punk musician to find himself in trouble with the law.
![]() In March 2007, Tony Lovato, former singer of pop-punk band Mest, turned himself in to authorities after stabbing Wayne Hughes in self-defense. Hughes was the ex-boyfriend of Lovato's girlfriend at the time, and the altercation took place in the parking lot outside her complex. Lovato was sent to jail and released two days later, with all homicide charges dropped. Hughes had reportedly been sending threatening letters to Lovato, perhaps in an attempt to win back his ex-girlfriend. ![]() That same month, Matt McGinley of Gym Class Heroes spent 32 hours in a Mexican jail cell for trespassing and falling asleep in someone's condominium. (McGinley was drunk and thought it was his hotel room.) He later sent a message to AbsolutePunk about his experience, saying, "Being in jail is the worst. Don't ever... EVER EVER EVER EVER ... go there." ![]() The following month — in one of the more bizarre stories in recent memory — Bring Me the Horizon singer Oli Sykes was arrested in April for allegedly urinating on a female fan while inside the band's tour bus. Sykes appeared in court on two separate occasions to plead not guily, and the charges were later dropped due to lack of evidence. ![]() Finally, later in 2007 — in August — Against Me! singer Tom Gabel was hit with a battery charge after allegedly slamming a man's head into a wooden counter at a Tallahasse, Florida, coffee shop. The reason for Gabel's actions? After allegedly tearing down a negative article about the band that was hanging from the coffee-shop wall, a patron asked his reason for doing so. That caused Gabel to go on the attack ... he was arrested that night and released on $500 bail. ![]() Once your favorite musician is arrested, do you see them differently regardless of the truth behind the situation? Discuss in the comments.
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But i have lost ALOT of respect from him because of this incident he needs to learn a lesson jail might teach him it.
isnt that like the second time he has done that?
it says something like that on wiekipedia (sp??)
lol
your such a joke!
When Tony got put in jail, I was like wtf?
I think all of us were relieved with they dropped the charges and called it self-defense. I think it would've been different if he wouldn't have turned himself in to the police.
but ronnie is an asshole who just needs to be convicted already. i'm so sick of hearing about him. everything he does is horrible. he was lucky enough to get off easy with probation and then decides he too much of a baby to actually deal with his punishment and tries to run away from his problems. he's never deserved respect in the first place.
it just makes me think they're stupid, and probably that they'll never do it again. so..whatever. i still listen to Against Me! and Gym Class Heroes. I'll probably NEVER stop listening to them. I like they're music.
hey djrosstar stop copying from other websites!!!
Ronnie Radke's story is just pathetic.
And Lovato has a bad attitude. Couldn't care less about him, even if Mest made great music.