Falling In Reverse frontman Ronnie Radke has ignited a feud on Twitter with on-line music critic Anthony Fantano.
The pair’s confrontation began after Fantano negatively reviewed the brand new Falling In Reverse single ‘Watch The World Burn’, which was launched final month, on his YouTube channel The Needle Drop.
In a single round-up video posted on February 6, Fantano described the monitor as a “actually dangerous rap-metal track the place it kinda feels like [the rapper] Tom McDonald however with out the racism, and Eminem however with out the expertise.
“The bars are cringe and tremendous horrible and tough to bear. And kinda the steel transition it goes into towards the tip of the monitor is gross and cheesy as fuck. Yeah, I hope I don’t need to take heed to this monitor too many extra instances earlier than I find yourself within the grave.”
Radke responded on Thursday by tweeting that Fantano “is just like the Perez Hilton of music critics, appears to be like 25 years older than he’s and no person will care about him in 3 years.”
Fantano replied with two units of comparability pictures of Radke and himself, tweeting: “over the previous decade, I objectively appear like I’ve placed on fewer years than Mr. Radke. and I’ve had fewer journeys by means of the authorized system as nicely. I believe I’m successful.”
Radke spent two-and-a-half years in jail from 2008-2010 for battery costs associated to his function within the loss of life of an 18-year-old man in Nevada in 2006. He was additionally arrested twice in 2012, for alleged home assault after which for injuring two viewers members at a present after throwing 4 microphone stands into the gang. Falling In Reverse have consequently by no means performed within the UK as a result of Radke is unable to cross the border due to his felony file.
The pair continued to commerce insults. “The humorous factor about the best pic versus the blonde pic, the blonde pic is 5 years later than the best pic of me. HAHAHAHAHAHA YOU [WERE] BORN LOOKING OLD,” Radke stated to Fantano, to which he replied: “You appear like that after 5 years??? what’s your secret? cocaine?”
Radke replied: “Properly honestly the best image was taken in 108 diploma climate in an Arizona parking zone on stage. The opposite was taken 5 years later in a room you’re actually 3 years youthful than me.”
Fantano then stated, “he admitted the hole between the pics is 5 years.”
.@theneedledrop is just like the Perez Hilton of music critics, appears to be like 25 years older than he’s and no person will care about him in 3 years
— RonnieRadke (@RonnieRadke) February 9, 2023
over the previous decade, i objectively appear like i’ve placed on fewer years than Mr. Radke. and that i’ve had fewer journeys by means of the authorized system as nicely.
i feel i’m successful. 😘✌️ https://t.co/4BZOFuH7bm pic.twitter.com/BDhIZMZUwC
— anthony “mild 1” fantano (@theneedledrop) February 9, 2023
The humorous factor about the best pic versus the blonde pic, the blonde pic is 5 years later than the best pic of me. HAHAHAHAHAHA YOU WRRE BORN LOOKING OLD https://t.co/8xVGZWYMSo
— RonnieRadke (@RonnieRadke) February 9, 2023
Properly honestly the best image was taken in 108 diploma climate in an Arizona parking zone on stage. The opposite was taken 5 years later in a room you’re actually 3 years youthful than me. https://t.co/g4iCUmyqKg
— RonnieRadke (@RonnieRadke) February 9, 2023
he admitted the hole between the pics is 5 years. https://t.co/zJiy47CBPq pic.twitter.com/XNC1l9vSqv
— anthony “mild 1” fantano (@theneedledrop) February 9, 2023
Radke then continued to poke enjoyable at Fantano, alleging that The Needle Drop’s on-line followers are “paid bots from India.. at the least they higher be hahahahahahaha.” He later added: “Everyone knows what occurs to largely adverse critic YouTubers, one other YouTuber will make a video known as ‘what occurred to Anthony Fantano’ in 2 years tops.”
Fantano admitted to his followers that his feud with Radke was “nowhere close to as cool because the Drake feud. I’ll admit it… I’ll do higher subsequent time guys.”
.@theneedledrop additionally, his followers are paid bots from India.. at the least they higher be hahahahahahaha pic.twitter.com/AGdD6RFHXy
— RonnieRadke (@RonnieRadke) February 9, 2023
Everyone knows what occurs to largely adverse critic YouTubers, one other YouTuber will make a video known as “what occurred to Anthony fantano” in 2 years tops. https://t.co/73Ri0R1L2m
— RonnieRadke (@RonnieRadke) February 9, 2023
that is nowhere close to as cool because the drake feud.
i’ll admit it…
i’ll do higher subsequent time, guys. 😞
— anthony “mild 1” fantano (@theneedledrop) February 9, 2023
Drake revealed of his personal accord again in September that he had despatched Fantano hateful messages.
He posted screenshots on his Instagram story poking enjoyable on the critic’s score system – whereby he’ll give data a rating from 1 to 10 with a prefix of “mild”, “first rate”, “sturdy” or someplace in-between (ie. “a lightweight to first rate 5”) – by writing: “Your existence is a lightweight 1. And the 1 is ‘trigger you’re alive. And ‘trigger you someway wifed a Black woman. I’m feeling a lightweight to first rate 1 in your existence.”