11. Music From The Lockdown (Zene a karanténból) 2020-21
The pandemic was hitting hard, the general lockdown ruined lots of musical initiatives and there even were bands who had no choice but to give up. Falling In Reverse was also put to cancel tours with "Popular Monster", but Ronnie worked without a stop on his releasing plans. The Twitch streams he was already doing for a short while then, became the main communication channel for him, he was having sessions about his musical concept, his plans, his personal life or just for a little bit of fun.
He had an idea of reimagining some of his old songs, actually to completely change their musical basis, the sounding, the instrumentation, the rhythm, everything except for the main tune and the lyrics. He chose "The Drug In Me Is You" first, then, sensing the huge effect it made on fans and audience in general, picked "I'm Not A Vampire" too one year later. As far as both songs had dinamic rock'n'roll vibes, the transformings were deconstructions and they took place in the direction of lyricism; eventually Ronnie wrote two piano ballads out of the two rock hits from FIR's first album, The Drug In Me Is You.
The Drug In Me Is Reimagined (Febr. 2020) Epitaph Records
I'm Not A Vampire Revamped (Febr. 2021) Epitaph Records
The music video is dedicated to the loving memory of guitarist Derek Jones, who passed away in April 2021, may him rest in peace. After his wife's death because of cancer, Derek struggled with his loss and depression, and despite of the help he got from his bandmates and friends, he just couldn't recover anymore. His love for music, and also his "dry wit and easygoing demeanor"* will be missed by many.
During the lockdown Falling In Reverse recorded a livestream concert, they named it Live From The Unknown, and broadcasted it on FIR's Merch site in two parts, each 40 minutes long. The recordings were directed by Jensen Noen, and made with the actual band members Max Georgiev, Christian Thompson, Luke Holland, (in temporary absence of Tyler Burgess) Wes Horton III and of course frontman Ronnie Radke. The effort and energy put into these shows by all collabing was immense, they seemingly did something that’s never happened before and they did it flawlessly.
“‘Live From the Unknown’ is a two-part event I have created that has never been done,” Radke explains. “It’s two shows on separate nights with added elements that you just have to see to understand. Me trying to explain it now would ruin the live experience and also wouldn’t do it justice. Make sure you grab your tickets cause it probably will never happen like this again!”
A karantén ideje alatt a Falling In Reverse felvett egy livestream koncertet is, amit Live From The Unknown-nak neveztek el, és a FIR Merch oldalán adták le két, egyenként 40 perces részben. A felvételek Jensen Noen rendezésével készültek, és Max Georgiev, Christian Thompson, Luke Holland, (Tyler Burgess átmeneti hiányában) Wes Horton III aktuális bandatagokkal, valamint a frontember Ronnie Radke-vel. Az erőfeszítés és energia, ami ebben a műsorba bele lett téve minden közreműködő által, az óriási volt, láthatóan olyasmit csináltak, amit előtte sosem, és hibátlanul.
"A "Live From The Unknown" egy kétrészes esemény, amit alkottam, és amilyen eddig még sosem jött létre." magyarázta Radke. "Két show különböző estéken, hozzáadott elemekkel, amiket látni kell ahhoz, hogy megértsünk. Ha én most elkezdeném magyarázni, elrontanám a live élményt, és még csak nem is lennék igazságos. Szerezzetek jegyet még ma, mert ilyen valószínűleg nem történik meg még egyszer."
OFFICIAL TRAILERS TO THE STREAM
Live From The Unknown (2021) Falling In Reverse Livestream
Part I. (4/16/2021)
- The Drug In Me Is Reimagined 00:00:00
- I'm Not A Vampire 00:05:37
- Guillotine IV. /The Final Chapter 00:09:27
- Born To Lead 00:12:36
- God, If You Are Above 00:17:50
- Fuck You And All Your Friends 00:21:27
- Situations 00:24:43
- Raised By The Wolves 00:27:41
- The Drug In Me Is You 00:31:38
- Just Like You 00:35:10
Part II. (4/30/2021)
- Rolling Stone 00:39:14
- Chemical Prisoner 00:43:20
- It's Over When It's Over 00:47:43
- Superhero 00:51:35
- Not Godd Enough For Truth In Cliche 00:54:50
- The Westerner 00:58:50
- Losing My Mind 01:02:39
- Losing My Life 01:06:40
- Drugs 01:11:28
- Popular Monster 01:15:27
After the streams' availability expired, unfortunately the video material of Live From The Unknown cannot be found officially on the internet, except for the Russian video site www.vk.com, where it has been uploaded presumably without any copyright permission. Since the upload was already made and the videos can still be watched unhindered, here I brought the 2 parts embed for a personal view only. Any claims against the violation of copyright rules will make me immediately delete the embed links.
According to Ronnie Radke's own admission, in the recent years he has not given as many interviews as he used to. He answered rarely and only to the appropriate reporter, but these interviews all became a high-quality, informative material. AltPress reporter Ryan J. Downey, old friend of Falling In Reverse, had the privilege alone of conducting a 40-minute, detailed summary interview with Ronnie during the quarantine.

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