Last week, Falling In Reverse were forced to cancel their show in Grayslake, Illinois after the singer announced that the band lost their laptops. Singer Ronnie Radke said that “as a band in 2022, you need your laptops. It’s like driving a car without an engine.”
Sirius XM DJ Eddie Trunk responded to the announcement. Trunk has been a vocal critic of bands overly using pre-recorded tracks at shows for elements like lead and backing vocals and guitars. “This is astonishing .. First I heard about this I thought it was a joke to wind me up,” Trunk posted. “How much longer are fans, promoters, media, just going to accept the epidemic of live rock shows… not really being live? Paying your hard earned money to see a band play ‘live’ that’s not truly live?! And there are countless bands in 2022 that hone their craft and play live! Tons! New and old !! Including the one that subbed for them in their slot, Jackyl . No laptop needed there! This is just unreal. But at least I give them credit for being honest. Wow. I am closer than ever to launching my own band. And I can’t sing or play a note .. simply amazing.”
Radke took offense to Trunk’s post and responded: “@EddieTrunk so you wanna talk hella Sh*t about laptops but go watch kiss lip sync, Steven Tyler plays the piano then half way through the song he stands on top of piano while it sill plays yet here we are acting like they all don’t use tracks you f*cking idiot. Literal moron”.
Radke shared a video of Trunk introducing a Sebastian Bach show and wrote: “@EddieTrunk introducing @sebastianbach using tracks, both idiots talking Sh*t about me using tracks can’t make this sh*t up.” Bach responded: “Wow dummy are you trying to say that you believe that I use tracks on stage? @EddieTrunk how f****** funny is this“. Radke then claimed that Bach used fake audience noise to intro his show and also fake drums.
Bach responded again: “Watch what happens when track bands call real musicians idiots.” Radke fired back: “The f*ck is your bitch *ss gonna do? You disrespect an entire generation of people after you that use synths laptops and backing tracks all while using a fake audience on a track as you walk out, f*ck you and f*ck Eddie trunks bitch *ss”.
Bach then replied: “It’s always so much fun to show someone what the world was like before the internet existed get f****** ready. Virtual reality is so much fun until you have to deal with actual reality. In your face. Can’t wait to meet you in person. Name the time and the place and I will introduce you to rock and roll in person man”.
Radke then said Bach should be ashamed of putting down a new generation of bands and that “Sh*t changes so do people the fuck is your problem.” Radke would later show a video of Queen performing “Bohemian Rhapsody” and wrote: “@sebastianbach @eddietrunk and any other literal clown: I guess Queen isn’t real Rock since in 1986 they used full tracks to play bohemian rhapsody and walked off stage”.
Bach came back with: “Laptops were not invented in 1986 tho You realize that laptops didn’t come around till like 1997 right genius? So then how did Queen get on the stage? If laptops were not invented don’t they have 2 cancel the show? How did this clip happen without laptops isn’t that impossible?”
The back and forth hasn’t showed many signs of slowing, and Motley Crue bassist Nikki Sixx seemingly came to the defense of Falling In Reverse. “Keep beating that fake bullshit drum. Sounds so ‘Get Off My Lawn’. God forbid if some artists use technology as a creative tool on albums and in live settings. I get it. Just open your mind and stop fighting reality. Makes you sound outta touch and I like that you fly the rock flag.”
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