Falling In Reverse ProfileCoolio's seminal 1995 anthem of the streets, Gangsta's Paradise, has had a long and storied relationship with other artists covering or paying homage to the song, with everyone from cult pop punk band Sewing With Nancie (whose members went on to form The Reason) to Weird Al Yankovic getting in on the act, despite the fact (or maybe because) Gangsta's Paradise itself is a reworking of Stevie Wonder's 1976 track Pastime Paradise.
Las Vegas-based post-hardcore outfit Falling In Reverse has become the latest group to lend their unique flavour to Coolio's magnum opus (not including the Kenan & Kel theme), if you consider chug-guitar-driven, stompy double-kick heavy melodrama to be "unique flavour":
The song is part of the Punk Goes 90s, Volume 2 release put out by Fearless Records recently, and it would be ultra-easy to dismiss if not for the fact that there is at least a degree of credibility underlying this cover, given Falling In Reverse's frontman, Ronnie Radke, has actually done hard time and had multiple run-ins with the law, which led to his ejection from previous band Escape The Fate.
Still, that doesn't mean it's not easy (sans "ultra") to dismiss, because that cover is insane (Confide's Such Great Heights insane), progressing from a laughably harmless and standard reimagining of the song before a total sonic conniption occurs and the song limps towards the finish line through a jarring blend of breakdowns, glitchcore, and Coolio just goddamn standing around the whole time, earning his paycheque simply by showing up.
