The biggest mistake I think Falling In Reverse ever made was letting Wes Horton go. Every performance I see him in with Falling In Reverse, he looks so happy to be there, excited, and his voice and the tone of bass he was using was just perfect in every way possible. I don't think I ever saw Tyler Burgess perform as good or be as excited as Wes. Maybe there was some personality clash between Ronnie and Wes, they don't seem to be on the same level but at the same time, Wes was amazing.
After taking a look at this table of "contributors" I'm guessing it's all about the $. Usually to get paid you want your name listed as being someone who helped create the song. Not saying this is the case with FIR/Horton, but when bandmates are lighting cigars with $100 bills, and you're barely making rent.... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Falling_in_Reverse_band_members
@@dreamwest818 Yes and no, I guess it's easy to see that since Derek passed away, Falling in Reverse has become solely Ronnie's project and he's proudly taking responsibility and probably even writing all the music himself, but it's also clear to see that Wes was proud to be in Falling In Reverse and Ronnie said during a twitch live stream that Wes didn't want to leave the band, but that was all Ronnie said. I think there are a number of reason that it could have been, including Wes not looking the part, the other members are all tattooed men with big statures, Wes was quite short, no visible tattooes, and probably a bit younger than the other guys, maybe because Wes was a fan of Falling In Reverse before joining them, that he was possibly asking too many questions or annoying Ronnie with musical ideas, when Ronnie was trying to take Falling In Reverse in a solo direction but with the same kind of genre they always had. The reason why I think Ronnie writes the music now is because it's actually just very different than usual Falling In Reverse, no guitar solos, nothing instrumental that stands out and it has a lot of rap influence and vocal dominance compared to music that they made previously where the whole band seemed to be involved, which is fair considering how many people have come and gone and the fact that Ronnie has been the only consistent thing in the band. I also think the big part would be musical differences, maybe Wes wanted to write music for the band and Ronnie didn't want that and Ronnie found it easier to bring back a previous member than to spend his time explaining constantly what Falling In Reverse will be. Either way, it's not my business but I still think Wes was good for the band, he was excited and happy to be there and he definitely seemed to want to match the energy Ronnie was putting into performances. Ronnie always had a thing where his ego would drive him to dislike other members, you can see it in old performances for sure, where Jackie Vincent would have a guitar solo and Ronnie would just stop moving and stare at Jackie until he was done as if Jackie was out of place. But I think Ronnie earned his right to make the music he wants, like I said, he's been consistent since day one and he has really made Falling in Reverse into everything that it is by himself.
