The property of founding Slipknot drummer Joey Jordison is suing the band, accusing them of profiting off his demise and failing to return his possessions.
Jordison, who based the steel band in 1995 alongside Paul Grey and Shawn “Clown” Crahan, was fired from the band in 2013, with the band citing private causes. Jordison later revealed that he suffered from the neurological illness transverse myelitis. He handed away in July 2021 on the age of 46.
Within the new lawsuit, filed in June by Steamroller LLC, his property claims that Slipknot continued to make use of Jordison’s title and private belongings “in a travelling Slipknot museum referred to as Knotfest and lined their pockets with revenue off of Jordison’s devoted fanbase”.
“After abruptly kicking Jordison out of Slipknot in 2013, [Corey] Taylor and Crahan expressly promised in a written settlement to return all of Jordison’s belongings in alternate for Jordison’s promise to launch sure claims in opposition to them,” the swimsuit alleges.
“The settlement contained a non-exclusive listing of broad classes of things that [Taylor and Crahan] represented had been of their possession and that they’d return to Jordison. [Taylor and Crahan] presupposed to adjust to the settlement by returning sure objects to Jordison however, unbeknownst to Jordison, [they] had executed the settlement with no intention of performing their obligations thereunder, and knowingly hid from Jordison that they possessed quite a few different objects belonging to Jordison that they by no means returned to him.”
The swimsuit additionally describes Jordison’s elimination from the band: “The callousness of Jordison’s firing and different mistreatment by the hands of Crahan and Taylor have been broadly reported and criticized by followers of the band. Because the Nineteen Nineties, Jordison had devoted his life to creating Slipknot a steel sensation, from which Crahan and Taylor handsomely profited. It made no sense why Crahan and Taylor would deal with Jordison with such disdain, particularly in gentle of Jordison’s declining well being.”
It continues with allegations about the remainder of the band’s response following Jordison’s demise. “Maybe worst of all, Crahan and Taylor publicly lied to followers that they’d contacted Jordison’s household to test on them and specific their condolences and love for Jordison within the wake of his passing. This was completely false, and deeply upsetting for Jordison’s household to learn such a blatant lie on the web. It’s clear that Taylor and Crahan didn’t truly care about Jordison or his household; they cared solely about drumming up publicity and gross sales of the brand new album.”
Responding to the case, Slipknot’s authorized staff have requested for the swimsuit to be dismissed. “Defendants typically deny each allegation and purported declare set forth in Plaintiff’s First Amended Grievance and additional deny that Plaintiff is entitled to any reduction in any way,” they mentioned.
Slipknot launched their seventh and most up-to-date studio album, ‘The Finish, So Far’, in September 2022.
The band parted methods with drummer Jay Weinberg in November, sharing an official assertion on social media claiming that they had been “intent on evolving”, and made the “inventive resolution” that Weinberg will go away the band. His departure was 10 years after he joined the line-up, and simply months after keyboardist Craig Jones left the group in June.
The band just lately added a second London present to their twenty fifth anniversary UK tour subsequent 12 months. The masked steel band will play a run of dates throughout Europe in December 2024, together with area reveals in Leeds, Glasgow, Manchester, Birmingham and London. See full particulars under and get your tickets right here.
DECEMBER 2024
14 – First Direct Enviornment, Leeds
15 – OVO Hydro, Glasgow
17 – Co-op Stay Enviornment, Manchester
18 – Utilita Enviornment, Birmingham
20 – The O2, London
21 – The O2, London