Representative Joey Jordison Sues Slipknot For Profiting From Drummer's Death

Joey Jordison (Instagram @thejoeyjordison)

JAKARTA - The former Slipknot drummer, late Joey Jordison, sued the Iowan numerical band, accusing them of taking advantage of the drummer's death and not returning his property.

Jordison, who founded Slipknot in 1995 with Paul Gray and Shawn 'Clown' Crahan, was fired from the band in 2013, for personal reasons.

Jordison later revealed that he was suffering from a transverse myelitis nerve disease. He died in July 2021 at the age of 46.

In a new lawsuit, filed in June by Steamroller LLC, his property claims that Slipknot "continues to use Jordison's name and personal belongings at a museum around Slipknot named Knotfest and fills their pockets with profits from Jordison's loyal fan base."

After suddenly expelling Jordison from Slipknot in 2013, [Corey] Taylor and Crahan explicitly pledged in a written agreement to return all Jordison's belongings in exchange for Jordison's promise to release certain charges against them, "the lawsuit reads.

The agreement contains a list of non-exclusive big categories of goods that [Taylor and Crahan] belong to them and will be returned to Jordison. [Taylor and Crahan] admitted to complying with the agreement by returning certain items to Jordison but, without Jordison's knowledge, [they] had carried out the agreement without the intention of carrying out their obligations under the agreement, and deliberately hiding from Jordison that they had many other items belonging to Jordison so that the items never returned to the drummer. "

The lawsuit also describes Jordison's dismissal from the band: Jordison's carelessness over the sacking and other ill-treatment committed by Crahan and Taylor has been widely reported and criticized by band fans. Since the 1990s, Jordison has dedicated his life to making Slipknot a metal sensation, for which Crahan and Taylor have made many advantages. It doesn't make sense why Crahan and Taylor treated Jordison very underestimatefully, especially considering Jordison's declining health.

This continues with accusations of another Slipknot reaction after Jordison's death. "Maybe the worst, Crahan and Taylor openly lied to fans that they had contacted Jordison's family to examine them and convey their condolences and love to Jordison after his death. This is completely wrong, and deeply disappointing Jordison's family for reading such blatant lies on the internet. It is clear that Taylor and Crahan don't really care about Jordison or his family; they only care about increasing publicity and selling new albums.

Responding to the case, the Slipknot legal team asked that the lawsuit be dropped. The defendant generally denies any allegations and claims stated in the Plaintiff's First Amendment Complaint and further denies that the Plaintiff has the right to any leniency," they said.