Settlement reached in the lawsuit between Slipknot and the estate of Joey Jordison

The estate of the late Joey Jordison and his former band Slipknot have struck a deal. A key figure in the early years of the multiplatinum masked metal group until his firing in 2013, Jordison sadly died in July 2021 at the age of 46. The estate of Jordison filed a lawsuit against the band in late 2023, claiming that Corey Taylor, the band’s vocalist, and M. Shawn “Clown” Crahan, the band’s percussionist, were attempting to make money off of Joey’s image and likeness. These individuals have been identified in various court documents as the band’s shot callers. One of their allegations was that the group was honouring Jordan with the promotion of their album “The End, So Far” for 2021. The pair’s assertion that they communicated with Jordison’s relatives following his passing was also refuted by the estate. Moreover, they claimed that rather than being given to the estate, about 22 objects connected to or formerly owned by Jordison were displayed at “Knotfest” event exhibitions. According to the estate, that was against an earlier agreement that had been made about the case. According to the terms of the 2015 deal, Jordison’s interest in the Slipknot partnership was bought out by a number of Slipknot camp members.

While family, friends, and fans mourned the loss of the legendary drummer, neither bandmate [Taylor or Crahan] expressed condolences to Jordison‘s family after his passing. Instead, Taylor and Crahan heartlessly sought to profit off of Jordison‘s death. Slipknot released a new album in 2022 titled ‘The End, So Far‘. Fan reviews of the album rarely miss the opportunity to lament Jordison‘s absence. Taylor and Crahan callously used Jordison‘s death as marketing for their new album. Taylor publicly dedicated ‘The End, So Far‘ to Jordison, claiming that the realization of Jordison‘s passing ‘crept in’ while making the album. Taylor even acknowledged that he and Crahan had mistreated Jordison in an interview, telling fans that they ‘were hoping to mend fences with him, and it’s one of those things that tells you: whatever you need to do, do it now, because you never know when you’re gonna lose somebody.’ Initial complaint

After abruptly kicking Jordison out of Slipknot in 2013, Taylor and Crahan expressly promised in a written agreement to return all of Jordison‘s belongings in exchange for Jordison‘s promise to release certain claims against them. The agreement contained a non-exclusive list of broad categories of items that [Taylor and Crahan] represented were in their possession and that they would return to Jordison. [Taylor and Crahan] purported to comply with the agreement by returning certain items to Jordison but, unbeknownst to Jordison, [they] had executed the agreement with no intention of performing their obligations thereunder, and knowingly concealed from Jordison that they possessed numerous other items belonging to Jordison that they never returned to him.

Complaint

At first, Slipknot attempted to have the lawsuit dismissed, but according to Blabbermouth.net, the parties have finally negotiated a compromise. The estate’s representatives, Steamroller, LLC, requested the dismissal of their complaint against the band by filing notice of an unconditional settlement in a Los Angeles County Superior Court on September 17. The settlement’s terms were not made public.