We here at Faygoluvers.net support every era of Mushroomhead to the fullest!  As every past and current member of Mushroomhead has brought forth timeless industrial metal greatness for the heavy metal masses, since 1993! So this is stale to report. But according to Cleveland.com, former Mushroomhead frontman Jeffrey Nothing is currently in the midst of a lawsuit against founding/current Mushroomhead drummer Steve “Skinny” Felton. Suing Skinny for 3.5 million dollars in unpaid royalties and copyright infringement. Damn! But here is what renowned hard rock/heavy metal publication acquired about the lawsuit filed against Skinny, for supposedly not paying Jeffrey Nothing in several years. Despite Jeffrey Nothing displaying writing credits on 148 Mushroomhead tracks.

From Blabbermouth.net exclusively: 

“Most of the performing arts copyright registrations were registered as Stephen Felton being the copyright claimant,” the lawsuit, which was filed on August 12 in federal court in Cleveland, reads. “And, although on many songs [Hatrix] was given proper credit for his participation in creating said works, there seems to be no record of mechanical royalty payments stemming from these performing arts registrations.”

Hatrix, who left MUSHROOMHEAD in 2018, claims in the lawsuit, which has been obtained by BLABBERMOUTH.NET, that he has not received royalties for his music “for several years at least”, despite the fact that he wrote or helped write 148 songs during his time with the band.

In the years prior to Hatrix’s exit from MUSHROOMHEAD, “Felton’s actions … became more nefarious, including the doctoring of publishing splits giving Skinny (Felton) double pay under 2 names ‘Tenafly Viper’ and just plain ‘Steve Felton’, along with 30% going to him under ‘unknown publicist’ and ‘unknown writer’,” according to the lawsuit. “In fact, most of the publishing splits seem to have disappeared as plaintiff has not received any mechanical royalties to speak of for several years at least.

“Although the money coming increased, plaintiff was apparently receiving pennies on the dollar,” the lawsuit adds. “[Hatrix] was paid an ‘allowance’ $1,200 per week per, per tour. In fact, plaintiff was paid almost nothing beyond this and is due his publishing and other, royalties, income from touring, sales and royalties from film media, along with loss from other sources of income to be determined.”

Hatrix’s attorney Ronald Stanley exclaimed, to Cleveland.com that Hatrix is seeking at least $3.5 million, but clarified that “we don’t know all what he is entitled to yet.”

We wish nothing but the best to both Skinny and Nothing. But hopefully a positive conclusion occurs between the two  in the near future.

Websites:

• Mushroomhead Website