Former MUSHROOMHEAD Singer JEFFREY HATRIX Is Battling Most cancers

Jeffrey Hatrix, also referred to as Jeffrey Nothing (born Jeffrey Lewis Hetrick),previously the haunting voice and co-founder behind Cleveland’s pioneering alterna-metal and industrial collective MUSHROOMHEAD, is battling most cancers, simply 9 months after shedding his spouse to the identical illness.

Earlier in the present day, Jeffrey‘s daughter Mea launched a Gofundme marketing campaign for her father, writing in an introductory message: “My dad has just lately been identified with Most cancers, simply months after shedding my mother to the identical factor. As a consequence of this, he might need to cease working throughout his remedy. Something means every little thing, Thanks.”

Jeffrey shared his daughter’s submit on his social media and wrote in an accompanying message: “I actually wished to maintain this to myself. I used to be identified a pair months in the past. It is going to be very exhausting to proceed working with the remedy path I’ve chosen. Thank You for something you are able to do to assist. I do know everybody goes by rather a lot.”

Jeffrey‘s spouse Stacy died in April 2024 after an extended battle with most cancers. She was solely 38 years previous.

Final August, Jeffrey Hatrix sued MUSHROOMHEAD‘s drummer and producer Steve “Skinny” Felton, alleging copyright infringement and failure to pay him royalties that he’s owed.

Hatrix, who left MUSHROOMHEAD in 2018, claimed within the lawsuit, which was obtained by BLABBERMOUTH.NET, that he had not acquired royalties for his music “for a number of years a minimum of”, even if he wrote or helped write 148 songs throughout his time with the band.

“A lot of the performing arts copyright registrations had been registered as Stephen Felton being the copyright claimant,” the lawsuit, which was filed in federal courtroom in Cleveland, learn. “And, though on many songs [Hatrix] was given correct credit score for his participation in creating mentioned works, there appears to be no document of mechanical royalty funds stemming from these performing arts registrations.”

Within the years previous to Hatrix‘s exit from MUSHROOMHEAD, “Felton‘s actions … turned extra nefarious, together with the doctoring of publishing splits giving Skinny (Felton) double pay below 2 names ‘Tenafly Viper’ and simply plain ‘Steve Felton’, together with 30% going to him below ‘unknown publicist’ and ‘unknown author’,” in response to the lawsuit. “In reality, many of the publishing splits appear to have disappeared as plaintiff has not acquired any mechanical royalties to talk of for a number of years a minimum of.

“Though the cash coming elevated, plaintiff was apparently receiving pennies on the greenback,” the lawsuit added. “[Hatrix] was paid an ‘allowance’ $1,200 per week per, per tour. In reality, plaintiff was paid virtually nothing past this and is due his publishing and different, royalties, earnings from touring, gross sales and royalties from movie media, together with loss from different sources of earnings to be decided.”

Hatrix‘s lawyer Ronald Stanley informed Cleveland.com that Hatrix was looking for a minimum of $3.5 million, however clarified that “we do not know all what he’s entitled to but.”

Jeffrey left MUSHROOMHEAD in March 2018, stating: “I’m coming to you in the present day with a heavy coronary heart to announce that I’m leaving MUSHROOMHEAD. It’s a choice that I didn’t make simply, however one I made for causes which might be finest for me as an artist and musician at this juncture in my profession.” The vocalist went on to thank “the craziest, fucking loyal and wonderful followers” for the “as soon as in a lifetime privilege” of performing for them whereas touring and recording with the group.

Just a few months later, Hatrix mentioned his exit whereas showing on the “ADHD” podcast, saying that “my situation was there was just one chief [Steve Felton], and that is not the way it began. That basically catapulted us all backwards. I really feel like we may have carried out a lot extra… Issues may have all been completely different and pleasant, however I do not imagine my former band has that of their vocabulary. I by no means wished it like that. It is odd.”

He added: “I left the band as a result of I could not do it anymore. I stayed for a very long time for the followers and it simply obtained to be like, ‘Sorry I simply cannot do it anymore.’ I used to be making an attempt to go away on semi-amicable phrases after which that by no means occurred… I obtained to the purpose the place I did not even wish to go on tour anymore. There was one tour the place I felt like I used to be in want of getting each tooth pulled out of my head. The stress was so unhealthy, it felt like that. That ended up not being the case. As soon as I obtained house, I used to be effective. Typically a bus can really feel like a jail cell or your bunk can really feel like a casket otherwise you’re doing time otherwise you’re not even alive anymore… When it was cool, I favored it. When it turned any individual’s little sport, for lack of a greater phrase, it turned very ugly and one thing I wished to get out of as quickly as I may.”