Former MUSHROOMHEAD Singer JEFFREY HATRIX Is Battling Most cancers

Jeffrey Hatrix, often known 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 dropping his spouse to the identical illness.

Earlier at the moment, Jeffrey‘s daughter Mea launched a Gofundme marketing campaign for her father, writing in an introductory message: “My dad has lately been recognized with Most cancers, simply months after dropping my mother to the identical factor. Resulting from this, he might need to cease working throughout his therapy. Something means every thing, Thanks.”

Jeffrey shared his daughter’s put up on his social media and wrote in an accompanying message: “I actually needed to maintain this to myself. I used to be recognized a pair months in the past. Will probably be very exhausting to proceed working with the therapy path I’ve chosen. Thank You for something you are able to do to assist. I do know everybody goes by way of so much.”

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 at the least”, even though he wrote or helped write 148 songs throughout his time with the band.

“Many 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 stated works, there appears to be no file of mechanical royalty funds stemming from these performing arts registrations.”

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

“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 nearly nothing past this and is due his publishing and different, royalties, revenue from touring, gross sales and royalties from movie media, together with loss from different sources of revenue to be decided.”

Hatrix‘s lawyer Ronald Stanley advised Cleveland.com that Hatrix was in search of at the least $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 at the moment with a heavy coronary heart to announce that I’m leaving MUSHROOMHEAD. It’s a determination 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.

A couple of 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 might have executed a lot extra… Issues might have all been completely different and pleasant, however I do not consider my former band has that of their vocabulary. I by no means needed 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 can’t do it anymore.’ I used to be making an attempt to depart on semi-amicable phrases after which that by no means occurred… I obtained to the purpose the place I did not even need 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 wonderful. 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 preferred it. When it grew to become any individual’s little recreation, for lack of a greater phrase, it grew to become very ugly and one thing I needed to get out of as quickly as I might.”