Slipknot, by Evil Robb Photography

According to The Blast, Slipknot members Corey Taylor and Michael Shawn Crahan (a.k.a. Clown) are asking a judge to throw out Chris Fehn’s lawsuit. In the documents, which were filed on Wednesday (September 11) in New York State Supreme Court, Taylor and Crahan claim Fehn’s lawsuit was filed in the wrong court. They claim to have no ties to New York, where Fehn filed the case. They claim none of their contracts were executed in the state nor were any of their albums recorded in New York.Taylor and Crahan said in separate affidavits in support of motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction: “Except for infrequent tour appearances with the band which included performances in New York during national and worldwide multi-city tours in 1999-2001, 2004, 2008 and 2019, [we] have never worked in New York and do not conduct business in New York.” Fehn launched a lawsuit against his former band in March, to which the band dismissed Fehn from the group. Ghost Cult has enlisted a lawyer to examine the documents and break it down in layman’s terms for the fans.

Fehn sued Slipknot’s leaders, Taylor and Crahan; Slipknot’s business manager Robert Shore; and six businesses, accusing Shore’s New York City company, Rob Shore & Associates, Inc., of managing the band to enrich Crahan and Taylor “out of proportion to the efforts and undivided interests of the other general partners.”

Fehn claimed in his lawsuit that he had been told that all the band’s income was being funneled through one company that split the profits between the group members. But he alleged that he recently discovered the existence of several other Slipknot-related business entities through which other members were collecting more money.

Chris was replaced in Slipknot’s touring lineup by a percussionist nicknamed “Tortilla Man.”

Tortilla Man joined Slipknot four months ago, when he was first featured in the video for comeback single “Unsainted”. Since then, there has been much speculation about his name, with some Slipknot fans getting quite obsessed with trying to work out the real identity of the band’s latest recruit.

“We Are Not Your Kind” was released on August 9 via Roadrunner Records.