Bassist Chris Beattie, a co-founding member of Hatebreed who was faraway from the band in late 2024, has hit again with a lawsuit alleging unpaid earnings.
Hatebreed Lawsuit Breakdown
Hatebreed bassist Chris Beattie and vocalist Jamey Jasta had been the one two remaining unique members from the band’s formation in 1994. However Beattie was faraway from his spot within the band in November of final yr.
Beattie is now suing the band over the incident, claiming Hatebreed owes him cash.
Billboard studies the lawsuit, which was filed on July 30, claims that Jasta (actual title James Shanahan) eliminated Beattie from Hatebreed in an try to get a bigger share of the band’s earnings.
Blabbermouth, who additionally obtained a take a look at the go well with, studies that in September of 2015, “Beattie, [Matt] Byrne, and Shanahan agreed they had been every entitled to 25 % of the gross sales and income from merchandise whereas the opposite two members of the band acquired 12.5 %, accounting for the remaining 25 % of gross sales” and that “Shanahan and/or band supervisor Steve Ross maintained a particular Hatebreed checking account and managed the band’s revenue and distributions to different members, together with Beattie.”
It is alleged that Beattie and others had “no perception” as to how the funds had been being distributed with requests for particular monetary data unhappy.
“As well as, Beattie and Shanahan had been the first songwriters for the band and collectively earned nearly all of publishing proceeds for his or her work,” the lawsuit states. “With Beattie out of the band, Shanahan doubtless believed that he might stand to get better considerably extra in the best way of publishing proceeds.”
Beattie claimed that Jasta exhibited “erratic habits” earlier than the bass participant’s elimination from the band. The go well with alleges Jasta’s habits included “berating and belittling tour and street crew and publicly posting about being careworn, burned out and usually having an excessive amount of on his plate.”
Why Chris Beattie Was Eliminated From Hatebreed
Beattie’s lawsuit says he was dismissed from Hatebreed in November 2024.
His removal was made public in February of this yr when Hatebreed introduced on Instagram that Matt Bachand of Shadows Fall would deal with bass duties “for the foreseeable future.”
No additional particulars had been supplied relating to Beattie’s standing. Two days later, he launched a press release on social media, hinting at some miscommunication relating to the announcement.
“I used to be underneath the impression a joint announcement could be agreed upon upfront, however since that was not the case, I wished to handle your issues in my very own publish.”
Beattie mentioned his “departure” was official on November 13, 2024.
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“Nevertheless, I wish to make clear that the choice to go away the band was not mine and that my departure was uncalled for and based mostly on deceptive and wrongful statements that will probably be topic to future actions,” Beattie shared in an Instagram publish.
Blabbermouth studies that the lawsuit mentions an alleged incident that occurred throughout a Hatebreed present in Connecticut 4 days earlier than Beattie’s dismissal. The lawsuit claims Beattie was terminated from the band after a venue safety guard “falsely reported” that he had harassed her earlier than Hatebreed took the stage that evening.
Neither Jasta nor Hatebreed have launched statements relating to Beattie’s lawsuit.
The band is at present in the course of a European tour.
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