CRO-MAGS founder harley flanaganwho in 2018 filed a lawsuit against his former bandmates John Joseph Y mackie jayson As for the property of the CRO-MAGS name, saying Erin Micklow in a recent interview he has repeatedly approached Joseph Y jayson about a possible reunion of the classic formation of the group.
“Those of you who have been following my social networks for some period of time, you will see that I have done much of attempts over the years to try to get all those shitty guys to sit at the table and have some kind of conversation,” he said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET).
“The truth is, everybody in that gang got screwed; we all got stiff. That’s a big part of the reason they all started turning on each other. When you have nothing and you get ripped off, robbed and screwed over, it’s, like, desperation makes people despair. You start fighting over crumbs, you start thinking that everybody’s on the mend.
“I tried to get these guys to come to the table, see if maybe we could have done some kind of show or at least come to terms with each other and maybe try to fight the legal battle together to try to get the albums back or this and that,” he continued. “And you know what? It just got to a place where none of these guys wanted to try; no one really wanted to put in the effort or even try to be friendly.
“I’ve tried. I can’t force other people to get along. And me, I just want to play music; I want to tour. This is what I do. And if those guys don’t want to get involved, I can’t force them. And after time, it’s a little insulting, when you’re offering people an olive branch over and over again. They’re like, ‘Fuck you.’ It’s like, ‘You know what? your, men. I’ve finished. In fact, I’m quite happy without you. I feel like my life has been better since you left.’ So it’s like, ‘Okay. Don’t let the door hit you in the ass.
harley He also referred to the July 2012 incident when he was arrested in New York City on charges of attacking multiple members of the CRO-MAGS during the cgb festival. Flanagan, who had been a panelist at one of the event’s seminars, allegedly attempted to attend his former band’s concert. the fight saw Flanagan stabbed and arrested after being mugged at Webster Hall. This led to charges of assault and criminal possession of a weapon, along with a brief stint in New York City’s most notorious prison, Rikers Island, before those charges were dropped.
“They invite me backstage and make these fake fucking thugs, like seven of them, jump me,” harley said. “I ended up putting three of them in the hospital. I got stabbed. I had like 40-something stitches. And then they tried to sue me for f*cking them. And then f*cking.” Johnmy friend John, goes to the newspaper and says, ‘He’s a skinhead.’ He is a Nazi. He hates blacks. He is a snitch. That son of a bitch is targeting me. I’m like, ‘Dude, I’m on fucking Rikers Island. You’re basically saying, ‘Hello, everyone. He go find this guy.” So I got this black guy, Smoke, walks into my cell, hands me a newspaper with me and says, ‘Is that you?’ And I’m like, ‘Yeah.’ And I’m reading all this shit. I’m like, ‘Damn, John. You didn’t just make these idiots jump me because you were too cowardly to lay hands on me yourself. So now, that shit failed, and you want to try and get some fucking rando scam to hit me up so they can have a little clout?'”
When asked what happened during his time on Rikers Island, harley he said, “Nothing happened. I was respected. Everybody knew what I did. Everybody saw me on the news. They were like, ‘This guy fucked three guys. He got mugged.'” I was respected.”
In April 2019, Joseph Y jayson reached an agreement with Flanagan about the rights of CRO-MAGS Name. At that time, it was announced that in the future, Joseph Y jayson would act like CRO-MAGS JM weather Flanagan would get to use CRO-MAGS name for his own version of the band.
When Flanaganwho founded the CRO-MAGS at the age of 14 and toured with the band for about 20 years, sued the group members for allegedly using the CRO-MAGS name without his permission, claimed that CRO-MAGS It was his idea when he formed it back in 1981. Flanagan filed a lawsuit against the group’s most recent lineup at the time, including Joseph – partly for copyright infringement, saying he trademarked the name “Cro-Mag” for recording in 2010 and for merchandise in 2009 and then again in 2017.
According to the New York Post, harley claimed in the lawsuit that the other members of the CRO-MAGS took over the band around 2002 when “FlanaganThe first child was about to be born… and Flanagan I had to stop traveling to help with the baby.”
a decade ago, Joseph said to New York Post he and Flanagan started the band together in the early 80’s, but Flanagan he continually took all the credit for himself. mcgowan claimed that the situation got so bad, Flanagan pocketed every penny from his 1986 tour. “That made me lose my apartment and become homeless in 1987,” John said. “I lived for the day.”
In a separate interview with The New York Times, Joseph said that Flanagan “has been a negative thorn in the side of this band forever.”