Other than angry tweets, and a few short Facebook posts from some of the Kottonmouth Kings, we haven’t heard a lot about the inner turmoil of the situation, until now.  Kevin Zinger, co-founder of Suburban Noize Records, has issued a lengthy statement concerning the actions of his business partner Brad “Daddy” X, his thoughts on where this drama stems from, and reconfirms that he has NEVER had any sort of extramarital relations with Brad’s wife. (I’m not even sure where that rumor came from).  You can read Zinger’s statement below:

Statement from Kevin Zinger, co-owner of Suburban Noize Records:

I’m personally not a big fan of going on the Internet and airing out issues that I have with people. I’m the kind of person who when they have an issue with someone I would rather look them in the eye and discuss it. Unfortunately, so much has been said about SRH, myself and Suburban Noize, that I just can’t sit back and watch as lies ruin the legacy that we all have built. When I say “we” I mean all the people who have worked for any of these companies, our fans and friends who have supported us for so many years, and all the bands, artists and team riders who have been apart of this big extended family. Including you. We all built something very special and I can’t be thankful enough to everyone who has been a part of this amazing movement. I dedicated most of my life to building this movement and spent every day for the last 20 years working to build it for the bands, family, fans and to help make SRH and Suburban Noize into what it is today.

With that being said I want to address some things that have been said by my partner in Suburban Noize Brad X and put out there that are just sad and downright lies. Let me say first I did not sleep with Brad X’s wife. But before I get into that ridiculous rumor, I want to circle back a few months to when I decided to quit managing Kottonmouth Kings. In the late Summer of 2012, it became clear to me that I should bow out from managing the band because I believed that some members of the band had completely lost sight of what they stood for. I’m not here to air all the bands dirty laundry but I was honestly heartbroken when Brad, D-Loc and Bobby B didn’t show up to the memorial party we put on to raise money for Pakelika’s family after he passed away. After I made the final decision to quit, I didn’t want anything to get ugly, I just wanted to stop managing the band. I resigned as their manager and wished them all the best of luck.

Shortly after stepping down as the bands manager, I received a letter from an attorney representing Brad X and KMK threatening to file a lawsuit against me, my management company, SRH and Suburban Noize. I was shocked that people that I considered to be close friends would have a lawyer contact me and threaten to sue me and any company that I was involved in. I believe Brad spearheaded this and highly doubt some of the other members know or understand what is going on with the lawyers. Because of the threatened litigation, I cannot go into details now and really don’t feel like we should drag our fans and friends into it, but all of these allegations are completely false. For example, I NEVER had sex with Brad X’s wife and it is sad and pathetic that he would make such a disgusting allegation. I have always been good to Brad’s family and stood by them in all the times they needed my support. I can’t believe Brad would put that rumor out there and I can’t believe he hasn’t set the record straight. Even though I have sat back and watched as Brad has tried to tarnish my name and the legacy of the label online. I have continued to reach out to him to try and sit down with him and work out any issues we have face-to-face and man-to-man.

Brad likes to quote the Corporate Avenger and saying only the Truth can be the Truth. So please feel free to ask what the truth is. Brad also claims to want to “protect the artists”. But yet chooses to not communicate, makes false allegations on the Internet, and is ruining the label and legacy that so many people have worked so hard to build. I have no idea what Brad’s motivation is with all this and why he would drag our fans and family into it. All I can say is a man is judged in life by his actions not his words. It’s one thing to preach family, freedom, justice, and truth. It is another thing to live your life by the words. I’m sorry that you and the Suburban Noize and SRH family have been dragged into this. It was not my choice or decision but felt I should reach out to defend the truth and what we have all built. Stay spaded and support the underground.

Now I assume that Daddy X and Zinger are equal partners in this Sub Noize venture, so it’s as-yet undetermined if anything will be worked out between them so Sub Noize can live on, or if it will be dissolved and they will go their separate ways.  As we have been, we’ll keep you posted with any further updates.

Websites:

• Suburban Noize Records @ Facebook