Metal Anarchy

Jed Gordon, Parkway Drive’s merch guy and the brother of drummer Ben Gordon, has pleaded guilty after being charged with having sex with a minor. The victim was said to be “14 or over and under 16.”

Parkway Drive commented:

“We’ve recently learned that someone we’ve been associated with has pleaded guilty to an underage sex offence in 2002.

This is appalling and we condemn it. We’re gutted and we support the victim.

This happened before we were a band, however we bear moral responsibility for contracting him from 2003, on and off over the years.

While he hasn’t toured with us since 2017, more recently he’s been part of our Australian online merch team. When the band heard about this, we terminated his contract immediately. He’s no longer involved with Parkway Drive in any capacity.

This is heartbreaking on a very human scale.

This is still ongoing in the courts so we’re closing comments.”