I am including these posts about a couple of individuals from the MattGood Reddit Forum – because the claims each user made are serious claims that need to be acknowledged. Both user accounts on Reddit are anonymous and therefore any of the claims made are unverifiable. Not one woman has come forward to legally accuse Matthew Good of any unlawful activities and nothing has been reported to the legal authorities.
I Redditt So…
LoudMastodon7980 joined Reddit and began posting in the Matt Good forum on April 24, 2021 – This is 11 days after I was banned from the Victims of Matthew Good Facebook Group.
They first show up on a post about Matthew Good releasing 3 songs online. I truly doubt a person that connected to the situation, would risk their job to post these things on Reddit as LoudMastodon7980 but this whole ordeal has been pretty unbelievable – so who knows.
From their comments, this user account have claimed the following:
- To work for Warner Music Canada / or be connected somehow
- To have heard the unreleased album
- To have worked with Matthew Good for long time
- To be a dear friend of Jeremy Taggart (drummer, Our Lady Peace 93-2014)
- To have knowledge of the exact date of when Matthew Good was dismissed by Warner
- To have been involved in the decision to drop Matthew Good
- To be old geezer that speaks with a British slang and to have a second wife
- To have had a previous wife of 15 years that was a narcissistic personality
- To have knowledge of Matthew Good demanding sex from a female singer in exchange for getting to sing with Matthew Good
The way the user talks though, it is suspect to me. Anyone could create multiple fake Reddit user accounts and pretend to be whatever they want on there.
In comparison – I was Reddit user account WiredSecret – created on April 20, 2021 to address a post in the forum, that was linked to my Twitter account. I added my personal website link to the bio – I did not hide who I was – although I have since deleted the Redditt WiredSecret account. Please also note, these screenshots were taken BEFORE I deleted that user account, and any place where is notes [deleted] where a username once was, that it is not my comment. Only comments by WiredSecret were made by me.
That is a screenshot of a REDDIT POST dated APRIL 24 2021 – Note that YarnGirl78 seems to know information no one else does at that time in April 2021 – for instance the other musicians on the album.
YarnGirl78 is a former MGB fan named Shannon also known as crafty_shananigans – she is/was a big Hayley supporter – because of this, I assume Hayley has shared the album or at least details of it, with her and with many of the women in her secret group. YarnGirl78 was not an accuser.
Light up the Gaslighting
The comment in the screenshot above, was on the new music post – it notes that LoudMastodon7980 had a previous marriage of 15 years. I guess he was left with massive piles of trauma?
Also note the accusation that his dear friend (an un-named woman singer) was alleged to be “excused” by Matthew – for not having sex with him. This is a serious accusation, and yet, not one other person has ever made this claim.
Sexual exploitation is illegal. Asking for sex in exchange for employment is illegal. Making the award of a job contingent on having sex with the boss is illegal. Quid pro quo requests like this are harassment.
The way this post reads, to me, it doesn’t seem like something an old man would write. The exaggerated “English” accent and slang used in the writing seems fake to me. My daughter’s dad was born in Warrington, England and I have been around his parents, my daughter’s grandparents enough to know their English slang. Given that no one knows who this individual is, makes it all suspect – to me.
A Bunch of Bollocks
Reminder, in these screenshots of the posts, I was WiredSecret on Reddit.
So the label didn’t want the press and publicity? That is the story being sold in these comments.
Being a Righteous Record label wouldn’t booting out an alleged abuser in the time of virtue signally be a great thing… what record label wouldn’t want that kind of press or publicity?
In the post above LoudMastodon7980 confirms my statement about Steve Kane (from Warner) giving the songs to Matthew Good – but states it was only out of pity.
That is cute. So a record label that didn’t want to be connected to Matthew Good, or have any bad press related to him, then gives Matthew Good those songs to publicly share on his website – out of pity?
Telling Porkies
Then LoudMastodon7980 goes on the slam white men.
So is LoudMastodon NOT A WHITE MALE?
Or mostly likely, is just a virtue signalling fraud.
In the comments above, LoudMastodon7980 claims he is hiding his identity to keep his job at the record label or management company or however he is alleged to be connected to Matthew Good.
Also note Reddit user nicolenicolson pipes up here – she is a lesbian, who worked for Matthew Good‘s now-former manager Bernie Breen very briefly. She is not an accuser – just a supporter. Matthew barely remembers who she is. She also popped up in the Victims of Matthew Good Facebook Group claiming she saw things, but never said what.
A Wee Bit Wonky
Here again, the claim that Matthew Good demanded sexual favours from a woman, in return for the opportunity to sing on a track. No time frame of when this happened, or who it happened to.
If that was a provable claim – that woman might have some legal grounds. But given no claim like that has popped up anywhere else – I can’t verify any of that claim. But it is out there, right there on Reddit.
Also, LoudMastodon7980 states that Jeremy Taggart is his dear friend too. Interesting note. Given that Jeremy Taggart was on Twitter slamming MG and the industry for covering his ass in February 2021 when the news plastered the story of Hayley’s accusations.
The Call is Coming from Inside the House
Then LoudMastodon7980 claims to have been very close to being apart of the decision to end Matthew Good’s contract with Warner and claims that Matthew Good was let go “far before announcing it” on February 13, 2021.
So why announce it days after Hayley’s IG statement made the news circuit? Saving face? Jumping on the wagon? Pressure from Hayley and her followers? It is all odd. This person is claiming to be someone in the very inner circle of the contract – if they were indeed part of the decision to drop Matthew Good.
Lost The Plot
But for the keen eyed, LoudMastodon7980‘s claim that the label didn’t do anything at the suggestion of Hayley M is completely opposite of the claim made in the comments by the user named Artistic-Pattern-716 – who claims to know everything.
So which is it? Did Warner release their statement February 13, 2021 after being pressured to by Hayley and her group of vengeful women like Artistic-Pattern-716?
Again, hard to know if this is a legitimate insider at Warner. Hard to know what is truth.
Just Gobsmacked
LoudMastodon7980 suggests that if you get involved with Matthew Good you will end up with “some awful bruising” which means LoudMastodon7980 is suggesting physical abuse. That is quite the accusation. It also made me really question who this user actually is.
Would an older “British” man, in that position, in the music industry, come on Reddit and state that anyone that is defending Matthew Good “must be a deluded female that will get bruised” by him? Nothing about that adds up to me.
Again, the [deleted] user comment below was not me, it was just a Matthew Good fan in the forum.
Tasty Whoppers
Again, LoudMastodon7980 claims to be jeopardizing their career posting things on Reddit while arguing the rights to the songs, throwing out claims of sexual harassment, and physical abuse. Yet seems to know nothing of the actual truth of who wrote the songs.
If they were an insider wouldn’t they know the truth? The claim Hayley’s work is being stolen has been refuted – see my post about The Unreleased Album. It shows all the details of who wrote what, and who got what percentages – and why.
LoudMastodon7980 stopped posting after May 4th 2021, and never returned.
Updated September 23rd, 2023 – Uploaded Originally January 26, 2022