Parkway Drive Merch Manager's Business Card Resurfaces in Underage Sex Scandal
A deeply troubling detail has surfaced following the underage sex scandal that has shaken Australian metalcore band Parkway Drive to its core. Jed "Chode" Gordon, the brother of the band's drummer Ben Gordon, pleaded guilty earlier this month to a single count of sexual intercourse with a person aged between 14 and 16 years old.
The Disturbing Business Card Revelation
In the aftermath of this shocking case, a business card belonging to Gordon has re-emerged online, revealing disturbing insights into his behavior during his time with the band. An X user shared a photograph from the band's 2013 book Ten Years of Parkway Drive, which documented the metalcore group's first decade. The image displayed Gordon's business card, which listed his official roles as "Tour Manager / Merch Dude."
More alarmingly, the card contained a personal message that suggested Gordon was using it as a tool to meet women at Parkway Drive concerts during a period when the band regularly performed all-ages shows. The card explicitly read: "Hi. My Name is Jed. We should hang out later. Your [sic] cute."
Details of the Criminal Case
Gordon admitted that his sexual contact with the underage girl began in 2002 when he was 21 years old and she was just 15. Police investigations revealed that he had texted the teenager and subsequently met her in a park where they engaged in sexual activity. The inappropriate relationship continued through 2003, coinciding with the period when his brother Ben Gordon helped establish Parkway Drive with friends in Byron Bay.
The sexual contact reportedly ceased around the time the victim turned 16 years old, when Gordon was 22. In 2021, the woman attempted to reconnect with Gordon before ultimately reporting the matter to police in 2023. Authorities arrested Gordon in July 2025, and he formally pleaded guilty on March 16 to the single count of sexual intercourse with an underage person. He has been released on bail pending sentencing scheduled for May 19.
Band Frontman's Emotional Response
Last week, Parkway Drive frontman Winston McCall took to Instagram to address fans directly after the band's initial statement faced widespread criticism for failing to name Jed Gordon while attempting to distance members from his behavior. In an expansive video message, McCall declared: "We support the victim 100 percent. She deserves justice. She deserves her space, she deserves her time, she deserves to be heard. Twenty years of trauma - I cannot imagine what that is like to bear."
The singer repeatedly condemned Gordon's actions, stating emphatically: "This is f***ed. This is f***ed. And this is Jed's reckoning to answer for." McCall acknowledged the band's own responsibility in the matter, admitting: "We employed him for a long time, and we put him in a position where he had contact with a lot of people, and that's our moral responsibility to carry."
Band's Awareness of Problematic Behavior
McCall revealed that the band had some awareness of Gordon's difficult personality, stating: "We always have tried to see the best in people, and sometimes it means you're blind to the worst. Anyone that's had bad interactions with Jed while employed with us, we're so sorry. We knew he could be bad with people. And on just that level, there's no excuse for that. I'm going to apologize."
However, the frontman insisted the band was unaware of the criminal extent of Gordon's behavior, claiming they only learned of his guilty plea through circulating screenshots and court documents online. McCall described how the band emerged from a challenging hardcore scene in Byron Bay plagued by youth unemployment, substance abuse, and domestic violence that permeated surf culture, sporting clubs, pubs, and homes.
Historical Context and Previous Revelations
The revelation that Parkway Drive knew Gordon could be "bad with people" but failed to take decisive action has ignited intense debate across social media platforms. In 2009, the band appeared on ABC's Australian Story where they referred to "Chode" - slang for penis - as the "sixth member" of Parkway Drive.
During that documentary, band members were seen tormenting Gordon, who was described as "the most f***ed up human ever to grace the planet." One member commented: "He's just so gross. He went through this phase. He's put on heaps of weight. He's just fat, he's s*** and lazy."
Additional footage from the 2010 Warped Tour, filmed by Gordon himself, showed him zooming in on a young reporter's breasts before making lewd remarks about his own genitals. Band members then mercilessly grilled the reporter with inappropriate questions about her interactions with other tour participants.
When approached for comment by Daily Mail, Parkway Drive's management referred exclusively to McCall's Instagram video statement, declining to provide any additional information about the ongoing scandal or the band's future relationship with Gordon following his upcoming sentencing.
