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Eyehategod’s Mike IX Williams needs a liver transplant

by Bram Teitelman | Nov 21, 2016 | Bummer Alert, Crowdfunding, Get Well Soon, News

If you’re an Eyehategod fan, you’ve known that when they toured recently, frontman Mike IX Williams was conspicuously absent. Lamb of God frontman Randy Blythe filled in on a tour, and the band was up front in stating that Williams was undergoing some...

Allegaeon and White Lung singer make amends over crowdfunding comments

by Alix Vallecillo | Nov 8, 2016 | Apologies, Crowdfunding, News

Last week, every news outlet was talking about Colorado tech death band Allegaeon, after they decided to launch a Patreon campaign to stay together as a band and, as you can expect, everyone had an opinion on it (including us). The backlash came from every...

Allegaeon might break up if you don’t support them

by Bram Teitelman | Nov 2, 2016 | Crowdfunding

Just a little over a month ago, Denver prog/death metal band Allegaeon released Proponent for Sentience, their fourth album. Everyone liked it, and it was their biggest debut yet. Unfortunately, that wasn’t enough to prevent bassist Corey...

Black Crown Initiate robbed in St. Louis, MO, launch crowdfunding campaign

by Alix Vallecillo | Aug 16, 2016 | Crowdfunding, News

Almost every time we report about bands getting robbed, the words “St. Louis, MO” are involved due to the high number of incidents happening there. This time around is no exception, and as another hard-working touring band has gotten their stuff jacked....

Darkest Hour to record with Kurt Ballou after successfully crowdfunding album

by Bram Teitelman | May 10, 2016 | Crowdfunding, News, Updates

After a five-album run on Victory and an album apiece on eOne and Sumerian,Darkest Hour decided to go it alone and crowdfund their ninth album. And while some campaigns when bands try to raise money are hit and miss, the Washington DC-area band will return to the...

Fan starts crowdfunding campaign to buy Dave Grohl

by Alix Vallecillo | May 4, 2016 | Crowdfunding, News, Updates, WTF?!

The last time there was any sort of legal exchange of money to posses a human being, we had a war and things turned out pretty ugly. That doesn’t to be a concern for a man who’s trying to purchase Foo Figthers frontman Dave Grohl for himself, as in giving...

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