NewsNovember 2, 2015 6:46 PM ET7,919 views

He Is Legend look to crowdfund $56,000 for new album

No longer contractually obligated to any record label, North Carolina rock band He Is Legend have opted to fund their next album themselves. As such, they've launched an Indiegogo campaign with which they hope to raise $56,000.
"Without the support of a record label, a lot of bands cannot stay afloat. At first, we broke a sweat not knowing how we would go about writing and recording our next project. We knew in the back of our minds that asking you guys was an option, but perhaps pride was keeping us from taking that leap. After going over the numbers again and again, we have come to this. In the grand scheme of things, this is not an astronomical amount of money, and with your help we can make this happen. We think it is well worth it, considering what you guys get in return is a slamming new Legend record."
Additional details, including a breakdown of budget items for the new LP, can be found here.

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anonymous 11/2/2015 3:51:52 PM

OH MY GOD STOP. STOP BEING A fckING BAND. IT'S TOO MUCH. WE DON'T CARE. NO ONE CARES. PURSUE SOMETHING ELSE. PLEASE. PLEASEEE.

anonymous 11/2/2015 3:57:18 PM

Looking forward to this record. And for the inevitable people who are going to bitch and whine... They're just asking that the fans who are already going to buy the record pre-order it so they can fund the production.

anonymous 11/2/2015 4:01:56 PM

^ Lol @ this retard

anonymous 11/2/2015 4:03:03 PM

it costs like $8,000 to make a good quality record - DEEZ f*kBOIZ

anonymous 11/2/2015 4:04:26 PM

^^ You realize these numbers are super fcking inflated, right???

anonymous 11/2/2015 4:06:54 PM

This is including artwork, travel, equipment, lodging, everything. All the costs are broken down on the Indiegogo page. Yes, a decent quality album can be made for 10-20k, but they're not trying to make a decent album.

anonymous 11/2/2015 4:09:08 PM

I love He Is Legend and I'm a grown-ass man with dollars. I'll do it.

anonymous 11/2/2015 4:12:42 PM

You guys need to pay up or shut up. This is Brian Sankus and I'm fcking pissed. Justin Lowe might have been the greatest guitar player alive so quit talking trash. I'll be behind the sound board at the pre release show if you wanna fight.

anonymous 11/2/2015 4:24:14 PM

"CHOP SUY" as well as the rest of the eponymous "STEAL MY ALBUM" cd was recorded at SHAVOs bedroom on a 8 track and cost total 124$ to record! Including the cost of the infamous " Chinese takeout" box I ate in the video XD Serj tmkne-stsyem my down fame. He is the legend but he is asking my fans for their money and well daren ponies up the Doe for our albums now but back in te day? SHAVO worked a part time job to fund "the toxic cities" and well me? No job XD

anonymous 11/2/2015 4:34:59 PM

If it was DJENT I'd have it "Paid in Full" <---- get it Volumes? Hardy har har Ray DJENT Clark

anonymous 11/2/2015 4:44:35 PM

He is ripoff

anonymous 11/2/2015 4:46:11 PM

SOAD guy is way better than shitty ass Ray DJENT Clark.

anonymous 11/2/2015 4:46:54 PM

So for $500 I can listen to your shitty album, share pizza, AND you will buy me one beer? Count me in!

anonymous 11/2/2015 4:53:39 PM

Lol 56k when most bands do it for less than 8k. Jesus fck these guys.

anonymous 11/2/2015 4:55:41 PM

That's enough mullah to buy a house?! Bands are making money before their music ever comes out. Good for you if u make it, hopefully you have a lot of rich fans

anonymous 11/2/2015 4:58:37 PM

-music industry- "Dey tuuk ER jaaaaaahbs"

anonymous 11/2/2015 5:00:10 PM

10000 for band salary?

anonymous 11/2/2015 5:18:55 PM

Wheres Fronz?

anonymous 11/2/2015 5:36:05 PM

Bring back old guitarist play I am Hollywood on a loop and I'll give you money

anonymous 11/2/2015 6:40:30 PM

band salary lol, get a job ya fcks to pay for your own shit

carveyournamein 11/2/2015 6:51:10 PM

Lololol

anonymous 11/2/2015 7:03:23 PM

digital panhandling!

anonymous 11/2/2015 7:09:38 PM

I don't know if they're planning on actually reaching that goal, but they're already almost at $10,000 in 5 hours, which isn't bad. I don't know why you're all complaining, though. You don't have to support them. If a band has fans that are willing to back them, then whatever. Let it go.

anonymous 11/2/2015 7:11:13 PM

I love this band, though fck this band. Go back to Christianity and pray for the money from God bitches

anonymous 11/2/2015 7:14:10 PM

digital panhandling

anonymous 11/2/2015 7:30:40 PM

Dude you can record fire at home for like $1000

anonymous 11/2/2015 8:03:12 PM

I think Misha Mansoor produced Periperys first album and it was FREE yes I said FREE it's a DJENT masterpiece and three jokesters are asking for 56k when they could do it themselves for free... All they need is an AXE FX some bareknuckle pickups and superior drummer... Smh Ray DJENT Clark

SN00PY 11/2/2015 8:13:57 PM

AFter more than ten miserably wasted it is about time to crowd fund for a college education so you can get a starting salary in something as gay as hotel management and retail you failures

anonymous 11/2/2015 8:55:59 PM

He Is Gay look to crowdfund a bunch of BULLSHIT

anonymous 11/2/2015 9:44:49 PM

Crowdfunding is NOT deciding to fund it yourself (note to Editor).

anonymous 11/2/2015 10:09:46 PM

ultra failures. I bet their report cards right through school were shit with countless absences

genghisjohn 11/2/2015 10:32:17 PM

"He Is Legend have opted to fund their next album themselves." ....but they need money.

anonymous 11/2/2015 10:49:04 PM

sorry that capitalism hurts your feelings. im not a fan of this band, but when you cry about crowdfunding youre essentially saying "wahhh i cant build a brand and fanbase up to support my art, so fck anyone else who can" its simple economics ya fckin retards. last i checked the whole point of releasing music commercially is to make money. just because YOU arent a fan of this band, doesnt mean a fckton of other people arent. good for them. get it! its just a preorder. seriously.

anonymous 11/2/2015 11:25:16 PM

Crowdfunding is absolutely the gayest thing to happen to music

anonymous 11/3/2015 12:23:47 AM

only BS joke bands do it though never gonna be a classic that was crowdfunded

anonymous 11/3/2015 1:33:44 AM

stop being gays and if you really want make 56k x 10 then release a song like Drake's Hotline Bling. It gets the girls wet and the bank accounts fatty

anonymous 11/3/2015 6:24:32 AM

Looking to fund the album themselves...with other people's money. Because they have none.

anonymous 11/3/2015 6:25:01 AM

I'm a gay

anonymous 11/3/2015 6:28:44 AM

Dear Tony Dumas, A preorder is when you order an album that has already been recorded. Crowd funding an album is when no labels will back you anymore because your band is no longer relevant.

anonymous 11/3/2015 6:32:11 AM

These guys' parents must really not be fans of their band to charge them 6k to crash in their basement though.

anonymous 11/3/2015 6:33:20 AM

It takes $1000 to record/mix/master a full length, sometimes even less, unless they are using a big name producer ect, artwork does not cost that much, i laugh when I see bands ask for crazy $ for a project.

anonymous 11/3/2015 6:55:54 AM

I have a real job, pay for my internet, can afford this.

anonymous 11/3/2015 7:36:49 AM

When bands crowd fund, I almost feel embarrassed for them. Like the guys who stand on the corner of a stop light with a sign. You wanna help them out, but you know if you give them money.. they're just gonna go buy crack and a prostitute...

anonymous 11/3/2015 7:44:06 AM

Would rather give the money to crack dealers and prostitutes.

anonymous 11/3/2015 7:52:57 AM

lol they want a per diem and a salary

anonymous 11/3/2015 8:35:03 AM

5000 for artwork.

anonymous 11/3/2015 8:48:01 AM

omg a burzum tee shirt HE IS LEGEND ARE RACIST

anonymous 11/3/2015 9:55:25 AM

They made enough for studio time, I guess the album will come out 5 years from now.

anonymous 11/3/2015 10:13:02 AM

all these people hating meanwhile the band made 13k in a day. when was the last time you were able to gross that kind of money from something you created? lol.

ShaolinLambKiller 11/3/2015 10:51:07 AM

Pathetic fcking band should break up and die.

anonymous 11/3/2015 10:54:56 AM

$11,400 for your pitch video and artwork? Get fcked, dorks.

anonymous 11/3/2015 11:16:05 AM

when was the last time you were able to gross that kind of money from something you created? lol. It's actually not "grossing" if you believe their budget. And it's cool, there are people who don't mind the fact these gays are just lying to their "fans" and stealing from them,

anonymous 11/3/2015 11:16:49 AM

Practice enough pre-studio, $12k becomes $6k. no label to pitch to, video is unecessary. LOL at unsigned band expecting a "band salary" so that's out. Per diem, travel, lodging can be combined and cut 20%. If you can't find somewhere to shack up and eat for $8600 just quit...

anonymous 11/3/2015 11:21:40 AM

...your "pre-production equipment" you should already own (instruments and bedroom recording software). $5k for artwork is a joke. Can easily be $1k. "Maintenance?" ok maybe guitar strings and drum heads, $500. There I just got your hilarious $56k budget down to just under $20k. -Trump

anonymous 11/3/2015 3:17:41 PM

Ray Djent Clark Make America Great Again 2016 To all a good djent, and may djent be with you.

anonymous 11/3/2015 3:26:22 PM

Back in my day, a hard working metalcore band could net 70-80k a summer djenting across America, taking our brand of wild n crazy rock n roll on the road for a few weeks at a time. By god, back then the world was governed by logic- it all made sense. Sure we ate our meals at 711 and cried each other to sleep, it was metal- people got hurt. God damn lady man boys nowadays, askin' for money. Make me sick. GO sign to ferret records ya fairy boys.

anonymous 11/3/2015 4:26:46 PM

we ate our meals at 711 and cried each other to sleep hilarious LOL's

anonymous 11/3/2015 4:36:43 PM

band salary - $10,000 lol

anonymous 11/3/2015 6:03:53 PM

Fuuuuuckkkk youuuuuuu quit!

Sandpaperseatbelts 11/3/2015 7:07:42 PM

Sure we ate our meals at 711 and cried each other to sleep, it was metal- people got hurt. Best post I've seen on this site.

anonymous 11/3/2015 9:06:43 PM

711 comment has to be Dave Peters lol

anonymous 11/4/2015 5:50:20 AM

Get a part time job you lazy motherfckers. Yeah i want 56 k as well. Am i just going to sit on my ass and ask for it???? fck any band that asks for $$$ to make a record. Seriously, especially a shitty band thats been around for a while. Garage bands make albums for close to nothing all the time. You guys are fvcking pathetic, may your already shitty careers get even more shitty.

anonymous 11/4/2015 5:55:27 AM

More like He is Poor. AMIRITE?!?!?!?

anonymous 11/4/2015 8:55:25 AM

$10,000 for band salary? GTFO

anonymous 11/4/2015 11:52:46 AM

$10000 to record buuuuuuuuuuuuuuut $6400 to tell us that you want us to give you money to record? Wouldn't it have been easier to just save up the extra $3600??????????

anonymous 11/4/2015 12:26:23 PM

SO much complaining. You don't have to fund it, they are just asking money. It is, however, quite a bit much.

anonymous 11/4/2015 6:06:47 PM

711 comment has to be Dave Peters lol HA!

anonymous 11/5/2015 1:37:36 PM

if you like he is legend you like godsmack, juz sayn.

anonymous 11/5/2015 6:34:35 PM

I hate every fcking person who comments on this website. (not including myself)

anonymous 11/8/2015 6:40:17 PM

^ we don't care Frankie




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