Coheed And Cambria Donate $3000 To Fan Facing Eviction

Pregnant Mississippi mother-of-two Cyndi Crouch recently received the surprise of her life when stalwart US prog-rock band Coheed And Cambria donated $3000 to keep her from being evicted.

On June 24, Crouch created a GoFundMe page to find assistance for the plight of her family - her two children, aged 3 and 5, her husband, and his son, 11 - who had fallen on hard times and were facing the very real threat of being forced to leave their home of five years, with nowhere else to go.

"Hello friends & strangers, my name is Cyndi," she posted. "I've fallen into an incredible bind and I'm in desperate need of help. Here's the situation: I'm 8 months pregnant, I have two kids, 5 & 3, plus my husband and his son, 11. We have fallen behind in our mortgage due to several things: I babysit for a living and was without that income for a couple months & playing catchup from that put us even further behind. My husband works full time, 50+ hours a week, but it just hasn't been enough. We are $2200 behind in our mortgage, our eviction court date is tomorrow morning at 9 AM, at which point we will be given a week or less to vacate our home of 5 years."

However, she woke up six days ago to find she'd already reached her expressed goal of $3500 (topping out at the time of writing at $3816), courtesy of the generous donation from her favourite rock band.

Luckily, Crouch is the curator of CoCa fansite Cobalt And Calcium, and her support over the past several years is not something that has gone unnoticed by its members.

“She's really a part of the band,” drummer Josh Eppard told the New York Post. “She's the reason we have a career, people like her.”

“I can't imagine the money that Cyndi has spent coming to see us,” he continued, explaining that the decision among the band to donate was "unanimous".

“It's really the least we could do. Everyone in the band probably wishes we could donate 10 times more than that.”

It pays to be a devoted fan of live music, after all -- especially when the fans and musicians involved in the community are on equal footing when it comes to unbridled kindness and love for each other.

Said Crouch in a consequent thank-you post on her GoFundMe page: “If I live for another hundred years, I will spend them doing exactly what I have been, telling everyone about this band, this community, showing my support in everything they do not only as a band, but as individuals as well."

“Words just can't explain how grateful we are,” she said. “They pulled us out of the pits.”