Monuments Launch GoFundMe To Reclaim Money Owed For SW Performance

British prog metal heroes Monuments have launched a crowdfunding campaign on GoFundMe in order to raise the "HUGE amount of money that we do not have", that they claim is unpaid from their stint on Soundwave 2015 this February.

The band allege that AJ Maddah and Soundwave Festival "is not responding to any of our mails" and that the unpaid money is needed to pay the bills they've been juggling since the beginning of the year.

The GoFundMe campaign seeks to raise £14,000 (approximately AU $30,000), which the band claim will be used to "pay back our friends and family who loaned us money to get to OZ in the first place … also help us catch up on other bills". 

The band have currently raised £2,036 (approximately AU $4,300). Read their full plea below.

Friends/Fans - True Believers! 

We've been dreading this day but also knew it would come eventually so ... read on ... 

We played Soundwave 2015 where we had an AMAZING time but we still have not been paid in full for that performance! We've tried our best to keep contact with AJ Maddah/Soundwave Festival but now that #SW16 has gone down the tubes and he is not responding to any of our mails- there is no reason to think he will ever pay us. We've been juggling bills since the beginning of the year - waiting for them to pay up but we are now at a point where we have no other choice than to ask for your help.

We aren't the biggest or best band in the world - but we are a very dedicated band that has given 200% of our time and dedication to get our music out there - so for us this is a HUGE amount of money that we do not have and couldn't have come at a worse time ... for a small band like us this is like losing a million dollars ...

We are currently working on album #3, will be touring North America in March/April 2016 and will do the European festival circuit so ALL donations will go to helping us pay back our friends and family who loaned us money to get to OZ in the first place but will also help us catch up on other bills so we can concentrate on doing what we do best and delivering the best Monuments album to date.

Thanks for reading/supporting!

THANK YOU!
Monuments