Public Enemy x SellaBand. Public Enemy was the first major band to partner with the SellaBand website where fans would donate money so that upcoming bands would have the proper funds to record an album. The much publicized deal with Public Enemy called for a requested donation of $250,000 from PE fans around the globe. If the $250,000 was raised…well then PE fans would get a new album. Problem is, Public Enemy is such an established group that fans were reluctant to pay up and had a hard time believing that a group of this stature would need help raising money. As a result, only $67,000 of the $250,000 (26.8%) was raised and the album never happened. So what next for PE and SellaBand?

If you fail…try, try again….and that’s exactly what they are doing. PE and SellaBand are going at it all over again but this time the requested donation total is significantly lower at $75,000. The group officially stated:

“We have learned that the fan-funding model is still not fully developed and, as a result, a $250,000 fund-raising effort, while possible, will take too long to accomplish…As a result of our SellaBand experience and all that we have learned, we now believe that a $75,000 fund raising target will fulfil the needs for a new recording project and is much more appropriate for the strength of the existing SellaBand model and the current economic climate.”

As of today, the total is at $56.4K so it’s pretty likely that they will hit their $75K goal. If you want to contribute, go to Public Enemy’s official SellaBand site.