This blog has been writing up about A Guy Called Gerald and the injustice he’s faced against Rham! Records for a while now. He recently announced that he wanted to pursue legal action against the label in order to rectify the situation, launching a fundraiser to pay for it.
Well, the aforementioned fundraiser is doing nicely. At the last check, it was at just under £15,000 out of the £20k target. This one doesn’t work in the same way as the recent Djoon whip round, so he’ll get his money next week no matter what he’s raised.
Rham (in its current incarnation, anyway) boss Barry Lancaster Smith isn’t currently answering my messages asking for comment. Then again, it’s curious that he can contact people to send them legal threats, but not money…