A Public Matter is an industrial metal band based in Millington, Tennessee. They formed in late 2007, and were made up of lead vocalist Luke Bradstreet, lead guitarist and vocalist Jordan Bates, rhythm guitarist and backup vocalist Jason Hardimon, bassist Zachary Bing, and drummer and percussionist David Nichols.

The band were on pace to record an EP in 2008, but disbanded after internal conflict between Bates and Bradstreet. They reunited sporadically but officially disbanded in July of 2008.

According to an interview conducted with Bradstreet to the Millington alternate newspaper The Pull, the band has apparently settled it's differences and reunited for the recording of the 2009 EP, Public I (pronounced Public Eye).