Benefit for John Stabb
I recently heard of benefit for John Stabb formerly front man for the DC Punk band Government Issue. John was mugged jumped a few weeks ago and savagely beaten
John Stabb Benefit. He was beaten badly enough to require surgery to his head and face, insertion of Titanium plates (cue Didjits Plate in my head from Vietnam), and attendant numerous large hospital bills. I have a recollection that his real name is Schroder. Stabb being his nom-du-roque. I learned of this only last Thursday via Diane's show on WFMU in New Jersey
!DIANE'S KAMIKAZE FUN MACHINE! Out of town out of state, giving out the news. There were two bands I saw more times than any other, not deliberately, it just worked out that way. Government Issue was one of them; I must seen them 10 or more times. The other was the Slickee Boys (Kim Kane, the mask, c'mon I got no regrets). My old friend Derrick Hsu put out the GI record Joy Ride on his Fountain of Youth label. Which I am loooking at as I type this. Huh, it says here Tom Berard shot the video used for the cover. Hey Tom. Wherever you are. The "Marc" who put the benefit site together I imagine is Marc Alberstadt who was also in Goverment Issue [name on the poster for the first benefit show is a Marc Ganancias - ed. note]. Marc did a show at WMUC when I was a freshman [or was that Kenny Alberstadt?] For that matter Tom Lyle did one for a brief period also. I never understood why people didn't like Tom Lyle. He wasn't any harder to get along with than plenty of other people I've known. I used to see John Schroder around the University of Maryland a few years ago, even occaisionaly in McKeldin Library where I work. I assumed he was getting a degree. My friend Rob Bratton dug up a myspace page of his at some point "Stabb ... john stabb.". I saw from this Mr. Stabb had recently gotten married. There is plenty of myspace support building up on that space now. He seemed content. Well, as content as xpunkers get. Ich bin ein G.I.
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