John Stabb (musician)
John Dukes Schroeder (July 12, 1961 – May 7, 2016), known professionally as John Stabb, was an American punk rock vocalist and frontman. Best known as one of the founding members of the hardcore punk band Government Issue; he also played in other bands including, Betty Blue, The Factory Incident, Stabb, Stain, Emma Peel, Weatherhead, and History Repeated. He was born in Washington, D.C., and raised in Rockville, Maryland, where he attended Colonel Zadok A. Magruder High School. Stabb occasionally acted and was a freelance writer for Washington City Paper and Forced Exposure.
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Stabb singing on stage at Washington, DC's Wilson Center in 1981 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | John Dukes Schroeder |
| Also known as | Stabb |
| Born | July 12, 1961 Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Died | May 7, 2016 (aged 54) Rockville, Maryland, U.S. |
| Genres | Hardcore punk, punk rock, alternative rock, post-hardcore |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, singer, actor, writer |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals |
| Years active | 1979–2016 |
| Labels | Dischord Semblance DSI Records Tragic Life Diesel Boy Postfact Rusty Knuckles Morphius |
| Website | johnstabb |
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