Jack Control, Lead vocalist of hardcore punk bands Severed Head of State and World Burns to Death, long time force in theTexas Punk Scene and behind Mind Control Records, was stabbed and seriously
wounded in an altercation at a show in Austin, Texas on Saturday January 28th.

There was a large show on the North Loop in Austin-An earlier show at a Record Store had featured J-Church, Army of Jesus and Storm The Tower and a later show was with Manikin at the Pizza Parlor a few doors down. At the end of the night some random trainhopper kids got rowdy. One guy went on a rampage and kicked in the glass doors of the venue, and then
tried to kick in the windows of the anarchist bookstore next door and windows of cars parked on the street. When confronted by the people
running the show, Including members of World Burns to Death and Signal Lost, a big mess of a brawl broke out. It ended when Jack stepped in to
stop a guy from hitting Jasmine from Signal Lost and one of the
trainhoppers came from behind and stabbed jack in the gut just below the ribs.

Jack's wounds required over three hours of surgery and he lost 4 pints of blood. Jack has stabilized and will recover, his epigastric artery, which serves the Stomach and Liver, was severed and no longer supplies blood to those organs. Doctors think there will be enough blood flow from minor arteries to function normally and He's on the road to recovery.

The person who stabbed Jack (who goes by the name of "Bingo") fled, but was arrested nearby. He is currently in police custody and being charged for attempted murder.

Jack has no medical insurance and will face a monolithic amount of medical and legal bills, as well as missed time from work as a result of this. A pay pal account has been established at:

timmythetexasturd [at] gmail [DOT] com

for anyone willing to donate funds to help Jack with his expenses.

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