John Stabb (musician)


John Dukes Schroeder, known professionally as John Stabb, was an American punk rock vocalist and frontman. He was best known as the founding member of 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 publications such as Washington City Paper and Forced Exposure.

Personal life

Stabb married long-time partner Mina Devadas on St. Patrick’s Day 2016 while staying at Holy Cross Hospital. After a 112-day battle with stomach cancer he died at a hospice in Rockville, Maryland on May 7, 2016 at the age of 54.

Works outside of music

Filmography

Stabb was interviewed in Salad Days.
Blood and Steel, Cedar Crest Country Club

Non-Government Issue discography