An international punk compilation has been put together by Get Better Records as a benefit for Anthony Poynter, who has been diagnosed with a late stage of cancer. You can find it on bandcamp. Hit the replies for the track listing.
Jenny Conlee of Decemberists has been diagnosed with breast cancer. The good news is she caught it early. Hit the replies for a statement from the band. Please keep her in your thoughts and prayers.
In a new interview, Geezer Butler reveals that Dio could have been saved if he hadn’t refused medical check-up while his bandmates were getting theirs.
Help the Kanzius Cancer Research Foundation, a research that has discovered a way to treat cancer without side effects, win a Pepsi contest that will earn it $250k and some much needed publicity. It currently sits in 3rd place, behind proposals to rebuild an elementary school and construct a community center. Only the top 2 winners will receive money.
Help by voting, as well as spreading the word, every day with your emails, Facebook account, and other means of social networking. The contest ends on April 31st, 2010.
A friend of AbsolutePunk, Bryan Barnes of Thin Dark Line, is training for a marathon to raise money for Leukemia. He is participating in the Team In Training program for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. To read his story or donate to the LLS, please click here. To post a banner in support of his run and to help him raise money, please visit his MySpace for the code.
Concerts For Cancer has posted a new promo video on their web site. The concert will be taking place on June 9th at 6PM at 466 Raider Blvd, Hillsborough NJ 08844 on the Hillsborough High School football field. More information can be found on the event's MySpace page, and a flyer can be found here (PDF).
Bassist Bradley Quinn Andress of the up-and-coming rock band Close To Home was recently diagnosed with a deadly form of cancer while on tour with his band across the U.S. Andress, 20, was told he would die when flu-like symptoms brought him into a hospital after a show and it was discovered he had a seven-inch tumor on one of his lungs. That lung was removed, but Andress will still have to undergo an additional surgery to see if the cancer has spread.
To aid Andress in his fight against cancer, a benefit show is being scheduled in the band's hometown of Cincinnati, OH. Two tickets and on-stage seats to the Warped Tour in Cincinnati are also being auctioned off by the T.J. Martell...
Hurley and Smartpunk have teamed up to bring you Gerard Way's (My Chemical Romance) limited edition "Prom Knight" jacket. All proceeds from this jacket will benefit Boarding For Breast Cancer.
If you're in a band, work at a label, are a manager, have connections, etc., etc., it'd be great if you could take a little time to read the following message:
