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Former DEATH/CONTROL DENIED Guitarist Suffers Heart Attack; Financial Assistance Needed
- Oct. 1, 2009
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Last month, Shannon Hamm, guitarist for DEATH and CONTROL DENIED, and mastermind behind up-and-coming band BEYOND UNKNOWN, found himself in the ICU (Intensive Care unit) of his local hospital. As it turns out, he had suffered a serious heart attack while at home. Commented Shannon: "Due to a complete arterial blockage, I suffered a near-fatal heart attack (I would have been dead inside an hour had 911 not been called) resulting in an emergency procedure in which a 3 mm x 18 mm coronary stent was placed in my heart via cardiac catheterization, sealed at the groin with an angio-seal vascular closure device. This means a tube with a camera was run through my arteries/heart via my groin. My heart rate is being kept between 48 and 53 beats per minute, and I will continue to see the cardiologist and family doctor indefinitely, as well as undergo various tests and blood work on an ongoing basis." Shannon, like so many of us, lives without any health insurance. In order to assist him continue care and cover mounting medical bills, prescription costs, and basic living expenses, his friends and family are reaching out to the musical community. Family has opened a special fund in his name and we welcome any assistance that fans, friends, and family may be able to offer. We realize that current economic conditions have hit most of us very hard but anything can make a difference, especially when we all come together. Anyone wishing to establish an official fundraiser should first contact us to register the event and ensure that you are included on any web announcements, etc. Please direct your donations to the following: Wire transfer: Chase Bank - Attn Mandi Murphy 760 E. Merritt Island Cswy. Merritt Island, FL. 32952-3509 (321) 452-0482 phone / (321) 452-2565 fax Chase account info: Name: Shannon Hamm SWIFT code: CHASUS33 Routing No: 267084131 Account No: 852645043 Checks/money orders via snail mail: P.O. Box 542038 Merritt Island, FL. 32954-2038 Via PayPal: silver67@bellsouth.net General inquiries may be sent to MartyrMusicGroup@aol.com 
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COMMENT | the second album
posted by :
10/1/2009 7:25:17 AM
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chuck's family sould help him by selling the second album. Get well!
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COMMENT |
posted by :
10/1/2009 8:42:52 AM
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Long live the american health system. Idiots!
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COMMENT | This
posted by : royalstar05
10/1/2009 8:50:13 AM
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is why we need a single payer, public option for health care. If this guy would be living in canada all of his medical bills would be payed for. ALL medical would be payed for. American health system sucks ass. The guy will probly be close to losing his house after this. All the best to him though.
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COMMENT | he needs,,,,,
posted by :
10/1/2009 9:04:02 AM
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,,,,,,,,,,,,,,to sell that motorcycle !!!
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COMMENT |
posted by :
10/1/2009 9:16:53 AM
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Best wishes to the guy, hope he gets better.
Let us now open the health care can of worms.
Here in Canada, all his medical bills are paid. Money never even factors in.
I just laugh when I hear Americans bash public health care. Obama's been taking a real sh*t kicking over his reforms.
You guys have got to get this "socialist/commie" crap out of your brain-washed heads. McCarthyism is still alive and well in America, and is currently defending your health care 'system'.
Too many people in your country make trillions from your ill-health, and you and your children's lives mean nothing to them in the shadow of all that cash.
My doctor is not Stalin or Hitler, and I am free to see any doctor I wish. Canadian health care rules, bash it all you want, but I'll never suffer financially from any illness. EVER.
Stop listening to overlords. They don't give a shit about you.
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COMMENT | royalstar05
posted by : judasprice
10/1/2009 9:18:49 AM
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"If this guy would be living in canada all of his medical bills would be payed for."
If this guy lived in Canada, he would be dead right now. Depending on which part of Canada he lived in, who knows what the emergency response would have been. Also, insurance coverage and medical treatment is not a right. You have have no right to demand that someone be your doctor and give you medical treatment. You do have the option to pay someone for their service. You people who think that government run health care would be so great, check out the V.A. hospitals in this country. That is government run health care. Name one program that the government is in charge of, that is suppose to benefit the citizens of the United States, that is run with any competence.
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COMMENT |
posted by :
10/1/2009 9:29:20 AM
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There you go, right there. See what I mean? You've been so brain washed it's un-freakin believable.
"No right to demand that someone be your doctor?" I have never in my 40 years of life EVER seen a doctor refuse ANYONE treatment.
And also, medical treatment IS INDEED a right.
If your doctor does give you a hassle, you can pick another. Stop listening to Ted Nugent, dude. He's probably got shares in Pfizer.
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COMMENT | "Name one program that the government is in charge of, that is suppose to benefit the citizens of th
posted by : MaskOfSanity
10/1/2009 9:34:08 AM
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Uhh so are you saying the military is incompetent?
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COMMENT |
posted by : ophidian
10/1/2009 9:37:34 AM
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Medical treatment not a right? According to the insurance companies and Republicans you have a point. The "Right to Life" movement (and let's not BS ourselves, medical treatment = life) apparently only applies until you leave the womb.
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COMMENT | judasprice
posted by :
10/1/2009 9:50:13 AM
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So why would getting your house extinquished from flames be a right? or getting help from a police officer if somebody took your wallet? They are jobs to, and they should be paid for their service to right?
How f++ing ignorant are you? who defines what is a right or not? Why would a house have more rights than a human? So the house can get treatment when its sick (fire) but a human can not?
Damn, materialistic things and property has more rights than you do!! you really are dumb...
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COMMENT |
posted by :
10/1/2009 10:17:36 AM
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hope he recovers soon
Now on to the politics.
I get tired of people using canada's healthcare system as an example of "how to do it right." Have you canadians looked at your taxes lately?? I've spent plenty of time in canada and everytime I'm there I can't believe the taxes you pay on everything. ALSO, you're not comparing apples to apples. Canada has 30Million people, the states have 330Million people. You can't just copy and paste the canadian system and expect it to work here.
I am against socialized health care for this reason and this reason alone. My money is my money, I'm not going to pay for a smokers lung cancer treatments, I'm not going to pay for somebodies breast implants etc.. Now I know you're going to say "but that's not how it works" ... but trust me, the way our govt runs things that's exactly how it will work. Let me worry about me, You can worry about you.
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COMMENT |
posted by :
10/1/2009 10:20:16 AM
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That sums up American health perfectly. "Let me worry about me, you can worry about you".
I hope you're rich.
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COMMENT | Sad news...
posted by : clipperofwings
10/1/2009 10:20:49 AM
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This guy is an amzing guitarist and absolutely killed it on The Sound of Persaverance and Fragile Art of Existence albums - best wishes to him and his family.
The US healthcare system is a joke - the health insurance companies own congress and the whole country for the mostpart. I like Obama but I wish he would grow some balls and put all the paranoid hyper-religious redneck sociopaths from the Republican party in their place and steamroll what he wants through. But that probably won't happen because the Democrats have no backbone and always blow their chance. A friend of mine moved to Sweden and it's amazing to see a government that actually puts the need of it's people above all else.....if I didn't already have a career with benefits I'd leave here immediately.
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COMMENT | Any civil country MUST have free health care
posted by :
10/1/2009 10:30:20 AM
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End of.
I'm sending money to him RIGHT NOW, do the same instead of just sending him your "best wishes" you cheap bastards.
LONG LIVE CONTROL DENIED!!!!!
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COMMENT |
posted by : Cassoulet
10/1/2009 10:51:00 AM
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"I get tired of people using canada's healthcare system as an example of "how to do it right." "
I agree with you, the French system is far more efficient and cheaper
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COMMENT | I love the judgemental bullshit...
posted by :
10/1/2009 10:51:22 AM
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....with what people try and justify the unjustifiable SELFISHNESS and GREED that rule their sad lives.
Health is a BASIC HUMAN RIGHT, no matter what, enough said and money sent.
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COMMENT |
posted by :
10/1/2009 10:59:01 AM
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Get Well Soon man, my Aunt just suffered a Heart Attack with no insurance, basically she moved to a different state and is trying to hide from the Hospitals $60k + bill.
Anthem, there are SOOOOOO many things wrong with your post it makes me embarrassed to share the same species as you. "We have good, affordable health insurance" no, no, no, no, no. I pay $274 a month for basic health care , that does not cover half the things I go to the doctors for, nor does it cover my wife. Where are you finding "good, affordable health insurance", does your coverage have maternity, prescription, what's your deductible, co-pay? Or do you get insurance from your Pizza Hut job?
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COMMENT | Damn
posted by : RiotAct666
10/1/2009 11:06:39 AM
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Best wishes to him, hope he has a quick recovery~
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COMMENT |
posted by : eatmetalforlife
10/1/2009 11:07:38 AM
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rep. grayson said it best: the only republican healthcare plan is for us to die quickly. chuck schuldiner should have been alive today if we had socialized healthcare. as for you republicans, there's just one way to describe you: you are assholes!!
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COMMENT | eatmetalforlife
posted by :
10/1/2009 11:20:50 AM
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Prime example of the naivety I see around me. Buying hype.
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COMMENT | Planet Piss
posted by :
10/1/2009 11:37:17 AM
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Well said. For a minute there I thought you were calling me out.
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COMMENT | Planet Piss
posted by : eatmetalforlife
10/1/2009 12:40:57 PM
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you and your heckling thug friends are the ones threatening secession in texas. your fucking conservative friends are the ones who showed up armed in those rallies in defiance of this president. your fucking fringes are now suggesting a military coup against obama, and you're talking about the constitution?everything you wrote on your post you wouldn't be saying if our president was a republican. it's all about barack obama, an african-american. that's what it is. that doesn't change what i said, republicans are assholes!
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COMMENT |
posted by :
10/1/2009 12:42:19 PM
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"I agree with you, the French system is far more efficient and cheaper"
And according to a census poll taken recently on the level of effective health care management, the French system now ranks with Canada's. Hope your Japanese or Italian is up to par; those countries topped the list.
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COMMENT |
posted by : Your Mom's Best Friend
10/1/2009 1:07:05 PM
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Yet another proof of Obama having the right priorities.
50 million people in the world's richest country living without health insurance is a fucking joke and a travesty, nothing less.
Fuck off all you stupid-ass republicunts.
You have no business in metal anyway.
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COMMENT | eatmetalforlife
posted by :
10/1/2009 1:10:08 PM
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I wasn't heckling anyone. And I wouldn't like it anymore if it were a Republican in office. I dislike both equally. Republicans and Democrats are both assholes. And your comments also don't change the fact that you are naive. I certainly hope you wouldn't buy into the belief that the government knows whats best, but then again after reading your comments you do strike me as the ignorant type who would.
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COMMENT | Your mom's best friend
posted by :
10/1/2009 1:14:31 PM
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Keep buying the hype that our government knows and wants whats best.
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COMMENT | i wish
posted by : ankarock
10/1/2009 1:23:13 PM
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i could help.but,
can t he just get an insurance now?
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COMMENT | @ankarock
posted by : Cornloaf
10/1/2009 1:34:00 PM
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The problem with him getting insurance now is that this is considered a pre-existing condition and it would be excluded from coverage (if he even qualifies for insurance).
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COMMENT | Planet Piss, you must be kidding!
posted by :
10/1/2009 1:37:05 PM
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You spent 3 days in the hospital and had a $9000 surgery and you only paid $800 out of pocket. Nonsense, you are lying! Unless, as later on in your post indicated, you are in the military, so you had your surgery at a VA hospital. ie a GOVERNMENT run hospital. There is NO CHANCE that a private citizen in a regular hospital spends 3 days in the hospital and has a $9000 surgery and pays $800 for it, just not possible. Nice try though...
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COMMENT | HJSimpson
posted by :
10/1/2009 1:51:00 PM
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If you are paying $274 per month for only yourself, then you are an idiot and should research your plans a bit more.
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COMMENT | best wishes dude!
posted by :
10/1/2009 1:51:33 PM
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Get better man, we're not done with you yet :)
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COMMENT |
posted by : TheEagle
10/1/2009 4:51:40 PM
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Best wishes to him...
BUT
It's not our fault if the american health systems sucks. Americans should either revolt against it or swallow the pill once and for all. Even if everyone who ever bought a Death album gave a dollar, it wouldn't amount to much anyway. Sad thing but true.
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COMMENT | armorsaint20
posted by : eatmetalforlife
10/1/2009 4:56:42 PM
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nothing wrong with trusting the government when it's trying to fix what's broken you ignorant fool. as for your state governor's actions, that's sad but i still say you republicans are assholes.
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COMMENT | eatmetalforlife
posted by :
10/1/2009 8:46:56 PM
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It is a problem because it could be the first thing they come for. Next will be the first amendment. And why trust the government, WHICH HAPPENS TO BE BROKEN ITSELF, to fix a system when they can't look inward and fix themselves. Seriously think about it. Both parties are sided with whomever can line their pockets. I appreciate Obama taking a stance and finally saying something, but at the end of the day he is a politician, and politicians can't be trusted. Oh and BTW you naive prick I never said I was a republican. I do not appreciate being associated with them, or democrats for that matter. I am neither.
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COMMENT | armorsaint20
posted by :
10/1/2009 10:25:01 PM
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This guy has the right idea.
The government is corrupt. Both sides.
Republicans = Democrats.
Bush, Obama, and Clinton are all best of friends...
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COMMENT | get well soon
posted by :
10/2/2009 3:30:36 AM
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Have hope dude...and hopefully the health system will relent...
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COMMENT | TO judasprice
posted by : zhaga
10/2/2009 8:50:29 AM
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Dude, I live in Costa Rica and we have free health care too, don't defend your health care system, it has no possible defense
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