Bay Area punk rock legend Jello Biafra hospitalized after suffering stroke

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Bay Area punk rock icon Jello Biafra was hospitalized over the weekend after suffering a hemorrhagic stroke.

The former lead singer of the Dead Kennedys — by far, the greatest Bay Area punk rock band of all time — suffered the stroke on March 7 according to a Facebook post from Biafra’s Alternative Tentacles Records label. The stroke was reportedly caused by high blood pressure.

The stroke caused the left side of Biafra’s body to go numb — at least temporarily…

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