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Punk rocker Jello Biafra of the band the Dead Kennedys has been hospitalized after a severe medical emergency that occurred three days ago.
The 67-year-old musician has suffered from a hemorrhagic stroke, which occurs when a blood vessel in the brain ruptures, causing bleeding that damages tissue and increases skull pressure.
The news was shared on Instagram on Monday by his record label Alternative Tentacles.
The label said that Biafra 'suffered a hemorrhagic stroke caused by high blood pressure' on Saturday.
It was added that the artist is 'currently hospitalized but stable.'
'Speaking for the Alternative Tentacles family, we are all just very thankful he is okay and getting the care that he needs,' added the record label. 'We will update you all as we are able.'
Punk rocker Jello Biafra, 67, of the Dead Kennedys has been hospitalized after a severe medical emergency
The musician has suffered from a hemorrhagic stroke, which occurs when a blood vessel in the brain ruptures, causing bleeding that damages tissue and increases skull pressure; seen in 1981
The star then made his own statement on the same post.
He went into detail about the stroke.
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'I hopped out of my bed because I needed to pee, and my left leg just collapsed under me and I fell to the floor,' he began.
'I couldn't even break the fall with my left arm because it wasn't working either. I tried to hop back up again, and I couldn't. I realized I had "fallen and I can't get up!"'
He continued, 'It was this point I thought, "Oh s***, I'm having a stroke!"'
A hemorrhagic stroke is a medical emergency often caused by high blood pressure, aneurysms or vascular malformations.
Symptoms include a sudden, severe headache, confusion, weakness, and loss of consciousness, according to WebMD.
Biafra then added, 'I still have a lot of great stuff in me, but right now I gotta lotta of rehabbing to do.'
He is the former lead singer and songwriter for the San Francisco punk rock band Dead Kennedys which formed in 1979 and disbanded in 1986.
The news was shared on Instagram on Monday by his record label Alternative Tentacles. The label said that Biafra 'suffered a hemorrhagic stroke caused by high blood pressure' on Saturday, March 7
Seen in 2013 onstage during day 1 of the 2013 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival
When the band broke up in 1986, he took over the independent record label Alternative Tentacles, which he had founded in 1979 with Dead Kennedys bandmate East Bay Ray.
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Biafra - born Eric Reed Boucher - then went on to form his own career.
In 1986 he became a spoken word artist using humor while sharing his political beliefs.
His ninth spoken word album, In the Grip of Official Treason, was released in 2006.
Biafra has also performed with the band the Melvins under the name Jello Biafra and the Melvins. They released two albums.
And he was also working with a band known as Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School of Medicine.
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