The effort began after Semer’s husband asked her to help.

In a ward in which patients have covered the walls with images of professional athletes and musicians, the marriage of sports and music on their behalf was natural. … Politics do not move fast enough, so a small group of people based in Seattle and the staff of Ward 57 are working together to raise funds through the sale of the Ward 57 T-shirt and football jersey.”

In a news release, the organizers said, “These young men (and a few women) are bored, depressed and in pain, day after day with little contact with the outside world. The power of such “G-punk” hard-core music is being enlisted to help the troops where politicians and visiting celebrities have not, event organizers said. The band intends to wear the jerseys at each show. said they will do whatever they can to support this. and the Subnoize Souljaz featuring Big B and The Dirtball, all of independent label Suburban Noize Records. Her company, Atmosphere Artist Management, is a partner in the fundraiser and concert, which includes Kottonmouth Kings, (HED) P.E. Scott Cameron, is a nurse in the ward and spent 27 months in Iraq, surviving a roadside bomb explosion. We just need to make sure they are taken care of,” Deborah Semer of Seattle said. This is supporting wounded soldiers once they have been blown up in our name. Proceeds from the sales of the shirts will benefit the many amputees from Ward 57. The Strange Noize Tour debuts at Moore Theater, beginning a 32-date national tour for which special black-and-gold football jerseys have been designed.

Wednesday night, some of the most hard-core musicians and their fans in Seattle will launch a national effort to help the soldiers whose bodies were ripped apart by war. Musical groups to kick off tour in Seattle tonightĪt Walter Reed Army Medical Center in the nation’s capital, the unit for soldiers suffering some of the most hard-core wounds of war is Ward 57. Banding together to help badly wounded U.S.

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