Lead singer of Suffocate Faster stabbed during Bleeding Through performance

Chris Alsip, the lead singer of Cincinnati hardcore band Suffocate Faster, was stabbed by a bouncer during Bleeding Through's show at Bogarts in Cincinnati, Ohio Monday night. Witnesses have reported that 10 minutes into Bleeding Through's set a fight broke out in the pit between Alsip and a bouncer. During the altercation the bouncer allegedly drew a knife and stabbed Alsip in the stomach. He was taken to University Hospital, where he's listed in stable condition. A second victim showed up later at the University Hospital saying he had been hurt in the fight, but the extend of his injuries are unknown.

After the incident happened Bleeding Through lead singer Brandan Schieppati addressed the crowd that a close friend of the band had been stabbed, how he believed everyone should be welcome at a Bleeding Through show, and that the violence displayed was uncalled for. The band promply left stage to join Alsip in the hospital. The remainder of the show, a MTV2 Headbangers Ball Tour date with Himsa, Arch Enemy, Bleeding Through and Cradle Of Filth, was called off.

This has showed up in a few local news sources, check stories in Channel Cincinnati and 12 WKRC Cincinnati.