"Sixty-nine-year-old Greg Bryce suffered horrific stab wounds to his chest and back after being assaulted by a man, 53, near the entrance of [a Club in Newcastle] ... on Sunday 22 March.
"He’s currently in a serious but stable condition at John Hunter Hospital."
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"Mr Bryce’s musical career began in the rock industry as a guitarist with Newcastle outfit DV8.
"The band filled huge auditoriums during the 80s with its hard-hitting original songs penned by the singer-songwriter.
"They recorded many charting albums and singles during this time.
"Mr Bryce’s songs also feature on The Screaming Jets’ first two platinum selling albums as well as the offering, Hits and Pieces, and Do Ya.
"Since the mid-90s, returning from two-and-a-half years studying and teaching yoga in India, he focused most of his energy on acoustic music."
"He also spent 13 years as a member of Jigzag (1997-2009), the highly-regarded folk/roots trio who has played main stages at major festivals throughout Australia such as Woodford and Port Fairy and also overseas in Canada, UK, Denmark and Finland.
"The band won The Best Live Act Award at the National Folk/Roots Awards in Canberra 2006, which was voted for by peers, audiences and festival programmers throughout Australia.
"Jigzag secured the Best Band honours at the Golden Fiddle Awards at the Tamworth Festival in 2009, too.
"Many of Mr Bryce’s songs feature on their albums."
These days, he performs mostly solo shows with occasional band appearances.