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LEGENDARY PUNK BAND D.O.A. ANNOUNCES 30th ANNIVERSARY TOUR!
Photo by Don Denton
For immediate release: April 15, 2008
In
the past thirty years D.O.A. have released: 13 albums, 20 singles, EPs
and 7"s, 10 videos and been apart of 14 compilations. D.O.A. have sold one
million albums in their storied career. Band Leader Joe Shithead Keithley has gone on to start
his own label Sudden Death records and with members of D.O.A started a
side project called Band of Rebels. Keithley captured his musical
history in his Canadian bestseller autobiography I, Shithead- A Life
In Punk
(Arsenal Pulp Press). In 2003, Vancouver
Mayor Larry Campbell declared December 21st to be "D.O.A. Day"
in honour of the band's 25th anniversary.
Keithley has teamed up with co-conspirators bassist Randy Rampage and
drummer James Hayden to come up with a ton of great new songs for a new
album to be released this summer. Bob Rock, who has produced
albums for Metallica, Pointed Sticks, Young Canadians, Motley Crue,
Cranberries,The Cult and others is producing the band's 13th full length album, Northern
Avenger, in time for their 30th anniversary.
What did the godfather of punk rock have to say about
working with Rock? "Working with Bob Rock is fucking cool,” says Keithley.
“D.O.A. and Bob go a long ways back to the early days of Vancouver's
punk rock scene. If there ever was a guy who can record a heavy sound, it's Bob
and D.O.A.'s a heavy band, so it bloody well makes sense!"
D.O.A.
has always maintained an uncompromising anarchist populist political stance.
The band is known for its outspoken political opinions and has a history of
performing for many causes and benefits. Its slogan is "TALK-ACTION=0". The band has been active on many issues, including anti-racism, anti-globalization, freedom of speech and the environment.
D.O.A. has always maintained an uncompromising anarchist
populist political stance. The band is known for its outspoken political
opinions and has a history of performing for many causes and benefits. Its
slogan is "TALK-ACTION=0". The band has been active on many issues,
including anti-racism, anti-globalization, freedom of speech and the
environment.
Thirty years later Joe Shithead Keithley and D.O.A. are still
just as outspoken and continue to fuckin' rock!
Need I say more?
DOA 30th Anniversary Tour
Tuesday May 6th, The Casbah, Hamilton,ON
Wednesday May 7th,The Dungeon, Oshawa ON
Thursday May 8th, Call The Office, London ON
Friday May 9th, The Dominion, Ottawa, ON
Saturday May 10th, The Horseshoe, Toronto ON
Sunday May 11th, Time To Laugh Comedy Club , Kingston ON
Monday May 12th, L3, St. Catharines, ON
Monday June 9th, Wild Bill's, Banff AB
Tuesday
June 10th, The Doghouse, Medicine Hat, AB
Wednesday June 11th, The Zoo, Innisfail AB
Thursday June 12th, TBA in Alberta
Friday June 13th, TBA in Alberta
Saturday June 14th P and Q's , Ponoka, AB
American, European and more Canadian tour dates will be posted soon!
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"D. O. A. - Smash the State: The Raw Original D.O.A. 1978-81 DVD (Sudden
Death /
Music
Video Distributors) D.O.A.'s
Greatest Shits [1978 - 1998] DVD was good, but it was short, and high
on their later more rock material. These guys are Canadian, as well as punk,
legends and deserve a lengthier video release. Is that what this is? Well, it's
about time. This newest DVD disc is pure punk rock - hardcore '81 (and before)!
There are live shows on here filmed in San Francisco from 1980 and two from 1981,
an unknown Bay Area show from 1981, and the entire infamous Anarchist Anti-Canada
Day outdoor show from 1978 (as seen in pieces on Greatest
Shits. There's also a TV appearance from 1980 with the band performing "The Enemy", another TV appearance with a
studio version of "World War 3" from 1979, a '79 Canadian news report
on punk and D.O.A.. Seventy minutes of three-chord rock fury, snotty attitude, trouble-making, and
political activism. Watch, and see if you can spot Circle
Jerk's Keith Morris. While I did like Greatest Shits, this is a million
times better. Buy this and catch an old favorite of the Kennedy clan (that's
Dead Kennedys, Jack), and they'll probably be an old school fave for you too.
(March
20, 2008)"
The Ontario leg of D.O.A.'s 30th Anniversary Tour has been edited. See the Tour Page for full tour info.
We have a show poster for the May date in Toronto. Cheers.
On the
5th anniversary of the Iraq
War, join the World Against War Days of Action...
Rally
Saturday, March 15
12 Noon
Vancouver Art
Gallery
(Georgia
side, at Hornby)
Music by Vancouver's
legendary D.O.A.
&
Picket
Wednesday, March 19
11am to 1pm, U.S.
Consulate (1075 W. Pender, at
Thurlow)
- Bring the troops home
from Afghanistan
- Give refuge to Iraq
war resisters
- Don't attack Iran
- End the siege of Gaza
D.O.A. have finished laying the bedtracks for the new cd "Northern Avenger".
The overdubs are scheduled to start March 10th, with a release date in the spring or early summer of 2008. We have posted some photos from the studio below.
Bob Rock and Joe Shithead.
Bob Rock and D.O.A.
Bob Rock and Joe Shithead.
Photos by Susanne Tabata
***D.O.A. will play the Open Air Peace Rally at the Vancouver Art Gallery Saturday March 15th at noon.***
D.O.A. teams up with legendary producer Bob Rock to record their new album "Northern Avenger" for their 30th Anniversary!!!
In mid February, Canada’s legendary punk rock band D.O.A. will start recording a new album in time for their 30th anniversary. The production will be handled by mega producer Bob Rock (Metallica, The Cult, Pointed Sticks, Young Canadians, Motley Crue).
Sudden Death Records is ecstatic about the upcoming release of “Northern Avenger.” The tentative release date for Canada is May 2008 and August 2008 for the rest of the world. D.O.A., led by Canada’s punk godfather Joe Shithead Keithley, has teamed up with co-conspirators bassist Randy Rampage and drummer James Hayden and come up with a ton of great new songs.
Bob Rock got his start with his band The Payolas who, along with D.O.A. and others, helped start Vancouver’s gritty underground punk scene back in 1978. Bob produced some of the great early pop punk bands like the Young Canadians and the Pointed Sticks at Vancouver’s famous Little Mountain Sound. D.O.A. also recorded their classic early singles The Prisoner/13 and World War 3/Whatcha Gonna Do? at Little Mountain Sound with the help of Ron Obvious and Bob Rock. Bob later went onto world-wide fame producing bands like Metallica, The Tragically Hip and Bon Jovi.
The songs on "Northern Avenger" cover a lot of fertile and explosive ground, as you would expect from a D.O.A. album. Songs like Human Bomb, Police Brutality and Crossfire are political and on fire. There’s also the humor you would expect from D.O.A. on Devils’ Speedway and Donnybrook. All in all, it will be a blistering collection of songs.
Release schedule and D.O.A. tour dates will be announced shortly.
For more info contact:
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Scanner Zine has posted 5 cd reviews for D.O.A. cds. Included in the review are:
1 . The Black Spot (ReRelease)
2. Something Better Change
3. War And Peace
4. War on 45
5. Live Free or Die
If you are interested in reading the reviews, please click here .
Buy 1 cd get next CD for only $5.00!
We are currently offering a special promotion at at Sudden Death Records online store. When you purchase your first cd at the normal price of $16.00 you can select from a list of cd's that will only be $5.00 extra!
These are the cd's that are listed in the amazing $5.00 deal:
DBS I is for Insignificant
DOA Festival of Atheists
DOA Greatest Shits
DOA Play It Over and Over Again
DOA Win The Battle
DOA Live Free or Die
DOA/Thor Are You Ready
The Damned Molten Lager
Ford Pier 12 Step Plan...
Honeymans Stompin' Grounds
Honeymans Plugged Up
JP5 Hot Box
Joe Keithley Band of Rebels
Joe Keithley Beat Trash
MDC Magnus Dominus Corpus
Modernettes Get It Straight
Once Just Destination
Pigment Vehicle Murder's Only Foreplay...
Pointed Sticks Perfect Youth
Pointed Sticks Waiting For The Real Thing
Portrait of Poverty Poor Princes of Punk Power
Real McKenzies Clash of the Tartans
Real McKenzies Pissed Tae Th' Gills
SCHULZ What Apology
Stockyard Stoics Debut Album
Stagmummer
Thor Devastation of Musculation
Thor Rock N Roll Nightmare
Various Artists We Still keep on Running with DOA
Various Artists Green Revolution
Various Artists Let's Start The Action
Various Artists Vancouver Complication
Vice Squad Lo-Fi Life
Young Canadians No Escape
1995 album from D.O.A. that has been out of print since 2000.
It features:
- Joe Shithead
- Wimpy Roy
- Ford Pier
- and John Wright from No Means No
"Band of Rebels"
D.O.A. and Canada’s godfather of punk, JOE SHITHEAD
KEITHLEY. This 14 song album combines punk-a-billy, ska, punk
and roots rock. It’s funny, political, upbeat, and incredibly energetic.
The songs talk about smokin’ pot, troublemaking, Star Trek, revolution, and fucking with corporations.
Standout tracks are: “Bust Me Loose”, “Record Company Ripoff”,
“Rebel Kind” and “Fuck The Corporation”. There’s also a kick ass
cover of STEPPENWOLF’s “Born To Be Wild”. The 12 guest musicians are loosely known as the “Dirty Dozen” and include RANDY RAMPAGE (D.O.A., ANNILHILATOR), KEVIN KANE (GRAPES OF WRATH), JESSE ZUBOT (ZUBOT AND DAWSON), THE GREAT BALDINI (D.O.A., DOG EAT DOGMA), JOHN KORSRUD (HARD RUBBER ORCHESTRA) and BILL RUNGE (HARD RUBBER ORCHESTRA).
JOE SHITHEAD KEITHLEY, Canada’s infamous anti-hero, has
won over a couple of generations of fans and performers through
his work in D.O.A., his writing and his activism. He’s influenced
artists like GREEN DAY, THE RED HOT CHILLI PEPPERS, NIRVANA,
RANCID, NOFX, BAD RELIGION, HENRY ROLLINS, JELLO BIAFRA
and IAN MCKAYE.
When asked why he has recorded a solo album when D.O.A. is still
going strong, Shithead had this to say; “I got to stretch out and try
new things, this is a different way to fight the system. Band of
Rebels is like an extension of D.O.A., musically it’s a little different,
but it’s still nuts and it’s still meant to cause trouble and stir shit up!”
Band of Rebels is out June 19th, so come and join the revolution.
Tracklist
1. Rebel Kind
2. Bust Me Loose
3. When Power Came To Canada
4. Armageddon Time
5. Wake Me Up For The Revolution
6. Born To Be Wild
7. Take What You Can Out Of Life
8. Fuck The Corporation
9. Irene Goodnight
10. Troublemaker
11. Dangerman
12. Record Company Ripoff
13. Men For All Ages
14. People Power
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