D.O.A. Canada’s punk legends and the originators of hardcore punk
pummel you with a great new album, Kings of Punk, Hockey and
Beer. A short time ago, Canadian punk godfather JOE SHITHEAD
KEITHLEY was sourly contemplating the namby-pamby-ness of the
new National Hockey League style, as he reached for the solace of a
beer, it occurred to him, “Hey, damn this corporate NHL crap! Let’s give
the people some real rough and tumble on the ice! The D.O.A. way!”
So that’s what this is, D.O.A. go back to their roots. They invented the
“HOCKEY ROCK” genre with their break though Taking Care of
Business video in 1987, that featured BTO guitarist RANDY
BACHMAN. (Of course all due credit going to PHIL ESPOSITO and
MARCEL DIONNE for their “interesting” attempt at hockey rock in the
early 70’s) The band then formed their own team, THE D.O.A.
MURDER SQUAD, perpetual champions of the V.M.H.L., out scoring
rival hockey bands like BAD RELIGION, THE HANSON BROTHERS
and SNFU and roughing them up just for fun.
This album is a knock ‘em down, beat ‘em in the alley affair that
combines three important things in the D.O.A. world: Punk, Hockey and
Beer! The boys smash you into the corner with the anthemic
Donnybrook, then they slash you with Dead Men Tell No Tales,
just as your coming back to consciousness they pitchfork you with Beer
Liberation Army and Beat ‘Em, Bust ‘Em. The kings of high
sticking also nail you with a great version of the Stompin’ Tom Conners
classic, The Hockey Song. As you skate further back into your own
end they hit you with a powerful re-write of wrestler Freddie Blassie’s
Pencil Neck Geek.
All in all it’s a non stop bruising affair that will have you limping to the
trainer’s room looking for a cold one. Come join in the mayhem with
D.O.A., the Kings of Punk, Hockey and Beer!
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DOA - Kings of Punk, Hockey and Beer CD
