D.O.A., Canada’s legendary pioneering punks who set the bar high for punk and basically invented hardcore, are ready to rip it up on the occasion of their 40th anniversary. They have a brand new album called ‘Fight Back’ and they are embarking on a worldwide tour to support this impressive new effort. The band are ready to take on all opposition and lay down a punk rock path of wild music and free thought. Their rough and ready line up is led by the godfather of Hardcore, Joe Shithead Keithley (guitar, vocals) he is more than ably accompanied by the manic rhythm section of Paddy Duddy (drums) and Corkscrew (bass).<\/p>\n
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Early reviews indicate that ‘Fight Back’\u00a0is the most innovative D.O.A.\u00a0album since War on 45. D.O.A.\u00a0has always been right on the pulse of what’s going on in our screwed up world. ‘Fight Back’ deals with what we have left, which in a lot of ways, is not much.<\/p>\n
“When you really think about it, income inequality and disparity is at the root of a lot huge problems, like environmental degradation, war, sexism and hate”<\/em> said Keithley who has been\u00a0fighting the good fight for the last 40 years. It’s why he’s made “TALK – ACTION = 0” his lifelong mantra.<\/p>\n ‘Fight Back,’ released via Joe’s own label Sudden Death Records, is a scathing and timely piece. Joe deals with all manner of unseemly low characters and issues. The album opens with acerbic You Need an Ass Kickin’ Right Now<\/em>, next rips right into the startling Killer Cops<\/em>, then smashes into the anthemic Time To Fight Back<\/em>, which is street punk resistance at its fiercest. The album proceeds with the timely Gonna Set You Straight<\/em> with violent and natural ease, and continues with the vitriolic I Just Got Back From the USA<\/em>. Then, the album takes a funny twist with We Won’t Drink This Piss<\/em> (down with bad corporate beer!) and You Can’t Stop Me<\/em>, a song in which Joe delves into the character of Slapshot’s playing coach Reggie Dunlop (a natural alter ego perhaps).<\/p>\n D.O.A. was formed amidst a whirlwind of controversy and upheaval. In 1978, three guys fresh out of high school from the backwaters of Canada’s suburbs heard about the punk rock revolution. In February of that same year the band formed and started playing shows. They soon realized that there were no record deals coming in any time soon.<\/p>\n Keithley\u00a0(aka Joey Shithead) who was working towards being\u00a0a civil rights lawyer before he found punk rock, concluded that the\u00a0band had to take the “do it yourself” approach long before DIY\u00a0became a popular concept. He formed a fledging record label called\u00a0Sudden Death Records and the label released D.O.A.’s first\u00a0snarling slab of vinyl, the ‘Disco Sucks’ 7″ EP.<\/p>\n ‘Disco Sucks’ soon became an underground hit and the band started\u00a0touring from Vancouver to their newly adopted “home base” of\u00a0California five to six times a year. In 1980,\u00a0Keithley\u00a0coined\u00a0the term “hardcore” and the band soon released their landmark album\u00a0‘Hardcore 81’. The album became a hit, the hardcore movement took\u00a0off, and D.O.A. pushed that expression into common vernacular.<\/p>\n Over the last four decades, D.O.A. have released 17 studio albums,\u00a0sold over a million albums, and played 4,000 shows on five different\u00a0continents. The band’s albums, shows, and attitude have won over three\u00a0generations of fans and influenced the likes of Green Day, Nirvana,\u00a0Offspring, Henry Rollins, David Grohl and The Red Hot Chilli\u00a0peppers, to name a few. Keithley\u00a0has also written two books:\u00a0‘I Shithead: A Life in Punk’ and ‘TALK – ACTION = 0′.<\/p>\n From day one, D.O.A. has helped organize and lead hundreds of\u00a0benefit concerts and protests for good and just causes like\u00a0environmental issues, women’s rights, food bank benefits, and First\u00a0Nations’ rights. They have organized protests and stood against war,\u00a0racism, weapons proliferation, and countless other causes.<\/p>\n Keithley has been called a cultural politician, trying to change the\u00a0world from outside the system. He’s currently running for Mayor of his\u00a0home town of Burnaby, under the Green Party banner, attempting to\u00a0change the system from inside. Keithley\u00a0and the band were also ardent\u00a0supporters of the Occupy Movement, realizing this was a step\u00a0towards equality in our world. He is always looking for a way to push\u00a0“grassroots democracy” and like his idol Pete Seeger, he and the\u00a0band won’t give up.<\/p>\n When the band takes their wild, unbridled\u00a0show live show on the road, it’s a must see, because it’s a chance to see one of the\u00a0last real punk rock bands that gets out there, kicks ass, and tells it like it is. It’s a perpetual atmosphere of chaos, veering out of\u00a0control, but somehow, at the last minute, D.O.A.\u00a0manages to\u00a0reign all of it back in. And in an indescribable way, you are not\u00a0quite the same person afterwards.<\/p>\n The band are returning to the US for some unfinished business.<\/p>\n US tour dates<\/strong>\u00a0(w\/\u00a0MDC<\/a> as main support)<\/p>\n 5\/21 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Metro Music Hall US & Canadian tour dates<\/strong>\u00a0(w\/ Down By Law<\/a> + Kevin Seconds<\/a> (of 7 Seconds<\/a>) playing solo<\/p>\n 07\/06 – Vancouver, BC @\u00a0First Annual Fight Back Festival, Rickshaw Theater Follow Joe and the D.O.A. gang on Twitter<\/a>\u00a0and on\u00a0Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\n5\/22 – Colorado Springs, CO @ Black Sheep
\n5\/23 – Fort Collins,CO @ Hodi’s Half Note
\n5\/24 – Denver, CO @ Streets Of London Pub
\n5\/26 – Las Vegas, NV @ Punk Rock Bowling Festival
\n5\/29 – Laguna Niguel, CA @ Karmann Bar
\n5\/30 – West Hollywood, CA @ The Viper Room
\n5\/31 – San Diego, CA @ Brick By Brick
\n6\/02 – Phoenix, AZ @ The Rebel Lounge
\n6\/03 – Albuquerque, NM @ Launchpad
\n6\/04 – El Paso, TX @ Lowbrow Palace
\n6\/05 – Harlingen, TX @ Hop Shop
\n6\/06 – Austin, TX @ Barracuda
\n6\/07 – Houston, TX @ The Secret Group
\n6\/08 – San Antonio, TX @ Paper Tiger
\n6\/09 – Dallas, TX @ Gas Monkey Bar and Grill
\n6\/10 – Tulsa, OK @ Shrine
\n6\/12 – Kansas City, MO @ Riot Room
\n6\/13 – Des Moines, IA @ Lefty’s Live Music
\n6\/15 – Billings, MT @ The Pub Station
\n6\/16 – Spokane, WA @ The Pin!<\/p>\n
\n07\/11 – Regina
\n07\/12 – Winnipeg
\n07\/13 – Thunder Bay
\n07\/14 – Minneapolis
\n07\/15 – Green Bay
\n07\/16 – Madison
\n07\/17 – Milwaukee
\n07\/18 – Chicago
\n07\/19 – Detroit
\n07\/20 – Cleveland
\n07\/21 – Buffalo
\n07\/22 – Brooklyn
\n07\/23 – Philly
\n07\/24 – TBA
\n07\/25 – Toronto
\n07\/26 – Ottawa
\n07\/27 – Montreal \u00b977 Festival<\/p>\n