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Hometown: Vancouver, BC (Canada)

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D.O.A. formed in 1978 in Vancouver, British Columbia. The band debuted with the Disco Sucks EP, following it in 1981 with the album Hardcore `81. That influential album is commonly cited with adding the term "hardcore" to the punk vernacular. The band's been involved in a number of riots, political causes, benefits, and elections touting their slogan of "Talk-Action=0." The band has released a number of full lengths, as well as collaborations with other prominent punk artists like Jello Biafra.

Vocalist Joey "Shithead" Keithley has been the band's only constant. In the years since D.O.A.'s inception Keithley has founded the labels Sudden Death Records and Taboo Records. In 1996 he ran as a candidate for the Green Party in BC provincial elections.

D.O.A. currently features drummer Brien O'Brien and bassist Kuba.

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We Come In Peace (2012)

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Tours: D.O.A. continues farewell tour
Long-running Canadian punk band D.O.A. have announced additional farewell tour dates, kicking off later this month in Vancouver. The band will be calling it quits after 35 years together, as frontman Joey "Shithead"…
January 08, 2013

Contests: Win D.O.A.'s new release and a Joe Keithley bobblehead
Punknews.org and Aggronautix want to give one lucky reader an awesome prize pack from legendary hardcore act, D.O.A.. The package will include DOA's latest release on Sudden Death Records,…
November 07, 2012

Tours: D.O.A. begins final tour tonight
Tonight marks the first stop on D.O.A.'s farewell tour. Given frontman Joe Shithead Keithley's foray into provincial politics this may be the band's last set of shows for some…
October 10, 2012

Streams: D.O.A.: "He's Got a Gun" (Exclusive)
Today's stream comes from Vancouver, BC-based D.O.A.. We've got a stream of a new song entitled "He's Got a Gun" from their latest release, We Come In Peace. The record is D.O.A.'s 14th release to date and was released through…
July 26, 2012

Streams: D.O.A.'s Joe "Sh*thead" Keithley seeking NDP nomination in BC
The National Post is reporting that D.O.A. frontman…
April 27, 2012

Streams: D.O.A. announce new album, European tour
Canadian punk legends D.O.A. will be releasing their 18th studio album, We Come in Peace, this June via Sudden Death Records. The label is running a contest to win a copy of the new record, the details of which you can read…
March 07, 2012

Tours: D.O.A. (Canada, US)
Canadian punk legends D.O.A. have a bunch of shows lined up in the coming months, mostly in their native country but with a handful in the midwestern United States as well. Click below for the details. The band will be supporting their seventeenth studio album…
August 15, 2011

Tours: D.O.A. (Canada)
Punk veterans D.O.A. have announced a cross-Canadian tour set to kick off in mid-September. The band will hit the road in Innisfail, Alberta on the 15th and head as far east as Montreal before wrapping up with a two night stint in Winnipeg in mid October. You can…
August 02, 2010

Tours: D.O.A. to release 'Talk - Action = 0' on May 1st
Canadian punk veterans D.O.A. are set to release their new LP on May 1st. The album, which carries the band's classic Talk - Action = 0 slogan as a title, will feature 14 new songs. Looking over the track listing it appears that the band will put their stamp on the…
March 08, 2010

Tours: Pointed Sticks (Alberta, Japan)
Pioneering Canadian power-pop act the Pointed Sticks have announced several upcoming shows. The band will play a pair of gigs in Alberta this March, appearing in Edmonton and Calgary near the end of the month. This summer the group will head to…
February 26, 2010