Legendary punk band D.O.A. have reunited for a 30th anniversary tour, with a new album out in August. Very cool to see this iconic band return and I’m really interested to hear their new songs. Check out all the details below as well as the first few tour dates.
Press release:
Over the past thirty years D.O.A. have released 12 albums and sold one million copies during 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 honor 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 has produced albums for Metallica, Pointed Sticks, Young Canadians, Motley Crue, Cranberries, The Cult and many others. Bob Rock is producing D.O.A.’s 13th full length album Northern Avenger in time for their 30th anniversary.
What did the Canadian 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 using the slogan “TALK – ACTION = 0”. The band is known for its outspoken political opinions and has a history of performing for many causes and benefits. 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. Catherines, 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!