Book written by Joey Keithley

(Published by Arsenal Pulp Press)

Joe Keithley, aka Joey Shithead, founded legendary punk pioneers D.O.A. in 1978, who spread counterculture around the world, they've been cited as influences by Red Hot Chili Peppers, Green Day, Rancid, and The Offspring, and have toured with The Clash, The Ramones, The Dead Kennedys, Black Flag, Nirvana, PiL, Minor Threat, and others, and are the subject of two tribute albums. But punk is more than a style of music: it's a political act, and D.O.A. have always had a social conscience, having performed in support of Greenpeace, women's rape/crisis centres, prisoner rights, and anti-nuke and anti-globalization organizations. Twenty-five years later D.O.A. can claim sales of more than 500000 copies of their eleven albums and tours in thirty different countries, and they are still going strong. I, Shithead is Joe's recollections of a life in punk, starting with a bunch of kids in Burnaby (Canada) transfixed with the burgeoning punk movement, and traversing a generation disillusioned with the status quo: stories of riots, drinking, travelling, playing, and conquering all manner of obstacles through sheer determination. And through it all, Joe reveals that the famous D.O.A. slogan, talk - action = 0 is, for him, more than a soundbyte. In it's 256 pages (included are 50 black and white photos and lots of the band's artwork...albums, singles, concert posters, flyers, etc) you will learn all about D.O.A. and as the band describes: "the 3000 shows, 500000 records sold, 10 vans, 331 tires, 30 countries, 938000 miles travelled, 28 punch-ups, 9 riots, 13 CDs, 33 releases, 27 busts, 15 roadies, 12 deaf soundmen".