Overview
Joey Keithley, aka Joey Shithead, founded legendary punk pioneers D.O.A. in 1978. Punk kings who spread counterculture around the world, theyāve been cited as influences by the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Green Day, Rancid and The Offspring; 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. They are the band that introduced the term āhardcoreā into punk lexicon and may have turned Nirvanaās lead singer Kurt Cobain onto a career in music.
But punk is more than a style of music: itās a political act, and D.O.A. have always had a social conscience, having performed in support of Greenpeace, womenās rape/crisis centres, prisonerās rights, and antinuke and antiglobalization organizations. Twenty-five years later D.O.A. can claim sales of hundreds of thousands of copies of their 11 albums and tours in 30 different countries, and they are still going strong.
I, Shithead is Joeyās personal, no-bullshit recollections of a life in punk, starting with the burgeoning punk movement and traversing a generation disillusioned with the status quo, who believed they could change the world: stories of riots, drinking, travelling, playing and conquering all manner of obstacles through sheer determination.
Praise for D.O.A.:
āThey rock out. They blow the roof off. Some of the best shows Iāve seen in my life were D.O.A. gigs. Iāve never seen D.O.A. not be amazing.āāHenry Rollins (Black Flag, Rollins Band)
āThe proper medicine growing young minds needed.āāJello Biafra (Dead Kennedys)
āJoey Shithead casts a long shadow.āāJohn Doe (X)
āTheyāve changed a lot of peopleās lives.āāDave Grohl (Nirvana, Foo Fighters)
Joey āShitheadā Keithley has long been an activist, including as a candidate for the Green Party, and is the founder of Sudden Death Records (www.suddendeath.com). He lives in Vancouver with his wife and their three children.
This book title, I, Shithead (A Life in Punk), ISBN: 9781551521480, by Joey Keithley, Jack Rabid, published by Arsenal Pulp Press (April 1, 2004) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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