I, Shithead: A Life in Punk

By Joe Keithley

Book Overview

Joe Keithley, aka Joey Shithead, founded legendary punk pioneers D.O.A. in 1978. Punk kings 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 500,000 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 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. With an introduction by music producer Jack Rabid, publisher of seminal New York music magazine Big Takeover. D.O.A. 25 years 3000 shows 500,000 records sold 10 vans 331 tires 30 countries 938,000 miles travelled 28 punch-ups 212,000 beers consumed 9 riots 13 CDs 33 releases 9 lives (not used up yet) 27 busts 15 roadies 12 deaf soundmen * Voted one of the Top 25 Non-Fiction Books of the Year on Amazon.ca * National Bestseller * BC Bestseller German-language rights sold to IP Verlag; French-language rights sold to Rytrut. Joe Keithley, lead singer of the seminal punk rock band DOA, is featured prominently in the 2006 feature-length documentary American Hardcore . Now in its third printing

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1551521482
• ISBN13: 9781551521480
• Release Date: April 2004
• Publisher: Arsenal Pulp Press
• Length: 237 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.4" x 9.0"