D.O.A. was a hardcore punk band from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. They are often referred to as the founders of hardcore punk, along with Black Flag, The Germs, Negative Trend, and Middle Class. Their second album Hardcore '81 was thought by many to have been the first actual reference to the second wave of the American punk sound as hardcore. Singer/guitarist Joey Shithead Keithley is the only founding member to have stayed in the band throughout its entire history. However, original ba...
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