I, Shithead

Keithley, Joey

ISBN 10: 1551521482 / ISBN 13: 9781551521480

Edité par Arsenal Pulp Press, Vancouver, 2003

A propos de cet article

SUBTITLED : `A Life in Punk'. Joey Keithley was born in Burnaby, British Columbia in 1956. HHis first musical adventure was with the Skulls in 1977. An anti-Amchitka rally had politicized him 6 years earlier. 229 pages - PLUS discography - this one with pictures ! ! Joey became Shithead and Skulls became D.O.A. The music, as D.O.A., stopped in 1990. A great irreverent RUN ! ! Read more about : payouts, Ace Tone amps, Dave Noga, Screamers, Miss Piggy, Warmonger, rubbernecks, Off the Wall Hall, East Bay Ray, and Dead Cops. Many b/w photographs - esp. of gig posters. Cond : Paper wrapper is white with red decration and white lettering. Front cover b/w photo is of Keithley on stage about 1988. Volume has v. light wear at fore corners. Tight, bright, square, and clean. No names. Store stamp verso front cover. Almost collectible !! Quote (p. 57) : " I arrived in SF on Friday morning, August 11. It was cold and foggy. I had never been there before and I didn't know a soul, so I wandered around all day, waiting for my bandmates to arrive. I had twenty dollars and fifty Disco Sucks EPS. The Mabuhay Gardens was in the sleazy North ._._._. ." Size: 8vo.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: I, Shithead
• Éditeur: Arsenal Pulp Press, Vancouver
• Date de parution: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1551521482
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781551521480
• Reliure: Soft cover
• Illustrateur: B/W Photographs
• Édition: First Edition.
• État de l'article: Near Fine
• Catalogues du vendeur:
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Synopsis

Joey Keithley, AKA Joey Shithead, founded legendary punk pioneers D.O.A. in 1978 - punk kings who spread punk counterculture around the world and have been cited as influences by Red Hot Chili Peppers, Green Day, Rancid, The Offspring, and others.
But punk is more than a style of music: it's a state of mind. D.O.A. has always had a social conscience, and has performed in support of Greenpeace, rape relief, prisoner rights, and anti-nuke and anti-globalization organizations.
Twenty-five years later D.O.A. has played with bands including The Clash, The Ramones, The Dead Kennedys, Black Flag, Nirvana, PiL, Minor Threat, and many others. They are also the subject of two tribute albums.
I, Shithead is Joey's recollections of a life in punk, starting with a bunch of kinds in Vancouver transfixed with the burgeoning punk movement, and traversing a generation disillusioned with the status quo - stories of riots, travelling, playing, and conquering all manner of obstacles through sheer determination. And through it all, Joey reveals that the D.O.A. slogan, TALK - ACTION = 0, is, for him, more than a soundbyte.
With an introduction by Jack Rabid, publisher of seminal New York music magazine The Big Takeover.

À propos de l?auteur

Joe Keithley, Canada's godfather of punk has long been an activist, including as a candidate for the Green Party, and is the founder of Sudden Death Records. He lives in Vancouver with his wife and their three children. Jack Rabid is a music producer and publisher of seminal New York music magazine Big Takeover.