D.O.A.

D.O.A. is a Canadian hardcore punk band whose singer/guitarist Joey Keithley is the only founding member to have stayed in the band throughout its entire history. The band is known for its outspoken political opinions and has a history of performing for many causes and benefits including anti-racism, anti-globalization, freedom of speech, and the environment.

In 1980, they released their debut album followed by Hardcore '81 in 1981 and the EP War on 45 in 1982. In 1985, Let's Wreck The Party was released and their next album, True (North) Strong And Free, was released in 1987 and featured a more mainstream, hard-rock oriented production.

The band released Murder in 1990 which featured a thrash-metal sound. In August 1990, Keithley decided he was breaking up D.O.A. and they did a farewell tour of the western Canada. In 1991, they released a posthumous live album entitled Talk Minus Action = 0.

D.O.A. would reunite in the summer of 1992 and they would release an EP and two more albums, 13 Flavours Of Doom and Loggerheads. In 1995, their drummer Ken Jensen died in a house fire and the "Ken Jensen Memorial Single" EP was released. The band's ninth studio album, The Black Spot, was released in 1995.

Festival Of Atheists was released in 1998 followed by Win The Battle in 2002. In 2003, the band released the compliation album War And Peace and, in 2004, Live Free or Die was released.

In September 2008, D.O.A. released Northern Avenger and embarked on their 30th anniversary tour. In May 2010, D.O.A. released their fourteenth full-length album, their second to be titled "Talk Minus Action = Zero."

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