{"product_id":"i-shithead-a-life-in-punk","title":"I, Shithead","description":"\u003cp\u003eJoe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eBut 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eI, Shithead\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eWith an introduction by music producer Jack Rabid, publisher of seminal New York music magazine \u003ci\u003eBig Takeover.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eD.O.A.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n25 years\u003cbr\u003e3000 shows\u003cbr\u003e500,000 records sold\u003cbr\u003e10 vans\u003cbr\u003e331 tires\u003cbr\u003e30 countries\u003cbr\u003e938,000 miles travelled\u003cbr\u003e28 punch-ups\u003cbr\u003e 212,000 beers consumed\u003cbr\u003e 9 riots\u003cbr\u003e 13 CDs\u003cbr\u003e 33 releases\u003cbr\u003e 9 lives (not used up yet)\u003cbr\u003e 27 busts\u003cbr\u003e 15 roadies\u003cbr\u003e12 deaf soundmen \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e* Voted one of the Top 25 Non-Fiction Books of the Year on Amazon.ca\u003cbr\u003e* National Bestseller\u003cbr\u003e* BC Bestseller\u003c\/b\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGerman-language rights sold to IP Verlag; French-language rights sold to Rytrut.\u003c\/b\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Joe Keithley, lead singer of the seminal punk rock band DOA, is featured prominently in the 2006 feature-length documentary \u003ci\u003eAmerican Hardcore\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNow in its third printing\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Joe Keithley (CA)","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":44733312762149,"sku":"9781551521480","price":22.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0727\/7851\/4725\/products\/BNCImageAPI_7b9700f9-05e5-4cdf-9f02-87b6fcc47cad.jpg?v=1679347639","url":"https:\/\/crossandcrows.myshopify.com\/products\/i-shithead-a-life-in-punk","provider":"Cross \u0026 Crows Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}