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War On 45 - 40th Anniversary Reissue

Sudden Death

In 1982, D.O.A. was ready to record a new album on the heels of their first two albums: Something Better Change and Hardcore ’81, which are still both musical landmarks to this day. But their legendary line up had changed, as Randy Rampage was ousted from the band. Chuck Biscuits’ older brother Dimwit Biscuits stepped in on bass with Chuck still on drums, Joey Shithead on vocals and guitar and Dave Gregg on guitar. While this line up only lasted for three months, the band traveled to L.A. and recorded demos at Mystic Studios. Eventually Chuck quit, Dimwit took over on drums and Wimpy Roy became the bassist. So, as a grand way of celebrating the 40th Anniversary of War On 45, which many a critic and fan hailed as one of the most innovative albums of its time and on a par, quality wise with their first two albums. Sudden Death decided to add some bonus matterial. First off, now included is a 12-page booklet of unique photos, posters and an extensive history of D.O.A. at that time, written by Canada’s godfather of punk Joey Shithead. Also, All eight tracks from the War On 45 1982 release are on side A and seven tracks from the pre-War On 45 demos that were recorded at Mystic onto Side B. So one has the Montgomery brothers: Biscuits and Dimwit, two of the greatest drummers of all time on the same LP. All in all, this album will hit one hard, the...

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(White) Hardcore '81

Sudden Death

***NOW AVAILABLE ON WHITE VINYL WITH NEW BOOKLET!!! New 40th Anniversary Edition! This is it! The godfather of hardcore from DOA, Canada’s legendary punk pioneers. This is the album that popularized and pushed the term “hardcore” into the common vernacular. For Hardcore ’81’s 30th anniversary, Sudden Death has restored the band’s blistering second album to its original state and released it as a CD. It comes with an extensive 12-page booklet that features lots of photos and old school flyers. See that great line up of Joey Shithead, Chuck Biscuits, Randy Rampage, and Dave Gregg in action…indeed the Men of Action. Tracks like “D.O.A.,” “Slumlord” and “Unknown” lash out at the listener, as well the incredible “Fucked Up Baby” and “Smash The State” just spear one right in the gut. This album has influenced three generations of fans and artists like Rancid, Henry Rollins, Jello Biafra, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Green Day, NOFX and Sonic Youth. All versions feature three bonus tracks: “Disco Sucks” (1978 7-inch EP version), “The Prisoner” (1978 7-inch single version) and “Fucked Up Ronnie” (1981 7-inch EP version). “This Vancouver foursome was already a band to be reckoned with on their first three singles and debut, Something Better Change, but they went for the jugular on Hardcore ’81, producing a rare and astonishing moment for the ages, a direct precursor to the Replacements’ first LP torch job later that year.” —Jack Rabid, All Music

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(Yellow) Hardcore '81

Sudden Death

***NOW AVAILABLE ON YELLOW VINYL WITH NEW BOOKLET!!! New 40th Anniversary Edition! This is it! The godfather of hardcore from DOA, Canada’s legendary punk pioneers. This is the album that popularized and pushed the term “hardcore” into the common vernacular. For Hardcore ’81’s 30th anniversary, Sudden Death has restored the band’s blistering second album to its original state and released it as a CD. It comes with an extensive 12-page booklet that features lots of photos and old school flyers. See that great line up of Joey Shithead, Chuck Biscuits, Randy Rampage, and Dave Gregg in action…indeed the Men of Action. Tracks like “D.O.A.,” “Slumlord” and “Unknown” lash out at the listener, as well the incredible “Fucked Up Baby” and “Smash The State” just spear one right in the gut. This album has influenced three generations of fans and artists like Rancid, Henry Rollins, Jello Biafra, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Green Day, NOFX and Sonic Youth. All versions feature three bonus tracks: “Disco Sucks” (1978 7-inch EP version), “The Prisoner” (1978 7-inch single version) and “Fucked Up Ronnie” (1981 7-inch EP version).  “This Vancouver foursome was already a band to be reckoned with on their first three singles and debut, Something Better Change, but they went for the jugular on Hardcore ’81, producing a rare and astonishing moment for the ages, a direct precursor to the Replacements’ first LP torch job later that year.” —Jack Rabid, All Music

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Hardcore '81

Sudden Death

New 40th Anniversary Edition! This is it! The godfather of hardcore from DOA, Canada’s legendary punk pioneers. This is the album that popularized and pushed the term “hardcore” into the common vernacular. For Hardcore ’81’s 40th anniversary, Sudden Death has restored the band’s blistering second album to its original state and released it as a CD. It comes with an extensive 12-page booklet that features lots of photos and old school flyers. See that great line up of Joey Shithead, Chuck Biscuits, Randy Rampage, and Dave Gregg in action…indeed the Men of Action. Tracks like “D.O.A.,” “Slumlord” and “Unknown” lash out at the listener, as well the incredible “Fucked Up Baby” and “Smash The State” just spear one right in the gut. This album has influenced three generations of fans and artists like Rancid, Henry Rollins, Jello Biafra, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Green Day, NOFX and Sonic Youth. All versions feature three bonus tracks: “Disco Sucks” (1978 7-inch EP version), “The Prisoner” (1978 7-inch single version) and “Fucked Up Ronnie” (1981 7-inch EP version).  “This Vancouver foursome was already a band to be reckoned with on their first three singles and debut, Something Better Change, but they went for the jugular on Hardcore ’81, producing a rare and astonishing moment for the ages, a direct precursor to the Replacements’ first LP torch job later that year.” —Jack Rabid, All Music

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War On 45

Sudden Death

Sudden Death Records are very happy to release this 1982 D.O.A. classic album in it’s original form on CD for the first time. This was D.O.A’s third album, coming on the heels of Something Better Change and Hardcore 81. It made a greater impression on punks and a wider swath of people than the band had ever reached before. One of the key tracks was their version of Edwin Starr’s giant hit “War,” (The Temptations covered this as well). This was the first time that D.O.A. had been widely played on radio across North America and Europe. The band, in the best punk / reggae spirit, really broke open some new ground for themselves with their amazing adaptation of Ranking Trevor’s “War in the East.” Of course they turn the throttle wide open with songs that have become D.O.A. mainstays like: “Liar For Hire,” “I’m Right, You’re Wrong,” “America The Beautiful,” “I Hate You,” “Let’s Fuck” and a blazing cover of The Dils “Class War.” War On 45 further cemented their reputation as one of the best to ever come along. Jack Rabid (Big Takeover Magazine) said “D.O.A. and the Bad Brains were the best punk bands to ever come out of North America and were really only comparable to the likes of The Clash, SLF and the Sex Pistols.” War On 45’s stunning front cover was created by Shawn Kerri and inside the CD, the U.K. version’s cover that was created by the ingenious Native American artist Clay Sampson...

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Something Better Change

Sudden Death

***NEW 40TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION!!! Sudden Death and DOA have gone back in time and restored one of punk’s seminal albums, Something Better Change, and reissued it on vinyl for it’s 40th anniversary. One also gets the original lyric sheet insert and the original foldout insert with pics of Joey Shithead, Chuck Biscuits, Randy Rampage and Dave Gregg.  “The product of two years of solid gigging in their native Vancouver, by the hottest punk rock band the West Coast ever produced this side of the much different Weirdos and Avengers, Something Better Change features a trio so molten, they didn’t even manage to get it all down in the studio. And yet it still is an absolutely awesome record. So heavy with chops it nearly leaks, soaring like the best Clash/Pistols/S.L.F. riffs filtered through an American anvil power even those greats couldn’t approach.”   —Jack Rabid, All Music

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Treason

Sudden Death

If an actor or a reality show host can become President and wreak havoc around the world, then surely musicians have a time honored duty of reacting to that and speaking up for regular people. Punk rock legends D.O.A. have decided to do just that. That’s the reason for the new D.O.A. album: Treason. Joey Shithead Keithley, Canada’s Godfather of Punk, has been getting sick of the dismaying news coming out of world capitals like Washington, Moscow, Beijing, Tehran, Pyongyang etc., so he decided to come up with D.O.A.’s musical reaction to this crap. So here it is: Treason—it’s the band’s eighteenth album. It takes off in full frenzy with “All The President’s Men”—“It’s time to put them in the pen.” Then the band quickly launches into a modern punk anthem, “Wait Till Tomorrow”, a look at the brutal treatment of refugees. But never lost on D.O.A. is that part of their mantra that is punk rock humor, hence they have spawned: “It Was D.O.A.”, an uproarious piss-take on unsuspecting musicians that will soon learn the tough lessons of the road: the D.O.A. members themselves. Of course with an album named Treason one would expect some comment on President Donald Trump. So the Men of Action have taken one of their all-time classics and come up with new lyrics. They have reworked “Fucked Up Ronnie”, the result is “Fucked Up Donald” and it’s a blistering 73 seconds of mayhem! There’s also an absolutely ripping version of fellow Canadian Neil Young’s...

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1978

Sudden Death

Sudden Death is excited to announce the release of the D.O.A. album 1978. It’s a 21-track collection of never released demos, rare tracks and early singles from Canada’s punk pioneers. Joey Shithead went deep into the vault and came up with some super exciting and raw punk rock. The album title and art concept is a spike-haired nod of the head to that early, dynamic era ofthe band and to the seven great former members who have since passed on. Their spirit and talent played a huge role into launching the band into worldwide prominence. The two constants on the album are Joey and Chuck Biscuits, who play on every track. From the start of 1978 begins their wild, “I don’t give a shit” approach to punk rock. Now some forty years later one can hear it all, starting with the never-seen-the-light-of-day demo version of “The Enemy”. This demo has a different set of lyrics that speaks to fighting Nazis—strange, what is old is new and vital again. There’s a ton of exciting tracks that range from the never heard before, such as “Bored And Suicidal”, “The Mutant”, “No God No War”, “Rip Dis Joint”, “No Way Out” and “Rent-A-Riot”, to classic early singles like “Fucked Up Ronnie”, “Disco Sucks”, “World War 3”, “The Prisoner” and “13”. Also included are demo versions of “America The Beautiful” and “Liar For Hire” with Biscuits drumming, which are wildly different than the classic versions you hear on War On 45. On this collection...

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Fight Back

Sudden Death

D.O.A., Canada’s legendary pioneering punks who set the bar high for punk and basically invented hardcore, are ready to rip it up on the occasion of their 40th anniversary. They have a brand new album: Fight Back, and they are embarking on a worldwide tour to support this impressive new effort, taking on all opposition and laying down a punk rock path of wild music and free thought. Their rough and ready line up is led by the godfather of hardcore, Joe Shithead Keithley (guitar, vocals), and he is more than ably accompanied by the manic rhythm section of Paddy Duddy (drums) and Corkscrew (bass). Early reviews are saying that this album is the most innovative the band has done since War On 45. Released on Keithley’s own label Sudden Death, this is a scathing and timely piece. dealing with all manner of unseemly low characters and issues. The album opens with acerbic “You Need an Ass Kickin’ Right Now,” then rips right into the startling “Killer Cops,” then smashes into the anthemic “Time To Fight Back,” which is street punk resistance at its fiercest. The band rips through the timely “Gonna Set You Straight” with violent and natural ease, same goes with the vitriolic “Just Got Back From the USA.” The album takes a funny twist with “We Won’t Drink This Piss” (down with bad corporate beer!) and “You Can’t Stop Me,” where Keithley delves into the character of Slapshot’s playing coach Reggie Dunlop, a natural alter ego perhaps!

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Fight Back - White Vinyl

Sudden Death

***BACK IN PRINT ON NEW WHITE VINYL!!!  D.O.A., Canada’s legendary pioneering punks who set the bar high for punk and basically invented hardcore, are ready to rip it up on the occasion of their 40th anniversary. They have a brand new album: Fight Back, and they are embarking on a worldwide tour to support this impressive new effort, taking on all opposition and laying down a punk rock path of wild music and free thought. Their rough and ready line up is led by the godfather of hardcore, Joe Shithead Keithley (guitar, vocals), and he is more than ably accompanied by the manic rhythm section of Paddy Duddy (drums) and Corkscrew (bass). Early reviews are saying that this album is the most innovative the band has done since War On 45. Released on Keithley’s own label Sudden Death, this is a scathing and timely piece. dealing with all manner of unseemly low characters and issues. The album opens with acerbic “You Need an Ass Kickin’ Right Now,” then rips right into the startling “Killer Cops,” then smashes into the anthemic “Time To Fight Back,” which is street punk resistance at its fiercest. The band rips through the timely “Gonna Set You Straight” with violent and natural ease, same goes with the vitriolic “Just Got Back From the USA.” The album takes a funny twist with “We Won’t Drink This Piss” (down with bad corporate beer!) and “You Can’t Stop Me,” where Keithley delves into the character of Slapshot’s...

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Fucked Up Donald (White Vinyl)

Sudden Death

NOW AVAILABLE ON LIMITED EDTION WHITE VINYL WITH ALTERED COVER ART!!! Canada’s punk pioneers D.O.A. know when to take a stand against bullshit. So that’s why they came up with their instant new single Fucked Up Donald. Joey Shithead, the godfather of hardcore, recently said, “It did not take too long to realize that Donald Trump, with his anti-Mexican, anti-women, anti-people message, was just too much. You can dressup a pig, but in the end you realize it’s really just Donald Trump.” D.O.A. arranged a quick recording session with producer Cecil English (D.O.A., No Means No, Jello Biafra) and recorded this single in about fifteen minutes, a vitriolic take-off harkening to the band’s ’80s catalog. The now-released video has three million hits and counting—it just goes to show that you can’t keep a good band down. A healthy dose of “gonna kick you in the ass” punk, coupled with real conviction, Fucked Up Donald confirms D.O.A. will never stop taking on real crap that affects the entire world.

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Murder

Rip Snortin'

Murder is a classic D.O.A. release that has not seen the light of day since 1990, so Rip Snortin’ Records is giddy about unearthing this great punk rock album. It came out at the height of the band’s fame and mixes in all the right ingredients: ear-splitting guitar riffs, bombastic drumming, humor and lots of “right to the chin” politics. The album features one of the band’s best lineups: Joey Shithead Keithley, Wimpy Roy, Jon Card and Chris Prohom. Together they blast the listener with non-stop rockers, while also not mincing words with their politics. D.O.A. does not let up on the evils of the world, and thankfully, this is a time-honored stance the band has had from day one to the present. This album also features sterling cover versions of “No Productivity” (Subhumans) and “The Midnight Special” (Leadbelly). A must for old and new D.O.A. fans alike.

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Fucked Up Donald (Colored Vinyl)

Sudden Death

NOW AVAILABLE ON RED VINYL WITH ALTERNATE COVER ART!!! Canada’s punk pioneers D.O.A. know when to take a stand against bullshit. So that’s why they came up with their instant new single Fucked Up Donald. Joey Shithead, the godfather of hardcore, recently said, “It did not take too long to realize that Donald Trump, with his anti-Mexican, anti-women, anti-people message, was just too much. You can dressup a pig, but in the end you realize it’s really just Donald Trump.” D.O.A. arranged a quick recording session with producer Cecil English (D.O.A., No Means No, Jello Biafra) and recorded this single in about fifteen minutes, a vitriolic take-off harkening to the band’s ’80s catalog. The now-released video has three million hits and counting—it just goes to show that you can’t keep a good band down. A healthy dose of “gonna kick you in the ass” punk, coupled with real conviction, Fucked Up Donald confirms D.O.A. will never stop taking on real crap that affects the entire world.

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World War 3

Sudden Death

In 1979, DOA teamed up with Ron Obvious and Bob Rock at a midnight-to-6:00-A.M. studio session at Vancouver’s Little Mountain Sound to record and mix, on a shoestring budget, what is arguably one of the top ten punk rock singles of all time. Penned by guitarist / singer Joey Shithead and drummer Chuck Biscuits, and helped along by bassist Randy Rampage, “World War 3” really hit the mark for the times, starkly criticizing the US–Soviet nuclear arms race. Sadly, 37 years later things in the world are not any better. Music can still speak the truth. The B-side “Whatcha Gonna Do?” features Biscuits’s all-star drumming and Shithead’s songwriting in a Jamaican- inspired departure for the young DOA. Sudden Death is proud to rerelease this gem by Canada’s punk pioneers on vinyl for the first time in 37 years in a strictly limited edition.

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Fucked Up Donald

Sudden Death

***BACK IN STOCK!!!  Canada’s punk pioneers D.O.A. know when to take a stand against bullshit. So that’s why they came up with their instant new single Fucked Up Donald. Joey Shithead, the godfather of hardcore, recently said, “It did not take too long to realize that Donald Trump, with his anti-Mexican, anti-women, anti-people message, was just too much. You can dressup a pig, but in the end you realize it’s really just Donald Trump.” D.O.A. arranged a quick recording session with producer Cecil English (D.O.A., No Means No, Jello Biafra) and recorded this single in about fifteen minutes, a vitriolic take-off harkening to the band’s ’80s catalog. The now-released video has three million hits and counting—it just goes to show that you can’t keep a good band down. A healthy dose of “gonna kick you in the ass” punk, coupled with real conviction, Fucked Up Donald confirms D.O.A. will never stop taking on real crap that affects the entire world.

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Fucked Up Donald (Digital Version)

Sudden Death

Can it get worse before it gets better? Good question? D.O.A., Canada’s punk pioneers think it can get worse. So that’s why they have re-visited one of their classic tunes.  The end result is a blazing 85 second punk rock commentary on Donald Trump, not so surprisingly entitled Fucked Up Donald. D.O.A., one of the top protest bands of all time take the Donald to task for anti-Mexican, anti-women, stances amongst his many other egregious ill-informed opinions. The end result will make the hairs on the back of your neck stand up.  Joe Shithead Keithley, Paddy Duddy and Mike Hodsall, the Men of Action, obviously were ready, as they slammed this frantic piece of “Let’s fight this bullshit!” down in 15 minutes flat with producer Cecil English (No Means No, D.O.A., Jello Biafra, The Smalls) The B side. B side? Funny in a download sense, but just as necessary in a moral sense, is D.O.A.’s version of Barry McGuire’s immortal Eve of Destruction. It’s hard hitting and of course very timely as well.

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Hard Rain Falling

Sudden Death

DOA is back with a vengeance! It looked like Canada’s legendary punk pioneers were going to hang it up, as Joe “Shithead” Keithley, the godfather of hardcore, sought political office in Canada, but that didn’t happen this time. So look at it this way, the political world’s loss is the music world’s gain, because DOA has a brand new full-length, Hard Rain Falling, which Sudden Death Records is very pleased to release. It’s DOA’s sixteenth studio album. When Keithley set out to write the songs for the album, he used DOA’s early efforts like Hardcore 81, Something Better Change and War on 45 as a bit of template, in the sense that the songs should be short, fast and right to the point. The end result is great, likely their best album since War on 45. Keithley’s lyrics take on a wide range of modern and horrible screwups, from racism to street gangs to war to environmental degradation. With all of that in mind, Shithead and his infamous henchmen Paddy Duddy (drums) and Mike Maggot (bass) went into the studio with fire in their bellies and with the goal of making a kick-ass album. It worked—Hard Rain Falling is a great effort from one of the world’s most influential and inspirational bands.

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Don't Turn Yer Back (on Desperate Times)

Sudden Death

DOA did their first full-on tour of the UK and Europe in 1984. It was gruel-a-thon: 50 shows in 60 days in 10 different countries. At the end, the band was about to return to Vancouver when they got an offer from the BBC to record a “live in the studio” session. So, the day before the flight home, Canada’s punk pioneers paid a visit to BBC Headquarters in London. Steel Pulse was just finishing up their session before DOA took over the studio and reeled off an explosive four-song set for the UK’s top DJ John Peel. During the ten-hour session, the Men of Action recorded “General Strike,” “Race Riot,” “Season in Hell” and “Burn It Down.” It was an exhilarating end to a groundbreaking tour on which the band that coined the term “hardcore” showcased what punk rock could be. As Joe “Shithead” Keithley, Canada’s punk godfather, recalled, “The BBC session was fucking great, we were really excited; and then at two minutes to midnight, the studio time was up, a really old BBC janitor unceremoniously kicked us out of the studio, and we were back out on street as usual!” The band dedicated the EP to striking miners around the world (there were a lot of mine strikes in the cold winter of 1984). Sudden Death is stoked to reissue this 12-inch for the first time in 30 years. Enjoy this tribute to workers all around the world.

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The Cops Shot A Kid

Sudden Death

First single from the new D.O.A. album “Hard Rain Falling”.

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Positively Doa - 33rd Anniversary Reissue

Sudden Death

Originally released on Alternative Tentacles in 1981 in time for DOA’s first road trip to the United Kingdom, the five-track Positively DOA was named “Single of the Week” in the British press in October of that year. With five classic anthems packed into its grooves, the EP helped pave the way for Canada’s legendary punks to shake up the world musically and culturally. This is the first time this early DOA gem has been reissued since 1984. Available on 7-inch vinyl and CD.

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Black Spot

Sudden Death

***A reissue of DOA’s 1995 Black Spot album featuring JOHN WRIGHT of NOMEANSNO on drums—who stepped in after drummer KEN JENSEN was tragically killed in a house fire. Fourteen tracks of thundering DOA-style punk, ripped with hooks, a pinch of ska, and some absolutely stomping riffs.

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To Hell N’ Back

Sudden Death

***Sudden Death proudly presents punk legends D.O.A.’s new live DVD To Hell N’ Back. It’s 90 minutes of amazing punk rock action from the Godfathers of Hardcore. D.O.A.’s expert crew documented the band at home and on tour in western Canada between June 2011 and January 2013 with four cameras a night and top notch recording gear and picked the best footage and came up with To Hell N’ Back. Led by Canada’s punk rock Godfather JOE SHITHEAD KEITHLEY, the band charges through 30 D.O.A. classic punk anthems. The result is a gritty, fun and exciting look at the band that has influenced everyone from Henry Rollins, to Jello Biafra to The Red Hot Chilli Peppers to Green Day to Rancid to Nirvana. Included in the package is a free CD version of D.O.A.’s highly acclaimed 2012 studio album We Come in Peace. Bonus footage includes a cool tour inside the studio, as D.O.A. are recording We Come in Peace.

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Bloodied But Unbowed

Sudden Death

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Welcome To Chinatown: Doa Live

Sudden Death

Sudden Death Records is ecstatic to announce the release of Welcome to Chinatown by Canada’s legendary punk band DOA.  Recorded over three nights between June 4th, 2011, and January 19th, 2013, at The Rickshaw Theatre in the heart of Vancouver’s historic Chinatown, this definitive album delivers an unbelievable cultural and musical thrill ride. Led by Canada’s Godfather of punk, Joe “Shithead” Keithley, DOA pulls classic after punk rock classic from albums like Something Better Change, Hardcore 81, War on 45 and Northern Avenger for an epic live release much greater than the sum of its parts.  For the last 35 years, fans around the world have proclaimed DOA as one of the greatest and one of the most exciting live bands ever; Welcome to Chinatown backs that up in a big way.

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We Come In Peace

Sudden Death

Sudden Death Records is ecstatic to announce the release of We Come in Peace, the new studio album from Canada’s legendary punk pioneers. DOA’s 14th studio album takes a determined political stance with the songs “We Occupy,” “Dirty Bastards,” “We’re Bloodied But Unbowed” and a cover of Toxic Reasons’ classic “War Hero.” We Come in Peace also features a heavy slice of ska, reggae and dub with tracks like “Walk Through This World.” You’ll also get your head ripped clean off on the crushing anthems “Boneyard,” “Bring Out Your Dead” and “Who the Hell Do You Think You Are.”  Canada’s godfather of hardcore punk Joe Keithley also got some cool friends to sing on the record—Jello Biafra, Ben Kowalewicz (Billy Talent) and Hugh Dillon (Headstones)—and DOA also recorded a great version of The Beatles’ “Revolution.” It’s now a real barnburner! Already drawing early raves, We Come In Peace is a soon-to-be classic DOA release.

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Talk Minus Action Equals Zero

Sudden Death

Joe "Shithead" Keithley, Canada's godfather of punk, has teamed with his cronies Floor Tom Jones (drums) and Dirty Dan Sedan (bass) for one of D.O.A.'s hardest-hitting albums yet. Talk - Action = 0 (not to be confused with the long-out-of-print 1991 live album Talk Minus Action Equals Zero) is the band's lucky 13th studio album and sees them returning to their roots; initial reports have drawn comparisons to D.O.A.'s classic first two albums: Something Better Change and Hardcore '81. There's plenty of what you would expect from the boys--power, politics and humor--with a few unique twists thrown in just to keep the punks on their toes.  Talk - Action = 0 opens with the blistering "That's Why I Am an Atheist," followed by the Eddie-Cochran-inspired "Rebel Kind." The angry anthem "Don't Bank on a Bank" and the all-too-timely "I Live in a Car" offer further proof that D.O.A. is an accurate barometer of the social climate. The reality does not stop there, though, as "The R.C.M.P." exposes the misdeeds of Canada's national police force. The band also hits some real highs with their ode to Star Trek, "Captain Kirk, Spock, Scotty and Bones," as well covers of "The Times They Are A-Changin' "and "That's Amore." The album was produced by chief punk Keithley along with Chon (Live Free or Die). As with all their releases, Talk - Action = 0 serves as a reminder of D.O.A's influence on three generations of fans and musicians, from Green Day, Rancid and...

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Let’s Wreck The Party

Sudden Death

Sudden Death Records is pleased to present the re-release of Let's Wreck the Party by Vancouver, Canada's legendary DOA. At their peak, after years of constantly touring the world, the band's 1985 line-up was one of their most blistering: Joey "Shithead" Keithley on vocals and guitar, Ken "Dimwit" Montgomery (of Pointed Sticks) on skins and vocals, Brian "Wimpy" Roy Goble (of The Subhumans) on vocals and bass, and Dave Gregg on guitar and vocals. This classic album covers all the subject matter one expects from these punk pioneers. There are political anthems like "General Strike," "Our World," "Race Riot," "The Warrior Ain't No More" and "Trial by Media." DOA-style humor is served well with "Singin' in the Rain," "Dance o' Death" and the blistering "Let's Wreck the Party." The full-tilt "Murder in Hollywood" gives Goble's take on a grisly murder that took place one floor below the band's digs in Hollywood.  DOA recorded Let's Wreck the Party with producer extraordinaire Brian "Too Loud" Macleod (RIP). The end result was no-holds-barred, high-voltage punk rock. This album influenced three generations of fans and artists like Rancid, Green Day, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Ian MacKaye, Henry Rollins, Jello Biafra and Nirvana.

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Kings Of Punk, Hockey And Beer

Sudden Death

***DOA, Canada’s punk legends and the originators of hardcore, are set to pummel with a great new album, Kings of Punk, Hockey and Beer. A short time ago, Canadian punk godfather Joe “Shithead” Keithley was sourly contemplating the namby-pamby-ness of the new National Hockey League style, and as he reached for the solace of a beer, it occurred to him, “Hey, damn this corporate NHL crap! Let’s give the people some real rough-and-tumble on the ice! The DOA way!” Kings of Punk, Hockey and Beer finds DOA returning to their roots. The band invented the “Hockey Rock” genre with their breakthough “Taking Care of Business” video in 1987 that featured BTO guitarist Randy Bachman (of course, all due credit to Phil Esposito and Marcel Dionne for their “interesting” attempt at Hockey Rock in the early ’70s), then formed their own team, The DOA Murder Squad, perpetual champions of the VMHL, out-scoring rival hockey bands like Bad Religion, The Hanson Brothers, and SNFU and roughing them up just for fun. This album is a knock-’em-down, beat-’em-in-the-alley affair that combines the three most important things in the DOA world: punk, hockey, and beer! The boys smash you into the corner with the anthemic “Donnybrook,” then they slash you with “Dead Men Tell No Tales,” and just as you’re returning to consciousness, they pitchfork you with “Beer Liberation Army” and “Beat ’Em, Bust ’Em.” The kings of high-sticking also nail you with a great version of the Stompin’ Tom Conners classic, “The Hockey...

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Human Bomb

Sudden Death

***BACK IN STOCK!!! D.O.A.'s "Human Bom" b/w "Crossfire" from 2008.

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Northern Avenger

Sudden Death

***NOW AVAILABLE ON VINYL!!! Canada's punk rock legends DOA release their twelfth album Northern Avenger on Sudden Death Records. Led by Canada's punk rock godfather JOE SHIT KEITHLEY, Northern Avenger is a bone-rattling combo of anthemic punk, intense riffs, politics and a good dose of humor—just what you want from a DOA album. The album was produced by BOB ROCK (Mettalica, Offspring, Motley Crue, Pointed Sticks) and JAMEY KOCH (Copyright).

DOA

Dawning Of A New Error

Alternative Tentacles

DOA

It’s Not Unusual

Alternative Tentacles

DOA

Punk Rock Singles 1978-1999

Sudden Death

***Great new collection of 7-inch singles from Canada's greatest punk band recorded 1978-1999. Includes all the early classics as well all the benefit singles and some cool, impossible to find tracks. Twenty-four tracks including the faves “The Prisoner,” “World War 3,” “The Enemy,” “New Wave Sucks,” “Disco Sucks,” and “Fucked Up Ronnie.” Hear why D.O.A. influenced everyone from Bad Religion, Henry Rollins and Ian McKaye to David Grohl, The Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Green Day and Rancid.

DOA

Greatest Shits

Sudden Death

***BACK IN PRINT!!! A gloriously massive twenty-two song collection of classic D.O.A. punk rock. Includes tracks from the rare Triumph of the Ignoroids EP, the Hardcore '81 and Something Better Change LPs, the Disco Sucks, Positively DOA, and World War 3 7-inches, plus some live recordings from 1978 and some unreleased goodness. Includes liner notes about each of the tracks by JOEY SHITHEAD.

DOA

Live Free Or Die

Sudden Death

***The twelfth studio album from Vancouver punk legends and hardcore pioneers DOA, and arguably the band's best output in twenty years. Led as always by JOEY SHITHEAD KEITHLEY, the band unleashes twenty bruising tracks of anthemic, ripping, and driving punk fucking rock. Includes a crushing versions of CCR's "Bad Moon Rising," Bob Dylan's "Masters Of War," and Barry McGuire's "Eve of Destruction."

DOA

Live Free Or Die

Rip Snortin'

***The twelfth studio album from Vancouver punk legends and hardcore pioneers DOA, and arguably the band's best output in twenty years. Led as always by JOEY SHITHEAD KEITHLEY, the band unleashes twenty bruising tracks of anthemic, ripping, and driving punk fucking rock. Includes a crushing versions of CCR's "Bad Moon Rising," Bob Dylan's "Masters Of War," and Barry McGuire's "Eve of Destruction."

DOA

Live Free Or Die

Rip Snortin'

***The twelfth studio album from Vancouver punk legends and hardcore pioneers DOA, and arguably the band's best output in twenty years. Led as always by JOEY SHITHEAD KEITHLEY, the band unleashes twenty bruising tracks of anthemic, ripping, and driving punk fucking rock. Includes a crushing versions of CCR's "Bad Moon Rising," Bob Dylan's "Masters Of War," and Barry McGuire's "Eve of Destruction."

DOA

War & Peace

Sudden Death

***Vancouver punk rock legends and hardcore pioneers DOA celebrate∂ their twenty-fifth anniversary with an ultimate collection of the band's best songs culled from thirteen different releases circa 1978 to the present (with a heavy emphasis on the 1980s, naturally). Social activism, humor, and sheer unbridled power.

DOA

Win The Battle

Sudden Death

***NOW AVAILABLE ON VINYL!!! The tenth studio album from British Columbia's legendary punk rock champions D.O.A. led by JOEY SHITHEAD and RANDY RAMPAGE. A thirteen-track return to their roots, loaded with the uncompromising hardcore sounds you'd expect—chainsaw guitars, defiant politics, sarcasm, and humor.

DOA

Just Play It Over And Over

Sudden Death

***JOEY SHITHEAD and the boys return with a new six-song EP teaser for their upcoming full length Win The Battle. A little more produced then their early wor, Just Play It Over And Over still retains the pure energy and political lyrics that made them hardcore legends. Features a cover of ZZ Tops "La Grange".