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PATCH_0480
Officially Licensed D.O.A. Merchandise
D.O.A. Vancouver BC Cloth Patch
D.O.A was preceded by The Skulls, an early Vancouver-area punk-rock band that included future D.O.A members Joey “Shithead” Keithley, Brian “Wimpy Roy” Goble and Ken "Dimwit" Montgomery.
When the Skulls broke up, Joey Shithead (guitar/vocals) formed D.O.A with Dimwit's brother Chuck Biscuits on drums and Randy Rampage on bass and vocals.
The band put out a few singles and E.P.'s on Shithead's own Sudden Death label, and toured North America, sometimes with violent clashes with audience members and police.
Their early sound was very basic, raw singalong melodic punk rock, with a lot of similarity to early punk bands like The Sex Pistols and the early albums by The Clash and The Ramones.
Later, they mastered, some say created, the "hardcore" sound that tore through North Amercia in the 1980's.
