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{{Infobox musical artist
| name            = Joe Keithley
| image           = JoeyKeithley5.JPG
| caption         = Keithley playing in Montreal with D.O.A. in 2010
| background      = solo_singer
| birth_name      = Joseph Edward Keighley
| alias           = Joey Shithead
| birth_date      = {{birth date and age|1956|6|3}}
| birth_place     = [[Burnaby]], [[British Columbia]], Canada
| death_date      = 
| years_active    = 1977–present
| spouse(s)       =
| occupation      = Singer, songwriter, politician
| instrument      = Vocals, guitar, drums
| genre           = [[Punk rock]], [[hardcore punk]]
| label           = [[Sudden Death Records]]
| website         = 
}}
'''Joseph Edward''' "'''Joey Shithead'''" '''Keithley''' ([[Given name#Name at birth|né]] '''Keighley'''; June 3, 1956)<ref name="ency">[http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=Q1ARTQ0000985] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070904175340/http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=Q1ARTQ0000985|date=September 4, 2007}}</ref> is a Canadian [[punk rock|punk]] musician who is best known as the lead guitarist and vocalist of the punk band [[D.O.A. (band)|DOA]]. He was elected a [[Burnaby City Council|city councillor in Burnaby, British Columbia]], in the [[2018 British Columbia municipal elections#Burnaby|2018 municipal elections]] as a member of the [[Burnaby Green Party]].<ref name="exclaim.ca">[https://exclaim.ca/music/article/d_o_a_s_joe_keithley_elected_to_burnaby_city_council "D.O.A.'s Joe Keithley Elected to Burnaby City Council"]. ''[[Exclaim!]]'', October 21, 2018.</ref> He was re-elected in the October 2022 municipal election.<ref name="Burnaby Now"> [https://www.burnabynow.com/local-news/green-party-punk-rocker-gets-four-more-years-on-burnaby-council-5962366]. ''[[Burnaby Now]]'', October 16, 2022. </ref>

==Early life==
Joe Keithley was raised in [[Burnaby]],<ref name="abcbookworld.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.abcbookworld.com/view_author.php?id=3963 |title=ABCBookWorld |publisher=ABCBookWorld.com |access-date=28 March 2015}}</ref> [[British Columbia]], and attended [[Burnaby North Secondary]]. At age 11, he began playing drums after being inspired by a drummer in a jazz band at his sister's wedding.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.suddendeath.com/ |title=Welcome to SDR |publisher=Suddendeath.com |date=March 31, 2014 |access-date=28 March 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.burnabynow.com/local-news/what-the-hell-happened-to-joey-shthead-3107975 |date=September 28, 2019|access-date=19 July 2022|title=What the hell happened to Joey Sh*thead? }}</ref> Keithley recalls his father's chagrin at Keithley "banging on a kit of his own", describing his father as "super square... completely right wing".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.burnabynow.com/local-news/what-the-hell-happened-to-joey-shthead-3107975 |date=September 28, 2019|access-date=19 July 2022|title=What the hell happened to Joey Sh*thead? }}</ref> He would later take up the guitar and vocals, with some of his classmates becoming his bandmates.

In 1972, in light of the ongoing Vietnam War and the American's planned testing of nuclear weapons off the coast of Alaska's [[Amchitka]] Island, 16 year old Keithley and 300 fellow students participated in a school walkout to join a protest organized by [[Greenpeace]]. Since then, music and activism have been "fused at the center of Keithley's life".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.burnabynow.com/local-news/what-the-hell-happened-to-joey-shthead-3107975 |date=September 28, 2019|access-date=19 July 2022|title=What the hell happened to Joey Sh*thead? }}</ref>

==Musical career==
In 1977, Keithley, along with [[Chuck Biscuits]]' older brother, started a band called [[The Skulls (Canadian band)|the Skulls]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.misfitscentral.com/bands/doa.php |title=D.O.A. |publisher=MisfitsCentral.com |access-date=28 March 2015}}</ref> After the breakup of the Skulls, Keithley formed D.O.A. with Biscuits.

In 2004, he published the autobiography ''I, Shithead: A Life in Punk''.<ref>[http://www.geist.com/books/i-shithead-life-punk] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110522092245/http://www.geist.com/books/i-shithead-life-punk|date=May 22, 2011}}</ref> He was inducted into the Canadian Independent Music Hall of Fame the same year.<ref name="abcbookworld.com"/>
He has also done solo work, releasing a mix of music and [[spoken word]].  In 1999, he released his first solo record, ''[[Beat Trash]]''.  This was followed by "Band of Rebels" in 2007.<ref name="archive.org">{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/JoeKeithleyOnOutsightRadioHours |title=Joe Keithley on Outsight Radio Hours : Outsight Radio Hours : Free Download & Streaming : Internet Archive |access-date=28 March 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B000QEILZG |title=Band Of Rebels: Joe Shithead Keithley: Amazon.ca: Music |access-date=28 March 2015}}</ref>

Keithley appeared in the punk/cult film ''[[Terminal City Ricochet]]'', as well as contributing music (through D.O.A.) to the soundtrack.<ref>[http://www.fizzfilms.com/graveyard/joe.html]  {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828084139/http://www.fizzfilms.com/graveyard/joe.html|date=August 28, 2008}}</ref> He and D.O.A. appeared in [[Bruce McDonald (director)|Bruce McDonald]]'s 1995 cult film ''[[Hard Core Logo]]''. He was interviewed for a documentary titled [[Let's All Hate Toronto]], produced by Elevator Films and published by [[The Disinformation Company]].  In 2006, Keithley was featured prominently in the feature-length documentary [[American Hardcore (film)|American Hardcore]].<ref name="abcbookworld.com"/> Keithley was also featured in the 2010 documentary ''[[Open Your Mouth And Say... Mr. Chi Pig]]'', a film that looks at the life of [[Mr. Chi Pig]] of [[SNFU]], directed by Sean Patrick Shaul and produced by [[Prairie Coast Films]].

In 2008, [[The Vancouver Sun]] newspaper named Keithley one of British Columbia's most influential people of all time.<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20090507160950/http://www.chartattack.com/news/63178/joey-keithley-influential-british-columbian]}}</ref>

During D.O.A.'s 2011 Canadian tour, Keithley gave free solo acoustic performances in three of the 10 cities that had appeared across Canada in support of the [[Occupy Wall Street]] protests, [[Occupy Ottawa]], [[Occupy Regina]] and [[Occupy Vancouver]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/d-o-a-s-keithley-visits-regina-occupy-camp-1.1100961|title=D.O.A.'s Keithley visits Regina 'occupy' camp|access-date=November 12, 2011|publisher=CBC News|date=October 29, 2011}}</ref>

He owns and operates his own record company, [[Sudden Death Records]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www2.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=1270c0a5-f051-42bf-b837-fc959fca8119 |title=2006: Keithley still going strong |publisher=Canada.com |date=March 7, 2008 |access-date=28 March 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402132349/http://www2.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=1270c0a5-f051-42bf-b837-fc959fca8119 |archive-date=April 2, 2015 }}</ref> The recording company was started in 1978 as a DIY response to lack of interest from major labels.  His motto is 'TALK-ACTION=ZERO.'<ref name="abcbookworld.com"/>

==Politics==
D.O.A. is known for playing in peace rallies and environmental events. Keithley has been increasingly interested in politics, saying that shows where he can make a difference are more rewarding. While studying at the University of British Columbia, he planned to become a labor lawyer, but found music irresistible.<ref>[http://punktv.ca/news/105/ARTICLE/2169/2007-01-15.html]  {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091006000532/http://punktv.ca/news/105/ARTICLE/2169/2007-01-15.html|date=October 6, 2009}}</ref> In 1996 and 2001, Keithley ran in the [[British Columbia]] provincial elections for the [[Green Party of British Columbia]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.troopertribute.com/joegreen.htm|title=MEET Joe Keithley the CANDIDATE!|publisher=Troopertribute.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041205112805/http://www.troopertribute.com/joegreen.htm|archive-date=December 5, 2004|url-status=dead|access-date=28 March 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/from-doa-to-mla-only-in-bc/article760985/|title=From D.O.A. to MLA? Only in B.C.|last=Gill|first=Alexandra|date=May 1, 2001|work=The Globe and Mail|access-date=19 December 2017}}</ref> In 2001, he received the highest percentage of the vote next to party leader [[Adriane Carr]]. He ran for the [[Burnaby-Lougheed]] seat in the [[2017 British Columbia general election|2017 British Columbia provincial election]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://vancouversun.com/news/politics/bcelection2017-key-battleground-ridings|title=Analysis: To win, NDP must add 10 more seats, including several swing ridings, and that won't be easy|date=April 8, 2017|work=The Vancouver Sun}}</ref> On October 20, 2018, he was elected for [[Burnaby City Council]] in the [[2018 British Columbia municipal elections#Burnaby|2018 municipal elections]] as a member of the [[Burnaby Green Party]].<ref name="exclaim.ca"/>

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== Books ==
* ''I, Shithead: A Life in Punk'' ([[Arsenal Pulp Press]])<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.arsenalpulp.com/bookinfo.php?index=182 |title=Arsenal Pulp Press Title Info Page |publisher=Arsenalpulp.com |access-date=28 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923173907/http://www.arsenalpulp.com/bookinfo.php?index=182 |archive-date=September 23, 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* ''Talk-Action=0: An Illustrated History of D.O.A.'' ([[Arsenal Pulp Press]])<ref name="archive.org"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.arsenalpulp.com/bookinfo.php?index=337 |title=Arsenal Pulp Press Title Info Page |publisher=Arsenalpulp.com |access-date=28 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101119131525/http://arsenalpulp.com/bookinfo.php?index=337 |archive-date=November 19, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Justin Brannan]], American punk musician and politician

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20071219130944/http://www.thepunksite.com/interviews.php?page=doa Interview with Joey Shithead]
* [https://archive.org/details/JoeKeithleyOnOutsightRadioHours Interviews on Outsight Radio Hours]
* [http://www.rabble.ca/podcasts/shows/ruckus/episode-2-classic-punk-spy-fi-surf-and-groovy-downtempo The Ruckus – Audio Interview with Joey Keithley from September 2008]
* [http://www.rockshockpop.com/forums/content.php?1370-D.O.A.-Is-Not-Dead-Yet-An-Interview-With D.O.A. Is Not Dead Yet – An Interview With Joe Keithley]

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