D.O.A., Joey ‘Shithead’, and How Hardcore Was Born

This episode digs into Vancouver’s D.O.A. and frontman Joey “Shithead,” examining the 1981 release Hardcore ’81 that coined the term “hardcore” for the scene, how the band’s DIY touring, independent pressing, and politicized lyrics shaped a new sonic direction, and why that album sparked an international wave of faster, more aggressive punk.

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