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The DLO A. rrontman, ska Joes Shithead, is roast a new
crowd with “beat trash spoken word, ani of word and music

Tomorrow muht he's at The Sugar Refinery, 2nd tloor at
1155 Granville Se. dar Helmeken)

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Gerry Hannah (Subhumans) started out as kids, growing up
amplified. He tells how their parents reacted, how they'd
bounce the noisy scrutis trom house to house.

“We'd have te carry all che drums and scutt around the

sumtin) neighbourhood because we didavr have

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Tee makes it clear thar he’s nota poet. Some hardcore

nds are left a bit confounded bv it alk **What is it. Is he

ading poems?” They'd never seen spoken word betore,” he
says,

The punks are fett shaking their dav-glow mohawks, bur he’s
anticipating a broader audience,

hey coulda’t reconcile that Pmiin ths punk rock band
and f have three kids. Thev couldn’: reconale that Twas ii this
punk rock band but Eran forthe Green Party. They couldn't
reconcile that fwas in this punk rock band but Pwas domyg
dcousty performances.

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something new. You cart go into 2 shell, because tars when
all the knives will core aut.” joe figures.

He's drawn inspiration in bis dash trom the tying daggers by
warching his buddies Henry Rolhins and Jello Braira work the
spoken word thing. “Ive seen both of them, and T go. ‘OK, va,
ya, thar’s how thar would go, fight?) Notte cop ther tip, bur
they're coming from a similar backwround. Fsee them deang it
ro an audience that T could never get out toa DLOLA. show. A
punk rock show iy not for evervbody, vou might get elbowed in
the face.”

{t's all leading up te an album, J.O.E. Beat Trash, ta be
released next vear in Apalan his own label) Sudden Death
Records. He's yor plans tora book too.

The prohteration of caitee bars throughout the region has
brought with it sew, albeit small performance venues.

Joe's enthusiasm for mixing acoustic gitar pertormance and
spoken word stems trom a memorable moment a couple of
years avo. Jog and 2 poet friend performed ata vathering of a
poctry scctety in New Westrunster.

“Tt was like their annual thing. Some poets read and then [
got up and plaved six songs. The audience wear trom tage) LS
to 65. [ could see some people ia the back thinking,
“Woaaaghhh, who is this guy?

“With the acoustic guitar Prake the same kind of approach
as punk rock. It’s very aggressive. Qnee Pd done fest ser,
some more poets read. And they said. (GR. to close our the
evening, Joe Keithley gon

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Photo Laura Xeithley

D.O.A. leader Joe Keithley is branching out. He's taking to the stage with spoken-word performances. The next

one is on Saturday at The Sugar Refinery in Vancouver.

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