DOA 40th Anniversary Tour

DOA

For the first time in over 30 years, DOA is returning to Des Moines.

Canada’s legendary Punk Kings, who helped spread punk rock counterculture around the world, approach a momentous milestone of 40 Years. formed in 1978; they released their first snarling piece of vinyl, the “Disco Sucks” EP in June of that year. That slab of plastic opened the door to international prominence, riots, rip-off record companies and three generations of fans.

In 1981, D.O.A. made the term “hardcore” their own and pushed it into the common vernacular with their legendary album “Hardcore 81” and subsequent tours. Consequently, D.O.A. has been cited as a major influence for tons of bands ranging from The Red Hot Chili Peppers to Green Day to Rancid to The Offspring. They followed that up with their groundbreaking EP “War on 45” and “Bloodied But Unbowed.”

D.O.A. has always worn their politics on their sleeves.They’ve done a lot shit disturbing along the way.They’ve been harassed and busted and survived all that crap. D.O.A.’s blatant slogan,TALK-ACTION=0 sums it all up.

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MDC

Formed in late 1970s as The Stains and playing their first gig under this name in August 1980, MDC were one of three pioneering hardcore punk bands in Austin, Texas, in the early ’80s, alongside The Dicks and Big Boys. These bands frequently played together and established the Austin hardcore scene. They released one single as the Stains in 1981, featuring a slower version of the future MDC song “John Wayne Was a Nazi” backed with “Born to Die”.[1][2] Both songs were later released on the debut MDC album.

By 1982 the band had relocated to San Francisco, California, and renamed themselves MDC. By this point the band were active participants in the growing hardcore scene and released their debut LP Millions of Dead Cops on their own label, R Radical; Jello Biafra’s Alternative Tentacles helped with distribution. The album is now widely considered a punk classic, and features songs such as “John Wayne Was a Nazi”, “Dick for Brains”, and the harsh criticism of the police, “I Remember”. Other targets of criticism devoid of irony included capitalism (“Corporate Death Burger”), homophobia (“America’s So Straight”),[3] and American culture (“Violent Rednecks”).

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Broken Ones

Des Moine Iowa Punk Rock & Roll. Members of The Jitz, Traffic Death, and Rob Ogg, bitch

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21 & Over

Doors 9pm

$12 Adv / $15 DOS