D.O.A. (DOA) - The Black Spot LP (colour vinyl)

Limited edition cherry red colour vinyl. Black wax also available.

D.O.A., the godfathers of hardcore were getting ready to start recording a new studio album when their drummer Ken Jensen tragically died in a house fire. While grieving the loss of their talented young drummer, the remaining members decided to ask John Wright from No Means No if he would drum for the recording. John agreed right away and the rest is history.

"Compounding the album’s morbid gloom in the liner notes, Keithley eulogizes five other past bandmates (including drummer Ken Montgomery, better known as Dimwit) and associates who died in the ’90s. Ironically (or maybe not), The Black Spot is the tautest, most precise and hard-edged of D.O.A.’s career. Spewing amplified energy, tight-formation fills, overdrive rhythms and anthemic punk choruses, the band wants only for conceptual focus in the songs. Three of Goble’s songs describe a wacky perimeter: “Big Guys Like D.O.A.” is a goofy ode to the band’s fans, “Worries” obsesses over various anxieties and “Running Out of Time” delves deep into existential prognostication. Keithley’s “Kill Ya Later” damns drug dealers, “Blind Men” bigots and “Je Declare” customs agents. “Marijuana Motherfucker” is a totally pointless David Peel joke, but a cowpunk cover of the Woody Guthrie-popularized “Bound for Glory” (the first of three linked songs — including the saw-wielding death metal bluster of “Unchained Melody” — dubbed “The Nutwrencher Suite”), while used as a protest against reactionaries, sounds like nothing so much as a proud reaffirmation of the band’s unflagging spirit." - Trouser Press

Featuring Joey Shithead Keithley, Brian Wimpy Roy Goble, John Wright (No Means No) and Ford Pier (Dead Bob).