D.O.A
Smash The State (DVD)
3.5/5

Who It’s For: D.O.A fans
Sounds Like: Good old punk rock

After thirty years, over three thousand shows, tons of albums, and a lot of beer, the Vancouver punk band, D.O.A., has finally released their new DVD, Smash The State. Brought to you by Sudden Death Records and MYD, the 68 minutes of Smash The State are packed with raw footage of the band between 1978 to 1981. The footage is comprised of 21 live songs from various San Francisco venues, as well as a TV Shoot from 1980. The DVD features band members Joey Shithead, Chuck Biscuits, Randy Rampage and Dave Gregg and has guest appearances from Keith Morris, and Dirk Dirksen among others.

In the thirty years that have passed the band has lost little of their youthful energy. The DVD enables you to see the band fly through songs such as “New Age,” “Fucked Up Baby,” and just about any other song you can think of. The DVD also contains fairly entertaining footage from the Anarchist Anti-Canada Day Picnic Show in 1978 at Stanley Park. The DVD could have done with more extras and more footage of the band hanging out or talking but as far as live footage goes, you can’t go wrong.

On Broadway, San Francisco,1980

1. New Age
2. Get Out Of My Life
3. Royal Police
5. Woke Up Screaming
6. Last Night
7. Rich Bitch
8. Let’s Fuck
9. 2+2

Old Waldorf, San Francisco, 1981

10. America The Beautiful
11. Fucked Up Baby
12. Rent-A-Riot
13. D.O.A.
14. No Way Out
15. World War 3

Bay Area Mystery Concert 1981

16. The Enemy
17. Strat Nab
18. Fucked Up Baby

10th Street Hall, San Francisco, 1981

19. New Age
20. Backstage with Circle Jerks, The Lewd and D.O.A.

TV Shoot 1980

21. The Enemy – W/Joe Shithead, Dave Gregg, Chuck Biscuits, Stubby Pecker

Anarchist Anti-Canada Day July 1st 1978

22. Anti-Canada Day; The Build Up
23. Nazi Training Camp
24. Woke Up Screaming
25. Disco Sucks – w/ Joe Shithead, Chuck Biscuits, Randy Rampage, Brad Kunt 

- Lauren Garbutt