Joe Keithley, Canada's godfather of punk, is the founder and lead guitarist of the seminal Vancouver punk band D.O.A. He has long been an activist, including as a candidate for the Green Party, and is the founder of Sudden Death Records. He is the author of the autobiography I, Shithead: A Life in Punk and Talk - Action = 0: An Illustrated History of D.O.A. He lives in Vancouver with his wife and their three children.