# Sudden Death Records

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**Sudden Death Records** is a [Vancouver, British Columbia](/source/Vancouver,_British_Columbia) based [record label](/source/Record_label) run by [Joe "Shithead" Keithley](/source/Joey_Shithead), frontman of [D.O.A.](/source/D.O.A._(band))[1] [2]

Sudden Death Records arrived in Canada's burgeoning [punk](/source/Punk_music) scene in [1978](/source/1978_in_music).[3] Keithley formed the label to release his D.O.A.'s album Disco Sucks.[4]

It was only a part-time label until 1998, when they began to expand further into punk rock music. In keeping with the "Do It Yourself" attitude of its founder Joe Keithley, Sudden Death Records remained a friend to smaller musicians while keeping multi-national record conglomerates at bay. In doing so, they have earned themselves the respect of numerous luminaries within the music industry.

Today, Sudden Death Records remains a popular label and have branched off into other areas of music, focusing not only on punk but also [ska](/source/Ska), [rock](/source/Rock_music), [pop](/source/Pop_music) and other genres.

## Artists

- [Agriculture Club](/source/Agriculture_Club)
- [Geoff Berner](/source/Geoff_Berner)
- [Carmaig de Forest](/source/Carmaig_de_Forest)
- [d.b.s.](/source/D.b.s.)
- [The Damned](/source/The_Damned_(band))
- [Dog Eat Dogma](/source/Dog_Eat_Dogma)
- [D.O.A.](/source/D.O.A._(band))
- [Ese](/source/Ese_(band))
- [Ford Pier](/source/Ford_Pier)
- [The Honeymans](/source/The_Honeymans)
- [Joe Keithley](/source/Joe_Keithley)
- [The Jolts](/source/The_Jolts)
- [JP5](/source/JP5)
- [Karen Foster (band)](/source/Karen_Foster_(band))
- [MDC](/source/MDC_(band))
- [Modernettes](/source/Modernettes)
- [Mojo Nixon](/source/Mojo_Nixon)
- Once Just
- [Potbelly](/source/Potbelly_(band))
- [Portrait of Poverty](/source/Portrait_of_Poverty)
- [Pigment Vehicle](/source/Pigment_Vehicle)
- [Pointed Sticks](/source/Pointed_Sticks)
- [Real McKenzies](/source/Real_McKenzies)
- [Ripcordz](/source/Ripcordz)
- [Round Eye](/source/Round_Eye)
- [Schulz](/source/Schulz_(band))
- [Sham 69](/source/Sham_69)
- [Thor](/source/Jon_Mikl_Thor)
- [The Vibrators](/source/The_Vibrators)
- [Vice Squad](/source/Vice_Squad_(band))
- [Young Canadians](/source/Young_Canadians)

## References

1. ["D.O.A.'s Joe Keithley on how punk rock prepared him to become a politician"](https://www.altpress.com/features/joe-keithley-interview-doa/). altpress.com. Retrieved 26 January 2022.

1. ["Punk Lifers D.O.A. Celebrate 40 Years of Fighting Back with New Album"](https://www.decibelmagazine.com/2018/05/21/punk-lifers-d-o-a-celebrate-40-years-of-fighting-back-with-new-album/). decibelmagazine.com. 21 May 2018. Retrieved 26 January 2022.

1. ["spotlight D.O.A."](https://www.spin.com/2008/11/doa/). spin.com. 17 November 2008. Retrieved 26 January 2022.

1. [""I, Shithead: A Life in Punk""](https://abcbookworld.com/writer/keithley-joe/). ABC Bookworld. Retrieved 26 January 2022.

## External links

- [Official site](http://www.suddendeath.com/)
- [Sudden Death Records](http://www.myspace.com/suddendeathrecords) on Myspace
- *[Interview with Joey Keithley, Sudden Death Records](http://smallworldpodcast.com/?p=486)* - [small WORLD Podcast](https://web.archive.org/web/20061004003906/http://smallworldpodcast.com/) 2006

## See also

- [List of record labels](/source/List_of_record_labels)

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