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DOA plays the Commodore tonight to release its 30th anniversary Men of Action DVD. 24 hours interviewed Joe Keithley in DOA's famous "tour bus."
24: Talk about the history of the fantastic milk truck.
MC: It's managed to run 21 years, about 750,000 miles, it's had four engines, three transmissions, three different rear ends and the muffler's been repaired 75 or 76 times... it saves a helluva lot of dough, a bus is five grand a week, plus driver, plus diesel.
24: It's been 30 years, but did you ever think you could make this a life?
MC: I went to SFU and thought I was going to be a civil rights lawyer. Boy, I ended up in a different occupation. Some of the same applications, I've tried to help people get some justice.
24: The latest album, Northern Avenger, contains Police Brutality. Very timely.
MC: Police are there to protect and serve, not to abuse... the officers involved at the Dziekanski incident should be fired.
24: DOA is a symbol of DIY.
MC: It's pretty easy to make an album. Before we recorded the first album we played 400 shows and probably rehearsed the songs 1,000 times each.