We may not know who's gonna win Survivor yet, but we know this -- if D.O.A.'s Joe (S--head) Keithley were on that island, he'd kick all their butts. Even that grizzled coot Rudy. Because ole Joe, Canada's elder statesman of punk, is nothing if not a survivor. No record deal? No band? No problem. Joey recorded this 1998 disc more or less by himself, with only the help of drummer Brien O'Brien and the occasional guest (including bassist and former Winnipegger Wycliffe Hartwig), and then issued it on his own Sudden Death imprint. Thanks to a new distribution deal, Festival of Atheists is more easily available than before, and worth checking out if you've missed Joey's always-potent combination of garage-band licks, propulsive energy and left-wing bluster. Sure, you've heard it all before -- but's it's still way easier to take than that goombah and his coconut phone.

Track Listing 1. You Won't Stand Alone
  2. Groundhog Day
  3. Death To The Multinationals
  4. Mommy Mommy
  5. If There's God
  6. Gun And A Bomb, A
  7. World Falls Apart
  8. Brainwash
  9. Sweat
  10. Frontier Justice
  11. Give 'Em The Lumber
  12. You Can't Walk All Over Me
  13. I Got A Noose