Written by: Alex Green

The legendary punk band D.O.A. announced today that the first single from their new album will be “The Cops Shot A Kid.”

The song was inspired by the recent events in Baltimore, Ferguson and New York City of African Americans dying at the hands of police officers. In a press release, singer Joe Keithley of the Vancouver outfit explained further:

“I am outraged by the deaths of unarmed suspects at the hands of various police forces in the USA. Of course I realize that there are a lot of good cops that do a difficult job every day, but some of the recent killing sure looks like it’s rooted in racism. So I wrote this song about these injustices and the inevitable reaction that will likely follow from the folks in that neighborhood Police should be wearing body cams while on duty. Look at it this way if it weren’t for bystanders with cell phones, the public would be not seen what had happened and the truth could have been severely impeded.”

D.O.A.’s new album is titled Hard Rain Falling and it will be a twelve-song offering bringing to mind the work of the band’s seminal Hardcore 81 album.

The band is currently winding up their West Coast U.S. tour.