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VANCOUVER — Burnaby, B.C-raised punk musician Joe Keithley, whose stage name is Joey Shithead, says he’ll seek an NDP nomination in next year’s provincial election.

Keithley, frontman for legendary popular punk band D.O.A., said Thursday he will formally declare his intentions next week, including in which riding he will run.

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Initially, it was reported Keithley would be seeking the nomination in Liberal legislative member Harry Bloy’s riding of Burnaby-Lougheed, which resulted in an explosion on Twitter of mock newspaper headlines such a matchup could produce.

Keithley said he would not be seeking the nomination in Bloy’s riding, but somewhere else within “the Lower Mainland.”

‘Obviously the aim is to get as many candidates elected and try to win the election’

“Obviously the aim is to get as many candidates elected and try to win the election,” Keithley said. “So that’s why I’m getting into this. I want to change this world into a better place and it ain’t happening with the B.C. Liberals, if you ask me.”