Something Better Change
Joe Keithley built one of punk's most legendary careers fronting D.O.A. Then he ran for city council in British Columbia. Then he won. Something Better Change follows his 2022 reelection campaign with cameras rolling, capturing something genuinely rare: proof that music, conviction, and stubborn idealism can actually translate into real political power. With appearances from Dave Grohl, Ian MacKaye, Jello Biafra, and Duff McKagan, this is the punk-rock civics lesson absolutely nobody knew they needed. Inspiring and completely real.
Why This Film Matters: Political disillusionment among young people is at historic highs, and it's not hard to understand why. Something Better Change is an antidote that actually works, because it's not a speech about why you should vote; it's a film about someone who decided the system needed changing and went inside it to do the work. In a political climate where outsider voices are routinely drowned out by money and incumbency, Joe Keithley's story is proof that ordinary conviction, stubbornly applied, can still win. Punk always said the establishment could be dismantled. This doc shows what that looks like from the inside.
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Something Better Change
Throughout the 1980s, outfits like Black Flag, D.O.A., Dead Kennedys, Minor Threat and the Circle Jerks helped define the decade's deafening hardcore punk sound, paving the way for the eventual explosion of punk bands through radio and MTV in the decades to come. While punk rock's upper echelon m...
