And I get into a fight inside. I got taken outside. Social D’s hot-ticket concerts are multigenerational punk-rock communions, all about the singalong anthems, with little if any slam-dancing, but still pulsing with true danger. Yeah. They were traveling in a nice vehicle and staying at hotels. I had to commit petty crimes. With one classic punk album under his belt. Vocalist Mike Ness sat down with AltPress to discuss 40 years of Social Distortion, 34 years of sobriety, seven classic records, a landmark punk documentary and one big birthday party. What do you listen to now?”, All I can tell you is: It may have appeared it was about Trump to that person. It also analyzes reviews to verify trustworthiness. Band leader Mike Ness would always carry himself as a graduate of the L.A. gutter-punk scene, and songs … Our payment security system encrypts your information during transmission. Their last record, 2011’s. The early 2000s, I had hepatitis C from all the way back… And back then, the only medicine was this fucking gnarly interferon. I could easily have just been a small paragraph in Flipside magazine, saying, “We lost him. [, Yeah. Look, I wanted to be a rock star since I was 5 years old. I have it and I am trying to find the value of it. Yeah. It gives me energy for the show and opens my lungs up. Some friends of theirs jumped in. They broke into MTV rotation, toured with Neil Young, covered Johnny Cash and steadily accumulated widespread respect. That being said, if we're all doomed, we might as well all listen to a classic underground record about being doomed. I wanted to be like them and 999 and Johnny Thunders. All I can tell you is: It may have appeared it was about Trump to that person. I've lived a few of these down and out songs and I've enjoyed hearing a few more. Social Distortion isn't a great roots rock album, but it's a pretty good one, and it's better and more affecting than anything this band had cranked out before. The band were playing down in Alphabet City. Ness remains a hands-on punk who’s willing to scrap: In July 2018, he waded into the crowd at a Sacramento show and confronted a pro-Trump heckler. , saw the group evolve into “Sick Boys” mode, playing country-influenced originals and covering a vintage Rolling Stones cut. I was lucky. Fans of Alternative Press might cringe, but it was Kiss and Bad Company. When I get home from tour, the last thing I want to do is pick up a guitar. And you just sit on them for a while. The guys don’t waste any time getting to business on Hard Times And Nursery Rhymes with the long awaited instrumental intro “Road Zombie,” which sets the tone for the next fifty five minutes. I was 23. It was a night off in New York City, my first time in New York City. I know. They took pride in showmanship. “a great rock ’n’ roll album… ‘Born To Lose’ is great stuff.” The group still perpetuate the oldest roots-rock traditions: outlaw country attitude, electric twang and early Elvis swagger, all informed by the Clash’s social justice ideals and sneering vocals. www.socialdistortion.com. But for me, it was about racism. We’ve done some rough arrangements of 23 songs. And, yeah, it was probably after that. I could easily have just been a small paragraph in, magazine, saying, “We lost him. It is just all around awesome. Their controversial and long-delayed sophomore album, 1988’s Prison Bound, saw the group evolve into “Sick Boys” mode, playing country-influenced originals and covering a vintage Rolling Stones cut. I’m not going to tell you how to vote. In uno show a Poughkeepsie, New York il 27 luglio 2010, Mike Ness ha rivelato che il nuovo album Social Distortion si sarebbe chiamato Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes e promesso una data di uscita di novembre. And I was really, really lucky to have [gotten] pulled out of that. So I had to really confront that. At 57, he’s still in fighting shape—literally—and his band have no end in sight. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 27, 2018, Recently discovered this band my loss but making up for it now, they are great, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 18, 2014. Well, Johnny Thunders wasn’t always the most tight with his band, but they sure put on a show. I am so stoked to be going to the 25th anniversary show in a couple of months. This journey of 40 years has been quite interesting. Their last record, 2011’s Hard Times And Nursery Rhymes, has many career highlights as anything they’ve ever released. Track Record Studios, North Hollywood, CA. I guess they’re more adult mistakes. I started really early. We’ve got a lot of material, and it’s going to be tough to pick the best 12 for an album. Like, “Man, I am. And, yeah, personally, I don’t like him as a human being. People don’t realize my music foundation really is in classic rock.