Social Distortion - Social Distortion

Style: Punk, New Wave.
Similar Artists: The Stranglers, Dead Kennedys.
Recording year: 1990, Epic.

With Prison Bound, Social Distortion began to metamorphasize from a rather ordinary L.A. hardcore band into a roots rock band willing to make with more than their share of the attitude, and this process continued on their self-titled third album (which was also their major-label debut).

Musically, Mike Ness and company had learned to split the difference between rockabilly and Ramones-style punk, not unlike fellow L.A. vets X, and if Ness couldn't sing or write with the skill or the resonance of John Doe, "Story of My Life" and "It Coulda Been Me" sound a lot more personal and deeply felt than anything on Mommy's Little Monster, and "Ball and Chain" and "So Far Away" prove he could crank out a respectable honky tonk number if he put his mind to it.

Thanks to Epic's sponsorship, the group had more time and money at their disposal for Social Distortion than on their previous albums, and producer Dave Jerden made the most of it; Mike Ness and Dennis Danell's guitars sound lean, sharp, and powerful; Ness's vocals are better controlled than ever before; and Christopher Reece's drums have a tight snap that suits both the thrashier numbers as well as the slower, blusier tunes.

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Género /Gender: L.A. Punk, Hardcore Punk

Artistas similares / Similar Artist: The Stranglers, Crowd, The Germs

Año de grabación / Recording year: Epic, 1992.



Social Distortion es una banda de punk rock fundada en 1978, en Orange County, California. La banda está formada actualmente por Mike Ness (cantante y guitarra solista), Jonny Wickersham (guitarra rítmica), Brent Harding (bajo) y Charlie Quintana (batería). Se les reconoce por ser una de las bandas pioneras, junto a Minor Threat, Black Flag, Dead Kennedys, The Misfits y Bad Brains de la explosión hardcore punk estadounidense de la década de los 80.


Social Distortion is a punk rock band founded on 1978, in Orange County, California. The band is formed at the moment by Mike Ness (singing and guitar soloist), Jonny Wickersham (rythmical guitar), Brent Harding (under) and Charlie Quintana (battery). Recognised for being one of the pioneering bands, next to Minor Threat, Black Flag, Dead Kennedys, The Misfits and Bad Brains of the explosion of the American hardcore punk in the decade of the 80's.




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