Social Distortion News

Yeah, I'm a bit jaded. When you write about music, you have to actually listen to it.

Confirmed acts for the Aug. 7 to 9 festival at Collingwood, Ont.'s Millennium Park in Collingwood Harbour include headliners Social Distortion, Classified, USS, The Midway State and a reunited Closet Monster, who will play together for the first time since their farewell performance in 2005.

The yearly Hootenanny at Oak Canyon Ranch in Irvine has always been all about rockin' music, fast cars, cool guys, hot gals and the perfect Pompadour.

The enduring L.A. punk band Social Distortion has overcome numerous personnel shifts, the demise of the Los Angeles hardcore scene that spawned them, and the heroin addiction of singer/guitarist/bandleader Mike Ness to achieve a measure mainstream acceptance for their rootsy, hard-hitting punk without compromise.

Featured review by: UG Team , on june 18, 2009 0 of 0 people found this review helpful Sound: It has been a gap of almost six years since the punk juggernaut that is Rancid released their last album Indestructible .

During that period the Transplants and Lars & The Bastards released lackluster, borderline criminal sophomore albums, Tim Armstrong released a "free" solo album and Matt Freeman filled the vacant bassist spot in Social Distortion.

Youth Brigade are scheduled to perform Friday, June 5. Youth Brigade In the self-descriptive sense, Youth Brigade is no longer a credible name for an iconic punk band that formed in 1980 and toured with Social Distortion during the early Reagan era.

The 14-city outing, which begins July 17 in Seattle, visits a mixture of northern US markets and Canadian cities through early August.

A veteran southern California punk rock band and a top-selling British pop-rock group are the latest additions to Calgary's increasingly busy summer concert schedule.

A picture of Mike Ness of Social Distortion and his 1940 Ford coupe. Mike Ness of Social Distortion and his 1940 Ford coupe.

Harmonix , MTV Games , and Electronic Arts have announced that three tracks from American punk rockers Social Distortion will be added to the Rock Band Music Store.

Paging Beto got its start like most bands, according to drummer Bill Bateman. "Nine-nine-point-nine is the accidental, 'This guy can play, that guy can play,' " Bateman said in a recent telephone interview.

Green Day has revealed that the digital version of the band's upcoming album, 21st Century Breakdown, will come with four cover songs as bonus tracks.

Green Day has announced the bonus tracks that will appear on the digital version of 21st Century Breakdown , which will be available on iTunes beginning May 15.

Artist - The Hold Steady Album - A Positive Rage Label - Rough Trade The Hold Steady have always been about the sass and the swagger, backed up by some serious rock attitude.

Brad Paisley and Kenny Chesney are getting the lion's share of the attention as headliners of the third annual Stagecoach Country Music Festival this weekend at the Empire Polo Club in Indio.

'No One Would Barbecue Their Family Dog ... Why Is a Cow ... Different?' Asks Mike Ness in Exclusive peta2 Interview April 22, 2009 Contact: Amanda Schinke 757-622-7382 Los Angeles -- Just in time for Earth Day , Social Distortion frontman Mike Ness is letting his legions of fans and others know what not to include in the festivities--namely, meat.

New Brunswick, New Jersey's The Gaslight Anthem might be the most current retro band making the rounds these days.

Wednesday Independence @ Republic Bar + Lounge What: "Republic's M Lounge is one of the most beautiful and glamorous spots of Los Angeles famous La Cienega Boulevard.

New album of punk rock cover songs, out March 24. For years, savethehumans.com, a culture-bashing, shock-therapy, social commentary Web site hosted a community-forum-type of online register called the Ultimate Punk Rock Cover Song Project.