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On April 28, 2008, members of MIA with Jello Biafra and Kevin Seconds, Social Distortion, Cadillac Tramps, Jigsaw and Naked Soul got together at the House Of Blues in Anaheim, CA to create “Beautiful Noise” a benefit concert for The Mike Conley Family Memorial Fund. In addition, our friends over at Fender graciously donated a Sonora acoustic guitar for the event. The guitar is signed by every member of each band who performed that night including: Mike Ness, Jello Biafra and Kevin Seconds.
Click HERE
for your chance to win this guitar and support a great cause. 100% of the money
from this auction will be donated to The Mike Conley Family Memorial Fund.
Thank you for taking a look and good luck bidding!
Social Distortion have confirmed dates to reschedule their canceled San Francisco shows from this past weekend. The show scheduled last Saturday, January 5, has been rescheduled for Thursday, January 31, 2008. The show scheduled for this past Sunday, January 6, has been rescheduled for Monday, February 4, 2008. Tickets from Saturday, January 5, will be honored on Thursday, January 31. Tickets from Sunday, January 6, will be honored on Monday, February 4. Refunds are also available at your point of purchase. The band apologizes for this inconvenience and hope to see everyone at the rescheduled dates.
Over the next couple of months the folks at Epitaph Europe will re-release
Social Distortion's and Mike Ness' Time Bomb Recordings catalog in Europe.
All the titles below except Mommy's Little Monster will be re-released
December 17 in all EU territories excluding the UK, Germany and France where
the catalog will be released January 25. The re-release of Mommy's Little
Monster will follow shortly thereafter. The track-listings remain the same
and the packages have been updated from the original artwork.
Social Distortion:
Mommy's Little Monster,
Prison Bound,
Mainliner (Wreckage From The Past),
Live At The Roxy,
Another State Of Mind (DVD),
Live In Orange County (DVD), and
Sex Love and Rock'n' Roll.
Mike Ness:
Cheating At Solitaire and Under The Influences.
The Laguna Playhouse is offering all Social Distortion fans 2 for 1 tickets
to see Hank Williams: Lost Highway before it ends on Sunday, December 16th.
For tickets, call the box office at (949) 497-2787 and mention code: 616.
Click HERE
for more information on Hank Williams: Lost Highway and The Laguna Playhouse.
Mike Ness has recently written the Forward for a new book titled The Electroline Diaries: A Journey With The Burbank Choppers Car Club. Writer Laurent Bagnard follows the Choppers through Southern California, Las Vegas, and Yokohama, Japan. He captures the Choppers in their element hanging out with fellow hot rodders, catching their favorite bands, traveling to car shows far and wide, and cruising in their cars.
Click HERE
for more information on The Electroline Diaries.
The FIRST EVER career spanning collection from Social Distortion hits stores on June 26. Time Bomb Recordings will release the Greatest Hits on CD and limited edition vinyl with interview bonus track.
PRE-ORDER YOUR COPY TODAY
Classic songs from every classic album are represented in this definitive retrospective (track-listing below). From the early So-Cal punk track “Mommy’s Little Monster,” that put them on the map, on through to 2004’s radio hit “Reach For The Sky.” Covering Social Distortion’s three decade long career, Greatest Hits showcases the best in band leader Mike Ness’ heart-on-the-sleeve songwriting. Their classic cover of Johnny Cash’s “Ring Of Fire” is included as well. “Far Behind,” is the hard charging new song
recorded just for this collection.
Greatest Hits track-listing:
Another State Of Mind
Mommy's Little Monster
Prison Bound
Story Of My Life
Ball And Chain
Ring Of Fire
Bad Luck
When The Angels Sing
I Was Wrong
Reach For The Sky
Far Behind (new song)
Mike Ness Interview (vinyl only)
Listen to KROQ all this week for your chance to win tickets to The Hootenanny on July 7th at Oak Canyon Ranch in Irvine, CA.
Everybody who wins tickets goes into Friday morning's drawing to ride home
from the show with Mike's custom '68 Triumph Bonneville motorcycle. So listen
to KROQ to be caller 20 at (800) 520-1067 when they tell you to call.
Social Distortion are set to release their FIRST EVER career spanning collection
on June 26. Time Bomb Recordings will release the Greatest Hits on CD and
limited edition vinyl. Classic songs from every classic album are represented
in this definitive retrospective (track-listing below). From the early So-Cal
punk track “Mommy's Little Monster,” that put them on the map, on through
to 2004's radio hit “Reach For The Sky.” Covering Social Distortion's three
decade long career, Greatest Hits showcases the best in band leader Mike
Ness' heart-on-the-sleeve songwriting. Their classic cover of Johnny Cash's
“Ring Of Fire” is included as well.
“Far Behind,” is the hard charging new song recorded just for this collection
and is the album's lead single - hitting the airwaves May 15. The band will tour
worldwide in support of the Greatest Hits album. More dates to be announced
through 2007.
Greatest Hits track-listing:
Another State Of Mind
Mommy's Little Monster
Prison Bound
Story Of My Life
Ball And Chain
Ring Of Fire
Bad Luck
When The Angels Sing
I Was Wrong
Reach For The Sky
Far Behind (new song)
A who's who of punk rockers have come together for the “2006 Rock to Roll Bash,” a benefit concert for the non-profit organization Wheels For Humanity (WFH), to take place Thursday, Dec. 14 at the Key Club, Hollywood. Tickets go on sale this Saturday, Nov. 18 for $15 ($17 at the door) through all Ticketmaster outlets and online at Ticketmaster.com. One hundred percent of the proceeds will go to WFH. Punk Rock Karaoke (comprised of NOFX's Eric Melvin, Bad Religion's Greg Hetson, The Adolescents' Steve Soto and Agent Orange's Derek O'Brien) will be performing with vocal performances by a rotating cast including Mike Ness, Matt Skiba of Alkaline Trio, Jim Lindberg of Pennywise, Chris Cheney of The Living End and Trever Keith formerly of Face to Face, now of Kid Stardust. There will also be performances by The Bronx, The Riverboat Gamblers, Chuck Ragan (Hot Water Music) and Against Me! For more information on Wheels For Humanity please visit www.wheelsforhumanity.org.
Mike Ness has recently written the Forward for a new book titled Rockin' Down The Highway: The Cars and People That Made Rock Roll. Music writer Paul Grushkin draws on renowned photographers, lauded poster artists and top private archives to present a thematic illustrated examination of the remarkable 50-plus-year synergy between rock music and motoring, from early Rhythm and Blues to surf to metal to punk. Click HERE for more information on Rockin' Down The High.
Mike Ness' interview with CK Deluxe will now be hitting the streets Tuesday, September 5th, 2006 in issue #18. If you're not familiar with CK Deluxe, or you want to get a jump on the next issue then click HERE to check out the latest.
"Story Of My Life (Live)" will be in the new movie The Break-Up starring Vince Vaughn and Jennifer Aniston which hits theatres tomorrow Friday, June 2nd. The song will also be included on the soundtrack for the film that will be released on Tuesday, June 13, and also includes songs from T.Rex, Dwight Yoakam, Old 97's and many more. For more information on The Break-Up click HERE and click HERE for details on the soundtrack.
Mike Ness' interview with the lovely Melinda Miles of CK Deluxe will be be published in issue #17 which is due to hit news stands on July 11th. Melinda takes a look inside Black Kat Kustoms to see what's new and to find out how life on the road in support of Sex, Love and Rock'n'Roll went for the boys in Social D. If you're not familiar with CK Deluxe, or you want to get a jump on issue #17 then click HERE to check out the latest.
We would like to thank ALL of you who came out in support of our final tour for Sex, Love and Rock 'n' Roll at the House of Blues in Anaheim, CA, Los Angeles, CA, San Diego, CA and Las Vegas, NV. As most of you know, Mike broke his wrist in the process of this last tour and to help us out, Ron Emory (T.S.O.L.) and Bryan Small (The Hangmen) stepped in to help out... true friends and MANY thanks to both of you!
In case you've heard anything in the rumor mill about Mike Ness breaking his wrist then we're confirming that this is true. Never the less, the show must go on and Mike has reached out to friend Ron Emory of T.S.O.L. to step in and help out on guitar for this tour. We're excited to have Ron on board and we look forward to seeing all of you real soon!!!
We hope everyone had a safe and happy Holiday Season and best wishes to you all in 2006!
Tune in to Fuse this Friday, October 21, at 10pm EST to catch an interview with Mike Ness and Jonny 2Bags on Steven's Untitled Rock Show. If you're not available Friday night, you can catch this episode again on Monday, October 24 at 4pm EST. Click HERE for more information on the Steven's Untitled Rock Show.
Drummer Nick Gigler of Mest has been suffering from Carpel Tunnel Syndrome and has been drumming in pain since the tour began. Therefore Mest has decided to pull off to let Nick's wrist heal before they start touring for the release of their new album. Bullets And Octane will be making their way back to rejoin the tour and take us through Nov. 3 in Denver, CO. Stay tuned as we will be announcing shortly on who will be joining the tour from Nov. 4 through Nov. 15.
We appreciate your understanding in this matter, and we look forward to seeing you on the road with The Dead 60's and Bullets And Octane!
Click here for your chance to win an Epiphone Les Paul plus Social D's latest CD, Sex, Love and Rock 'n' Roll. Enter now and be sure to check out the tour dates for your chance to catch the guys on the road with the Street Dogs.
http://www2.fanscape.com/contests/socialdtour/sociald/signup.aspx
As the Fall tour came to an end, bass player Matt Freeman became a Father for the first time. Deciding to stay home with his family, Brent Harding took over for Matt on bass. Brent toured with Mike on his 1999 solo outing supporting Cheating at Solitaire and played bass on Mike's second solo album, Under The Influences.
Social D has released a limited edition Mommy's Little Monster 12" picture disc that is ONLY available through Hot Topic. The 12" disc has images on both sides and includes classics like the album titie track as well as "Another State of Mind", "The Creeps" and "Telling Them."
The guys will be making a rare in store appearance at the NEW Tower Records in Seattle on Friday, November 12 at 3:00PM to sign autographs - limited to one item per person. The new Tower Records is located at 701 5th Avenue North. Hope to see you there!
Hey everyone! If you purchase Sex, Love and Rock 'n' Roll from one of the following retailers you will receive a free DVD, featuring exclusive footage of the bands rehearsal studio (The Casbah), interview footage and a live performance of their latest single, "Reach For The Sky"!
Click here to see the list of where this limited edition DVD is available.
Like many others I am extremely saddened by the untimely passing of Johnny Ramone. We toured together and spent time together so his influence was personal as well as professional. The Ramones were the single greatest reason why I became a musician and formed a band. My thoughts and prayers go out to his family.
"If you don't like the way things are and you want to make changes, then you gotta vote!" - Mike Ness
October 3, the deadline to register to vote in many states, is fast approaching. Registering is easy and can be done at many locations including your local post office or city hall. You can also use the National Mail Voter Registration Form we've linked to below. The only major requirements to register are that you are a US citizen and will be 18 years old or older on or before election day.
Check Your State's Deadline:
http://www.fec.gov/votregis/state_voter_reg_deadlines02.htm
The National Mail Voter Registration Form:
http://www.fec.gov/votregis/vr.htm
Those of you who may not be old enough to vote are still old enough make an impact. Here's how:
Election Day is Tuesday, November 2.
Is the title of what you've all been waiting for, the first studio album from Social Distortion in 8 years! To be released on September 28, 2004, Mike Ness reveals a more optimistic side on this record, including the emotional journey of love, loss and acceptance on "Don't Take Me For Granted", written for the late Dennis Danell. But, don't let that fool you into thinking he's forgotten his punk rock edge. Ness' signature wrath can be felt throughout, especially on tracks like "Reach For The Sky" and "Nickels And Dimes."
Your wait has been long, but you will find that it will definitely be worthwhile.
Cult punk film Another State of Mind will be released on DVD for the time on August 24, 2004. Social Distortion and Youth Brigade take on six weeks and ten thousand miles in a broken down school bus to make their mark on North America. More than just concert footage, this film documents the rich collections of characters in and around the tour, and the hardships and dangers of life on the road. Additional features included on the DVD is commentary by Mike Ness, Youth Brigade and directors Adam Small and Peter Stuart.
After 20 years of serving as Social Distortion's bass player John Maurer has decided to leave the band. Maurer completed the recording of "Sex, Love and Rock and Roll', the new Social Distortion full length studio recording but has decided to forgo the usual extended promotion and touring in order to stay home and devote time to his wife and two children.
"For the better part of twenty years I would finish making a record and then leave my home and family for long periods of time", Maurer said. "It was a blast and I have great memories but the hiatus between records in the past six years has given me a chance to develop other interests at home and hang with my family. I just don't want to leave."
Mike Ness commented, "I have known John since junior high. I respect what he is doing but we will sure miss him a lot."
Matt Freeman, one of the premier bass players in punk rock, has come aboard for this record cycle. "Rancid is always going to be my priority", Matt said. "But Tim has the Transplants and Lars has the Bastards. I like to think I have a pretty cool side band now too."
Ness said the decision to call Freeman was only complicated by Matt's well-known loyalty for Rancid. "We asked ourselves who the best guy out there was and it was Matt. We figured there was no way but it looks like Rancid is going to have just enough down time for us to keep Matt busy. These shows are going to be real special with him in the band."
Social Distortion's new record, "Sex, Love and Rock and Roll' is due in stores September 28th. The DVD documentary, "Live in OC" was released on July 27th. The band begins touring in August and plan to be on the road through 2005.
Social Distortion will be releasing their first ever full-length concert release entitled "Live In Orange County" on July 27, 2004, coming out on Time Bomb Recordings. This is only the second time (since Another State of Mind) that the group has been captured on film. This event was filmed on January 19, 2003, at the House of Blues in Anaheim, CA, and will feature back stage footage, interviews, a photo gallery and more.
"Live In Orange County" spans the guys extensive history, and will take you from "Mommy's Little Monster" through "White Light, White Heat, White Trash", and includes two never before released songs, "Footprints On My Ceiling" and "I Wasn't Born To Follow". Both songs are to be included on Social Distortion's forthcoming studio album due out later this year.
Set List:
Making Believe
1945
Telling Them
Bad Luck
Footprints On My Ceiling
Don't Drag Me Down
I Wasn't Born To Follow
Another State Of Mind
The Creeps
Mommy's Little Monster
Mass Hysteria
99 To Life
Ring Of Fire
Story Of My Life
Bonus Features:
Pre-show Warm Up
Rollin' For 4-5-6
Outhouse Acoustics
Interview and Hi-Jinx
The New School
Cruizin' The '36
Photo Gallery
Nona Split
