When Mike Ness of Social Distortion plays anywhere in my vicinity, I want to be there. I’ve seen Social Distortion live at least a dozen times all over the U.S., and have been known to work my travel schedule around their tour stops. On this particular date they’d be playing the beautiful Capital Theatre […]
This is Outlaw Country/ Punk artist is Will Hoge. He’s from Nashville and he opened up for Social Distortion the other night. One thing about Mike Ness is that he carefully curates his shows personally, it’s not an “uncurated mess” (inside Netflix Joke). Will rocked it. He told it like it is and his brand […]
Johnny Two Bags of Social Distortion (and Youth Brigade) fame is pursuing a solo career and I had the chance to hear some of his stuff the other night at the Mercury Lounge in NYC’s lower east side. Here is a little sample of Mr. Wickersham (his real name)
I’m in Miami. In South Beach specifically (long story) where the uncool come to pretend to be cool. Where tourist from NYC and middle America and all over the world flock to act like self absorbed a*&holes and pretend they are ballers. Where a cup of coffee cost $4 and even the local dry cleaner […]
What can I say? An amazing life recaptured in a 3 minute song & video. This is for Mary in Australia. I know she’s gonna enjoy it!
You get the feeling a fella with the name, “White Boy James” might have grown up around another culture. I often refer to myself as a Gringo when traveling in Latin America, even though in some circles its considered a little course and inappropriate, I think it puts people at ease and hopefully lets them […]
This “review “has been months in the making but I figure if it took Social Distortion 6 years to come out with a new CD then it can take me 6 months to find the time and energy to write about it. I realize it might be irrelevant at this point, but given that the […]
If you haven’t seen it, it’s finally out, Social Distortion’s biggest budget video to date from Epitaph records. The only thing that I’m scratching my head about is why it took so long for the music video to be released? I mean Hard Times & Nursery Rhymes has been out for months now. Maybe like […]
So I know I promised a review of Social Distortion’s “Hard Times & Nursery Rhymes” and I”m sure your all waiting with baited breath, hand hovering over the keyboard thinking “should I buy it? oh dear.. what would punk outlaw do?”.. Well, since I already bought it, you know what I’d do.. I’d buy it […]
It’s finally here… Social Distortion’s “Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes” is out today and early reviews are positive. I just downloaded and yes I purchased it nice and legal like off of I-Tunes even though I had ample opportunity to grab one for free days ago (and turn all you guys on to it as […]
November 4, 2010 – NEW YORK CITY: Last night was the 12th concert of Social Distortion / Mike Ness I’ve attended since my first in 2004. I’ve seen SD or Ness perform in Los Angeles, Las Vegas, San Francisco, Orange County (2x), Long Island (2x), New Jersey and NYC (4x) and the show last night […]
Yup, I’ve been to jail. Twice! So I guess I’m twice as hard core yo! However, since I cried like a baby the 1st time, I guess that cancels out at least half the hard coreness of it. Both times I was under the legal drinking age and both times arrested for, you guessed it, […]
August 4th, 2010: So I took the hour or so train ride out to Wantagh, Long Island to experience Social Distortion’s 2010 summer tour last night. I arrived around 8pm and the 1st warm up band was playing. I normally like to give props to warm up bands and try to help them get their […]
Social Distortion week continues on Punk Outlaw. Tuesday night I’m heading to Mulcahey’s Bar in Long Island to check out the band as they pass NEAR New York City so I thought it would be cool to take a fresh look at the last time Social D. played at Mulcahey’s way back in 2007. Man […]
OK, OK, I’ve been a bad boy. I haven’t updated here like I should have but I’ve been busy, damn busy and soon you’ll know why. So be patient. Ah but I know you are an impatient and fickle bunch, as am I, that is why we get along so well. Well, fear not, dear […]
I believe in keeping it real. Every so often, I like to strip away the veneer that I find myself putting up to the outside world, and showing the real and yes, sometimes painful inside that really is. Usually some event or travel provides the impetus for this. You see, while I always believe in […]
Man, I can’t stay mad @ Social D! Even though they bummed me out by refusing to let me interview Mike Ness during their first ever tour to South America, I still love em. It’s unconditional love I guess and the music is good whether I ever get to interview or even meet the man, […]
Hi Robert, I apologize for the delay getting back with you. Thank you for your email. We appreciate your interest and consideration, but we’re going to respectfully decline. Best wishes to you and the project. Kind regards,
When I took the boat to Colonia, Uruguay from Buenos Aires, it was a beautiful, sunny crisp day. Quite a contrast to that day two days earlier when it was raining buckets and my trip was delayed due to an ethically challenged and fake “taxi” driver. I was still kicking myself for allowing myself to […]
What can I say? Social Distortion rocked like they always do last night. Here is a compilation of their opening song “The Creeps” and their closing two songs “Story of My Life” and “Prison Bound”. Ness was in top form last night. Good to have them back on tour and can’t wait to hear their […]