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Social Distortion occupies a unique space in the annals of rock history. Despite more than 40 years in the game, there are bands with more historical catalogs; hell, one of those bands (the Rolling ...

New research suggests that dissonant rock music arouses listeners because its sound is similar to the ones made by animals in distress. PROBLEM: Parents hate it, and radio stations hardly play it ...

This week in print, I check in with Sarah Alexander and Nevada Hill, two Denton musicians who host Tiger Dick, a weekly radio show devoted to the unheard and unseen. Dallas Distortion Music chats with ...

Mainliner; Mommy’s Little Monster; Prison Bound; Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell; White Light, White Heat, White Trash; Sex, Love and Rock ‘n’ Roll: Mike Ness’s record titles read like a parole ...

The seven-year break between albums hasn’t hurt Social Distortion‘s momentum: Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes, the band’s seventh studio album, debuted at Number Four on the Billboard Top 200 Albums ...

When Orange County rock band Social Distortion announced its annual crop of late-year hometown shows a few months ago, vocalist-guitarist Mike Ness said things almost felt normal again. Of course, the ...

Social Distortion frontman Mike Ness says he hopes to have the band's first album following the 2000 death of guitarist and co-founder Dennis Dannell out before the end of the year. By Billboard Staff ...

Feedback and the drive to recreate the Jesus & Mary Chain's "Pscyhocandy" were the impetuses for the Magnetic Fields' eighth studio album, appropriately titled "Distortion." By Michael D. Ayers ...

You can meet the most interesting people on the boardwalk in Asbury Park, New Jersey. Just ask Mike Ness of the band Social Distortion, who played the evening of Sunday, Sept. 30 in the inaugural ...