Johnny “2Bags” Wickersham’s mother won’t have to travel far to see her son play guitar for Social Distortion. Social Distortion, who usually play Southern California and larger Northern California ...

Performing before an ageing but appreciative crowd, Social Distortion and Bad Religion – two veteran acts of California’s 1980s hardcore punk scene – lived up to their esteemed reputations, delivering ...

The event, taking place at Atlanta's Central Park May 8-10, also features Flogging Molly, Death From Above 1979, The Bronx and Frank Turner & the Sleeping Souls. The Strokes, the Avett Brothers and ...

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 ...

A new book explains how the Orange County legends influenced bands in multiple genres, including the Offspring, No Doubt and Sublime, to follow a similar path. Former Social Distortion Drummer Charlie ...

In the new book Tearing Down the Orange Curtain: How Punk Rock Brought Orange County to the World, authors Nate Jackson and Daniel Kohn get in the pit with influential bands like Social Distortion, ...

Throughout his entire childhood Social Distortion vocalist-guitarist Mike Ness said he never really had a voice. But he finally found one in music, only to then have most of society let him know it ...

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 ...

Las Vegas’ Punk Rock Bowling returns for its 25th anniversary edition on Memorial Day Weekend, May 23-26, 2025 at Downtown Las Vegas Events Center. As mentioned, festival co-founder Mark Stern is back ...

I had five minutes in the Fame Lab final to give a simple scientific explanation of one phenomenon. I wanted to do something you wouldn't normally have up there. So I chose the sound of rock guitar.