Longstanding heroes of the US punk scene, Social Distortion have survived heroin
addiction, prison sentences and the death of a key member, yet still thrash out
their woes like angry teenagers. Initially formed in 1978 as a response to the
British punk bands, they were championed by KROQ radio DJ Rodney Bingenheimer
and debut album Mommy's Little Monster (1983) and single Another State Of Mind
became a big part of the underground rock explosion of the early 1980s. They
were forced into hiatus in 1985 as front man Mike Ness's drug problems grew but
reformed a year later for second...