Social Distortion

Social Distortion is a group inspired of the Rolling Stones and Johnny Cash with influence Punk-rock'n'roll formed in 1978. It cultivates a very stable style, from one album to another and since its beginnings, combining rock'n'roll-pop traditional for the structure of the pieces, punk with hardware for aggressiveness and energy, and of the melodies often melancholic persons. Known at the end of the Seventies with the groups Hardware-core like Black Adolescent Flag or the , it then allured many amateurs of more traditional but energetic rock'n'roll, thanks to its intransigence with respect to the fluctuating musical modes and the quality of its compositions.

Members of the group

Mike Born - Song and Guitar (1978-Current), leader, type-setter and heart of the group
Rikk Agnew - Guitar (1978-1980)
Frank Agnew - Guitar (1978-1980)
Timothy Maag - Guitar (1979-1981)
Refusals Danell - low Guitar and (1979-1999, death the February 29th 2000)
Brent Lilles - Low (1980-1986) (death on January 18th, 2007, following a road accident)
John Maurer - Low (1984-2004)
Brent Harding - Low (2004-Current)
Casey Royer - battery (1978-1980)
Randy Carr - Battery (1994-1996)
Derek O' Brien - Battery (1979-1986)
Chris Reece - Battery (1984-1994)
Chuck Cookies - Battery (1994-1999)
Charlie Quintana - Battery (1999-Current)
Johnny Wickersham - guitar (1999-Current)

Discography

Mainliner (the Wreckage off the Past) (1981 & 1995, EP)
Mommy' S Little Monster (1983)
Prison Bound (1988)
Social Distortion (1990)
Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell (1992)
White Light, White Heat, White Trash (1996)
Live At the Roxy (1998, live)
Live in Orange County (2004, DVD, live)
Sex, Coils and Rock “Roll (2004)

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