This video explores the fascinating history of electric guitar distortion, tracing how accidental amplifier damage and ...

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 ...

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 ...

These iconic rock 'n' roll guitar riffs defined the genre as we know it today, starting in the late 1950s all the way to the early 1990s.

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 ...

The notion of a legacy in punk rock can be somewhat convoluted. For some bands, that means crashing and burning after one album, which will live in infamy amongst fans. For others, that means ...

Social Distortion, commonly referred to simply as “Social D,” is often credited with helping spark the American punk rock movement. Following the likes of Brit punk greats The Clash and East Coast ...

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.

In the song “California (Hustle & Flow)” from Social Distortion’s Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes, singer Mike Ness professes, “Life gets hard and then it gets good / like I always knew it would.” Ness, ...

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 ...

Perhaps the most important aspect of metal music — what makes music metal — is the sound of the guitars. Ozzy’s haunting vocals definitely helped define the genre’s sound, but one could have easily ...

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 ...