For a band with a career spanning over 40 years, Social Distortion experienced a significant amount of firsts in 2011. Hard Times And Nursery Rhymes (produced, for the first time, by Ness himself) is the band's most recent release. "The most common thing I hear is, 'Man, your music got me through some hard times,'" Ness says. Their searing guitars and a locomotive rhythm section sound as alive today as they did in '82, as do Ness' hard-luck tales of love, loss and lessons learned. But over the past 30 years, the punk godfathers in the band have all but trademarked their sound, a brand of hard rockabilly/punk that's cut with the melodic, road-tested lyrics of frontman Mike Ness. This is the short version of the Social Distortion bio - the long version could be a 10-part mini- series. You've seen high times and low ones, good days and tragic days, but every night you give 100%, and every morning you wake up still swinging. You've been brought onstage by Bruce Springsteen, because he wanted to play one of your songs. Each of your albums has been stronger than your last. Here's how you know you've made it in the music business: You've stayed strong for three decades on your own terms, on your own time, by your own rules, and over that time your influence has only grown. "Ness is one of the most underrated pure songwriters in rock." – Los Angeles Times
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