Ness">Mike Ness has estimated (http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/entertainment/54072445-81/ness-social-band-album.html.csp) that *Social Distortion* (http://www.absolutepunk.net/socialdistortion) will begin writing new material in January.

Ness">Mike Ness of Social Distortion - who celebrated his 50th birthday last month - spoke to The Salt Lake Tribune about his hopes to accelerate the release of albums from his long-running band. With the past three releases coming an average of 7 years apart, it would be a big surprise if this happened, but Ness is aiming to begin writing in January, explaining that: I don't like to take it for granted that fans will stick around. We had some big gaps between albums [50] is the new 30. I box four to five times a week. I'm ...

Heard of New Jersey’s The Gaslight Anthem? You probably will soon. Their major label debut, Handwritten, will be out in July, and their earnest, if somewhat derivative, mashup of Social Distortion and Bruce Springsteen will likely be the focus of some “rock’s not dead yet” trend pieces over the next few months. At any rate, [...]

Filed under: News , Exclusive , New Music Think Fast! Records Today, Noisecreep is excited to bring you an exclusive stream of Bullet Treatment 's new EP, Designated Vol. 2 . For those not cued in, Bullet Treatment is an LA-based punk rock project created by brainchild Chuck Dietrich. The band's secret recipe is a revolving door of members on every release which has boasted Tim McIlrath from Rise Against , Dave Hildago from Social Distortion , Matt Caughthran from The Bronx , among many others. Designated Vol. 2 hits digital and vinyl-friendly retailers today. You can pick it up on iTunes or through Think ...

Photo gallery of Social Distortion, Riverboat Gamblers at Stubb's BBQ, Austin (May 6, 2012) Read the full article at http://www.prefixmag.com/photos/social-distortion-riverboat-gamblers-stubbs-bbq-au/

as you can imagine, shit is just fkd up right now. but i wanna say thank you to all our friends and family (which are kinda one in the same) for all the love and support. i'm glad to know...

Den amerikanske punkrockere kan opleves i Aarhus i august

Toadies will return on July 31st with a new full-length, Play.Rock.Music , through Kirtland Records. The lead single, "Summer of the Strange", will drop on May 8th. The group is currently on tour with Social Distortion and will hold the fifth annual Dia De Los Toadies in the fall. [ thetoadies.com ]

El festival belga que es considerado como uno de los más importantes de europa, el festival Pukkelpop tendrá su edición 2012 los próximos 16, 17 y 18 de agosto en el poblado de Kiewitt, Bélgica y contará con la participación de artistas como Björk, Bloc Party, Apparat, The Black Keys, The Hives, Wilco, Social Distortion, [...]

This weekend in music is a throwback with Freedy Johnston in St. Paul and Social Distortion across town with a sold-out show. The rest of the heavy-hitters are also performing on Friday with Haley Bo

Punk godfathers Social Distortion will tear through Minglewood Hall here in town on May 1st. Formed in 1978, the band has seen its ups and downs, but has forever changed punk rock and will continue to inspire on Tuesday night. Their last record Hard Times & Nursery Rhymes was released early last year; a new [...]

It's Record Store Day so go support your local store and buy some music. Some band participating with special releases include: All Out War , Anberlin , Collective">Animal Collective , Arctic Monkeys , Battles , Beach House , Blood For Blood , Botch , Brendan Benson , Bruce Springsteen , Circle , Common , Cursive , Dave Hause , David Bowie , Death Cab For Cutie , Destroyer , Devo , Molly">Flogging Molly , Mercedes">Hey Mercedes , Iggy Pop , Jack White , Joey Ramone , Lemuria , Little Richard , Lou Reed , Mae , Mates Of State , Matt Pond Pa , Mclusky , Metallica , Minus The Bear , Moving Mountains , Nobunny , Patti Smith , Pelican , Peter Tosh , Portugal. The Man , Rainer Maria , Refused , Ringworm , Saturday ...

Toadies">The Toadies new release ' Play.Rock.Music ' will now be a full length album instead of an EP as originally planned. The album is now due out on July 31st. The band is on tour now with Social Distortion , click here for dates.

Mr. Brett, as his friends refer to him, is the guitarist of legendary punk rock band Bad Religion. He’s also the founder of Epitaph Records which has produced, promoted and distributed records for Bad Religion, NOFX, Social Distortion, Pennywise, New Found Glory, Rancid and the band that put the label on the map; The Offspring. [...]

The Lock Up Stage at Reading Festival run by Mike Davies, host of the BBC Radio 1 Punk Show has announced the lineup for the 2012 edition of the punk-themed stage. The lineup includes Social Distortion , Less Than Jake , Anti-Flag , Me First and the Gimme Gimmes , Gallows , Turbonegro , Bouncing Souls , A Wilhelm Scream , Every Time I Die , Saves The Day , Trash Talk , Touche Amore , Good Riddance , The Skints , Ceremony , Polar Bear Club , Random Hand , This Is Hell , Star Fucking Hipsters , The Flatliners , Dead To Me , Apologies, I Have None , Pettybone , and Los Campesinos! . Davies adds: " Old favourites, new heroes and ...