Social Distortion is touring California again
Greasers everywhere are super AMPED like Aaron is on Red Bull… Social Distortion are touring California AGAIN! Go ahead, laugh all you want. Mike Ness is laughing all the way to the bank (and not even leaving home to do it) with eighteen of the thirty shows already sold out. Sure, they are gonna play a couple shows in Vegas and a couple in Tempe too. But please tell me who-the-fuck-else can tour basically Anaheim & Hollywood that many nights in a row and have all the shows sell out? We don’t know anyone… Now, wrap your tiny brain around this… they’ve done this the last five years or so around the holidays. Cha-ching. But I ain’t jealous… like one of those rapper dudes said” “Mo’ Money, Mo Problems.”
On the inside joke that you won’t understand tip, we can’t even put into words how stoked our Uncle Scott is to attend these Social D shows. We already know he’s gonna end up dragging us to multiple nights by telling us how these are the last Social D shows ever… AGAIN. The best part is homeboy’s been saying that every time they play for the last four years now, but we’re not gonna argue cuz he’s way bigger than we are and he usually buys us beers at the shows. Plus the drummer of Social D, Charlie Quintana, knows Izzy Stradlin. We know that because the guy used to play in the Ju Ju Hounds. Too bad his drum kit has shitty flames airbrushed on it, he wears gloves when he plays and sits in a computer chair with a back to it like a DORK! But fuck, maybe we’ll run into Izzy. Izzy, meet us at one of these shows dude… we got shit to talk about!
Oh, and if Mike Ness is reading this, we’ve got two things you’ve gotta hear… One, stop doing that thing where you run out with a bandanna over your face at the beginning of your show, it’s embarrassing. Everyone knows it’s you bro, that’s why they’re there… YOU, not your band. Yep, number two is your band. You might as well hire three retarded chimpanzees to throw shit at each other up there, the guys you have now are nerds. I’ll bet you $100 that our Uncle Scott would be a better guitar player in your band and while he’s shredding he’d run circles around that geek that you have now. Plus, the dude actually rides a motorcycle.
Check out the video for their song “I Was Wrong”, which is on the greatest hits they just put out a while ago. It’s also one of my favorite songs of theirs… check out Chuck Biscuits (Black Flag, Circle Jerks and Danzig) killing it on drums. By the way, where is this dude now? Where is Chuck Biscuits? Anyone know?
Update: After reading this post, Uncle Scott sent me this link here on “How To Build A Time Machine.” because “we need one to get back to 2001″ when people actually cared about Buddyhead”.
TOURDATES:
11/19 - ANAHEIM, CA - SOLD OUT
11/20 - ANAHEIM, CA - SOLD OUT
11/21 - ANAHEIM, CA - SOLD OUT
11/23 - W. HOLLYWOOD, CA - SOLD OUT
11/24 - W. HOLLYWOOD, CA - SOLD OUT
11/25 - W. HOLLYWOOD, CA - SOLD OUT
11/27 - ANAHEIM, CA - SOLD OUT
11/28 - ANAHEIM, CA - SOLD OUT
11/30 - LAS VEGAS, NV
12/1 - LAS VEGAS, NV- SOLD OUT
12/2 - LAS VEGAS, NV - SOLD OUT
12/4 - SAN DIEGO, CA
12/5 - SAN DIEGO, CA
12/7 - VAIL, CO
12/8 - TEMPE, AZ
12/9 - TEMPE, AZ
12/11 - ANAHEIM, CA - SOLD OUT
12/12 - ANAHEIM, CA - SOLD OUT
12/14 - ANAHEIM, CA - SOLD OUT
12/15 - ANAHEIM, CA - SOLD OUT
12/16 - ANAHEIM, CA
12/18 - W. HOLLYWOOD, CA - SOLD OUT
12/19 - W. HOLLYWOOD, CA
12/21 - ANAHEIM, CA
12/22 - ANAHEIM, CA
12/23 - ANAHEIM, CA
12/28 - W. HOLLYWOOD, CA
12/29 - W. HOLLYWOOD, CA
12/30 - W. HOLLYWOOD, CA
1/1 - ANAHEIM, CA
1/2 - ANAHEIM, CA
1/11 - W. HOLLYWOOD, CA
1/12 - W. HOLLYWOOD, CA
1/13 - W. HOLLYWOOD, CA
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November 5th, 2007 at 1:53 am
people DO care (like ME. like me waiting for my reply email about how you guys would LOVE to have another new intern to do boring shit for you.)
good luck with that time machine… apparently it will only take you to 1993, so you’re gonna be sticking it out about eight years before you make it back to your heyday. don’t fuck it up… sounds like a pretty delicate process. that whole “changing the course of history” thing aside, you never know what grade of flour that spaghetti was made with, or whether they used real durum wheat or not. shit’s risky.
on the upside, if it works out right, i’m sure you’ll have ample time to catch plenty of shows where mike ness isn’t backed by chimps.
November 5th, 2007 at 9:21 pm
Sorry we go off Alex.
November 5th, 2007 at 10:10 pm
Never will be a fan of this shit. I don’t care how rad they might have been. I hear this guy talks about how punk is dead and all that bullshit. 10 minutes speeches about getting your “little pussies pierced” is enough for me to make the assumption that this jock is another part to the problem. Another thing, if i see one more tattoo or lazer cut sticker of that skeleton holding that damn martini on the back of someones old ford, i am gonna fucking go crazy. Also a word to all of you “Greasers” who think looking like Mike Ness is gonna get you laid, don’t count on it. You guys just end up looking like the set of “cry baby”.
November 5th, 2007 at 11:05 pm
Yeah, they were rad, about 25 years ago. Before heroin killed the scene. He never should have stopped wearing the beret. If you ever get a chance to check out an old comp called “Hell Comes to Your House” you can check out what Social D sounded like when they were cool.
November 5th, 2007 at 11:58 pm
I remember seeing these guys like two years ago and I couldn’t understand what Mike was saying. So many greasers there that bummed me out, it was like the set of that fucking movie The Outsiders. I was just waiting for Matt Dillon to scream “We’re doin’ it for Johnny man!, WE’RE DOIN’ IT FOR JOHNNY!!!”
November 6th, 2007 at 12:16 am
Hey Travis #3, db, and josh, let me get this right, you pinheads are calling Mike Ness a poser? The guy has been in a relevant rock n roll band since the late 70’s and has never sold out in the least. Here it is 2007 and his band is more popular than ever. Lets see you try to accomplish that. Yes, he can preach on stage, he’s earned the right. Also, in case you haven’t noticed punk is dead. Furthermore, Mike is essentially calling his crowd posers to their faces. What other band does that besides Oasis. Not one of you clowns have said one thing about the man or his music. Only criticized the crowd and the “greaser” look. What, is it OK when Josh Homme pretends to be a greaser or when Peter from BRMC slicks his hair back? Mike Ness is the real deal and an American male singer/songwriter of the highest quality.
November 6th, 2007 at 12:36 am
I’m not calling Mike Ness a poser. He’s been around since the fucking Cuckoo’s Nest and the Starwood. Yeah, he is a real deal punk rocker and he has the right to call out posers. Sorry though, the music he’s put out for the last couple of dozen years hasn’t been particularly relevant. Want me to talk about the man? He’s a decent person who is raising my dead friend’s son as his own and that’s totally cool in my eyes. I’ve seen Social D more times than I can count, from about 1980 on. I can tell you that they were a kick ass punk band, but only a meh band in the last few times I’ve seen them. Haha…punk is dead? Um, no shit, sherlock.
November 6th, 2007 at 1:14 am
I never said Ness was a poser, in fact I praise him for being “punk rock” and for being one of the better frontmen out there. I just couldn’t understand what the fuck he was saying when I saw him. I’m saying that the fans of the band(mostly the ones at the San Antonio show) were a bunch of tards for looking like wanabee extras in a local production of Grease. Shit I don’t care if Mike is a greaser or not. You bring up good points about Josh Homme and Pete from BRMC copying the look though. Check out Homme’s look from the Songs For The Deaf tours and his hair(and style) from the Lullabies to Paralyze tours. Total greaser(maybe poser) look. Although damned if I’ll ever call Josh Homme a poser because he might read this and drive her and kick my ass. I’ll settle for fighting poser Social D greaser tards instead. Not you Uncle Scott, you’re cool.
November 6th, 2007 at 1:26 am
I don’t really make fun of people from the desert…those people are a little scary. I heard that for fun they go out at night with flashlights and piss on scorpions. Yeah, he can be a greaser if he wants, desert people deserve a little leeway for having their brains baked in 115 degree heat for weeks on end. They probably aren’t completely responsible for their actions (or fashion choices).
November 6th, 2007 at 1:34 am
Really scorpions? Man the desert is fucked!
November 6th, 2007 at 2:56 am
i’m not into SD but i just watched “another state of mind” and he’s great in there, especially when he’s on the porch with the totally out of tune guitar. but then he was 17 or so in the movie.
November 6th, 2007 at 11:06 am
Get over it dude. Uncle Scott, you’re like what? 40’s? Cool. This ass clown has been as relevant as (insert some shitty band from the 80’s you think still rules.) The difference between BRMC is that they’re GOOD. The dude is shitty. Get over it man. Let me guess. KROQ is sponsoring this string of shows, and you can win his harley or whatever, bucket of grease and some eyeliner.
November 6th, 2007 at 1:51 pm
That pic of Benji Madden at the top is sweet
November 6th, 2007 at 2:41 pm
Hey Travis #12, the KROQ van was parked in front of the JAMC/BRMC show the other week at the Wiltern. I know because I was there. Have fun watchin the Locust in someones basement with the other fifteen peg leg 110 pound man pussies there bein “cool”. Meanwhile me, travis, and aaron will be as Social D watchin some rock n roll and hitting on girls. You know, girls, the things in this world you’re scared of
November 6th, 2007 at 3:12 pm
nah brah. Cool assumption that i listen to the locust just because i don’t listen to social d. good one! Have fun hitting on girls at a social d show, Sounds tempting…? If your stoked on std’s. Cool Brah!
November 6th, 2007 at 10:31 pm
This is gay. First off, Ness is being dissed. Then, you guys all back off and say, oh, we respect him. Then, you go find something else to argue about and throw KROQ and BRMC in there? WTF? Stick to the topic at hand. Testosterone gayness. A bunch of circle jerks; all of you.
November 6th, 2007 at 11:41 pm
I never said anything bad about Mike Ness except in concert I couldn’t understand him. And for the record, Uncle Scott brought up BRMC first. READ BITCH READ!
November 7th, 2007 at 12:25 am
Uh, I’m a female. It doesn’t have anything to do with testosterone. And I don’t back off, bitch.
November 25th, 2007 at 11:37 pm
Uncle Scott dragged me to this show last night. They played all deep cuts and covers. No hits. The one problem with the show I had was they covered “Ring Of Fire” twice. Once acoustic and then they played it again with the whole band for their last song… which was a bit much for me. But their Hank Williams cover was killer as was their Rolling Stones cover.
January 17th, 2008 at 5:36 pm
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