The Top 25 Greatest OC Bands of All Time: The Complete List As a celebration of the band's longevity, we now present our list of the Top 10 Social Distortion songs. The lasting impact of this classic album cannot be denied, as the songs reflect angst, rebellion and passion, but also showcase a true talent of songwriting. This month marks the 24th anniversary of the band's land mark self-titled album (released March 27, 1990), which produced some of its most well known songs, which were played in heavy rotation on KROQ and even MTV. Over the span of a seminal career that is still going strong after more than three decades, Social Distortion has seen a balance of highs and lows, mainstream success also came with problems with substance abuse (Ness was strung out on heroin off and on, for several years throughout the life of the band) but the music has always spoken for itself, and the band's early days of classic OC hardcore evolved and went down a divergent path, to include roots rock influences, country music and rockabilly, creating a sound and niche of their own, and a legacy that still grows stronger as the years go on. The band's career has seen numerous revolving lines ups, but today includes Ness, guitarist Jonny “2 Bags” Wickersham, bass player Brent Harding and drummer David Hidalgo Jr.

Royer soon formed DI while the Agnew brothers formed the Adolescents, and Social Distortion carried on with Mike Ness as lead singer/song writer and guitarist Dennis Darnell, until his death in 2000. Formed in Fullerton in 1979, a primitive version of the band featured front man Mike Ness, along with Rikk and Frank Agnew on guitar and Casey Royer on drums. Social Distortion were among the first generation of OC punk bands, and arguably is one of the most influential, turbulent, and commercially successful.

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