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* TaughtToHate: "Don't Drag Me Down" is about the history of racism in the United States and how it persists into the modern day. It opens with a straightforward explanation for why the problem has persisted so long: "Children are taught to hate."
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* ''Mommy's Little Monster''
* ''Prison Bound''
* ''[[SelfTitledAlbum Social Distortion]]''
* ''Somewhere Between Heaven And Hell''
* ''White Light, White Heat, White Trash''
* ''Sex, Love, And Rock 'n' Roll''

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* ''Mommy's Little Monster''
Monster'' (1983)
* ''Prison Bound''
Bound'' (1988)
* ''[[SelfTitledAlbum Social Distortion]]''
Distortion]]'' (1990)
* ''Somewhere Between Heaven And Hell''
Hell'' (1992)
* ''White Light, White Heat, White Trash''
Trash'' (1996)
* ''Sex, Love, And Rock 'n' Roll''
Roll'' (2004)
* ''Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes'' (2011)
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** They also covered [[Music/TheClash Death or Glory]] for the Film/LordsOfDogtown soundtrack, and did one of [[Music/HankWilliamsSr Alone and Forsaken]] on Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes.

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** They also covered [[Music/TheClash Death or Glory]] for the Film/LordsOfDogtown soundtrack, and did one of [[Music/HankWilliamsSr [[Music/HankWilliams Alone and Forsaken]] on Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes.
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** They also covered [[Music/TheClash Death or Glory]] for the Film/LordsOfDogtown soundtrack, and did one of [[Music/HankWilliamsSr Alone and Forsaken]] on Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes.
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He got a high-school buddy of his, Dennis Danell, to join in, even though Danell said he never played an instrument before in his life. When he joined, the others left to join a different band called The Adolescents. Ness and Danell remained the only two founding members of the band until Danell [[AuthorExistenceFailure died of a brain aneurysm]] in 2000.

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He got a high-school buddy of his, Dennis Danell, to join in, even though Danell said he never played an instrument before in his life. When he joined, the others left to join a different band called The Adolescents. Ness and Danell remained the only two founding members of the band until Danell [[AuthorExistenceFailure died of a brain aneurysm]] aneurysm in 2000.
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He got a high-school buddy of his, Dennis Danell, to join in, even though Danell said he never played an instrument before in his life. When he joined, the others left to join a different band called The Adolescents. Ness and Danell remained the only two members of the band who were still there since the beginning (that is, until Danell [[AuthorExistenceFailure died of a brain aneurysm]] in 2000).

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He got a high-school buddy of his, Dennis Danell, to join in, even though Danell said he never played an instrument before in his life. When he joined, the others left to join a different band called The Adolescents. Ness and Danell remained the only two founding members of the band who were still there since the beginning (that is, until Danell [[AuthorExistenceFailure died of a brain aneurysm]] in 2000).
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* IAmTheBand: Mike Ness is the only original member left.

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* IAmTheBand: As of 2000, Mike Ness is the only original member left.
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* CoverVersion: They have done a punk cover of ''[[Music/JohnnyCash Ring Of Fire]]''

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* CoverVersion: They have done a punk cover of ''[[Music/JohnnyCash "[[Music/JohnnyCash Ring Of Fire]]''Fire]]." They also covered "[[Music/CreedenceClearwaterRevival Up Around The Bend]]" for the ''WesternAnimation/FreeBirds'' soundtrack.
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* IAmTheBand: Mike Ness is the only original member left.


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Social Distortion is a punk band from Orange County, fronted by Mike Ness. The band was formed in 1978 with Mike Ness, Rikk and Frank Agnew, and Casey Royer. The band got their name when Royer gave Ness his distortion pedal because, as Royer recalled, "back then he was no good."

He got a high-school buddy of his, Dennis Danell, to join in, even though Danell said he never played an instrument before in his life. When he joined, the others left to join a different band called The Adolescents. Ness and Danell remained the only two members of the band who were still there since the beginning (that is, until Danell [[AuthorExistenceFailure suffered a brain aneurysm]] in 2000).

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Social Distortion is a punk band from Orange County, County (part of the UsefulNotes/LosAngeles metro area), fronted by Mike Ness. The band was formed in 1978 with Mike Ness, Rikk and Frank Agnew, and Casey Royer. The band got their name when Royer gave Ness his distortion pedal because, as Royer recalled, "back then he was no good."

He got a high-school buddy of his, Dennis Danell, to join in, even though Danell said he never played an instrument before in his life. When he joined, the others left to join a different band called The Adolescents. Ness and Danell remained the only two members of the band who were still there since the beginning (that is, until Danell [[AuthorExistenceFailure suffered died of a brain aneurysm]] in 2000).



* StrangerInAFamiliarLand: ''Story Of My Life,'' again.

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* StrangerInAFamiliarLand: ''Story Of My Life,'' again.again.
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* ''[[SelfTitledAlbum Social Distortion]]

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* ''[[SelfTitledAlbum Social Distortion]]Distortion]]''
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Social Distortion is a punk band from Orange County, fronted by Mike Ness. The band was formed in 1978 with Mike Ness, Rikk and Frank Agnew, and Casey Royer. The band got their name when Royer gave Ness his distortion pedal because, as Royer recalled, "back then he was no good."

He got a high-school buddy of his, Dennis Danell, to join in, even though Danell said he never played an instrument before in his life. When he joined, the others left to join a different band called The Adolescents. Ness and Danell remained the only two members of the band who were still there since the beginning (that is, until Danell [[AuthorExistenceFailure suffered a brain aneurysm]] in 2000).

They got plenty of radio airplay thanks to Rodney Bingenheimer, who was a radio DJ in Orange County, taking a liking to them, and to this day, Social Distortion is one of the best-selling punk acts of all time.


!!Discography:

* ''Mommy's Little Monster''
* ''Prison Bound''
* ''[[SelfTitledAlbum Social Distortion]]
* ''Somewhere Between Heaven And Hell''
* ''White Light, White Heat, White Trash''
* ''Sex, Love, And Rock 'n' Roll''

!!Tropes associated with their songs:

* TheAtoner: ''I Was Wrong'' details the regret the narrator feels for his rebellious nature.
* BornUnlucky: ''Ball And Chain.''
-->''Times are hard, getting harder''
-->''I'm born to lose, and destined to fail''
* CoverVersion: They have done a punk cover of ''[[Music/JohnnyCash Ring Of Fire]]''
* GreaserDelinquents: ''Sick Boys'' describes one.
* GrowingUpSucks: ''Story Of My Life''
* InMemoriam: ''Sex, Love, And Rock 'n' Roll'' was this to Danell.
* LongerThanLifeSentence: ''99 To Life'' is about a man who got 99 years for stabbing his girlfriend to death.
* StrangerInAFamiliarLand: ''Story Of My Life,'' again.

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