Social distortions music has always been thrashy and twangy, a marriage furthered by ness selfdestructive past and rockabilly personal style. Raised primarily in orange county, ca, he was kicked out of his parents house at. Social distortion interview with mike ness youtube. And i am grateful he took the time quite a long time. Social distortion plans to release first new album in 11. Mike ness on 40 years of social distortion, new album. Ness, a trouble child, was on his own at the age of 15, began heavily using drugs, and would end up spending time in jail while social distortion was becoming a force on the punk scene. But over the past 30 years, the punk godfathers in the band have all but trademarked their sound, a brand of hard rockabillypunk thats cut with the melodic, roadtested lyrics of frontman mike ness. Hes been the leader and one constant member in the seminal punkrock band social distortion for nearly 40 years, and hes still going strong at. Mike ness explains his shifted songwriting style on the new album hard times and nursery rhymes, expanding on the music he helped pioneer and discusses his. Mike will join barrett martin, slash, chad smith, duff mckagan, nancy wilson and more at the 2018 musicares concert for recovery at the showbox in seattle on thursday, may 10.
Whether youre a big fan of social distortion, or prefer his solo stuff, you probably know a decent amount of trivia about this legendary guitar playing frontman. The inked knuckles of social distortion frontman mike ness s left hand curl around the neck of his guitar revealing the word love to his audience, though only the quickest eyes in the crowd will see flashes of pain as his right hand rips across the strings its a fitting juxtaposition, especially given the contrasting content of his bands seventh studio album, hard times. Get youtube premium get youtube tv best of youtube music sports gaming. Michael james ness was born april 3rd, 1962 in lynn, massachusetts. Social distortion when she begins by social distortion. Released in 1999, it bypasses much of social distortions punk muscle in favor of a more rootsoriented approach to rock and roll. Mike ness and brian setzer interview 7241999 woodstock 99 east stage official. He started social distortion as a teen in 1978, and was promptly arrested at their first show for spitting in a cops face.
Beck, eddie vedder, mike ness if its monday morning by audioszsz. Listen free to mike ness cheating at solitaire the devil in miss jones, dont think twice and more. Mike ness let the jukebox keep on playing by imzombified. With mike ness from social distortion 2009 by iamworkingonadream. Everybody in the punk scene knows who mike ness is. Alex steininger formed in orange county, 1978, and releasing their debut fulllength in 1983 mommys little monster, and taking over four years to release the followup, 1998s prison bound, social distortion, fronted by the charismatic, badass ness of mike ness, has always taken. Shuddh desi romance gulabi song launch sushant singh rajput, vani kapoor. Mike ness insurance reps sue to get out of willful. The frontman for punk survivors social distortion, singerguitarist mike ness was born april 3, 1962, in stoneham, ma. Mike ness interview at kroq coachella house youtube. Mike ness story of my life book, story of my life book. Social distortions mike ness an insiders look into the man behind the music duration. Social distortion gears up for tour, talks new album weve been busy we werent just relaxing, singerguitarist mike ness tells rolling stone. Biography the frontman of socal punk mainstays social distortion, mike ness was born in stoneham, ma, on april 3, 1962, but was raised in orange county, where his band got their start in fullerton in 1978.
Mike ness punk boy social distortion like mike live band tough guy having a crush crushes hilarious. Lead singer of punk rock band social distortion, mike ness, just signed a deal with concord music publishing that covers his solo work in addition to a new album by the band. An interview with mike ness of the group social distortion. In addition, the majority of this compilation was rerecorded with this lineup. This is the short version of the social distortion bio the long version could be a 10part miniseries. Social distortion mike ness wife distortion s mike ness and 356x500. Social distortion gears up for tour, talks new album.
Mike ness insurance reps sue to get out of willful concert assault lawsuit. Mike ness born michael james ness, born april 3, 1962 is a country music singer and guitarist, best known as the vocalist, guitarist, and chief songwriter for the american punk rock band social distortion. Mike ness live in madrid in 2009 in 2003, social distortion recorded a live dvd called live in orange county at the house of blues in anaheim, california which was released in 2004 along with sex, love and rock n roll, both of which were released on time bomb recordings. Those were the days mike ness, social distortion, music. Mike ness of social distortion in sacramento courtesy. Love songs hindi song hindi audio songs movie songs movies latest. Under the influences interview with mike ness of social distortion. His family moved to fullerton, california when he was young and he grew up in a broken home. Under the influences interview with mike ness of social distortion duration. Get youtube premium get youtube tv best of youtube music sports gaming movies tv shows. Mike ness of social distortion podcast rich russo the. You can use it in your daily design, your own artwork and your team project. April 15, 2020 news the latest comments off on mike ness insurance reps sue to get out of willful concert assault lawsuit. Mike ness interview tattoo artist magazine issue 23 picture 1024x683.
Rod ryan show mile of meat banana challenge duration. Ness was born in stoneham, massachusetts and raised in. To test the extent of your knowledge, we thought it would be fun to put together a list of 10 things most people probably dont know about mike. Far behind is also the bands first new song recorded with thencurrent lineup of mike ness, jonny 2 bags wickersham, brent harding and charlie quintana. Social distortion when the angels sing by social distortion. Explore mike ness wallpaper on wallpapersafari find more items about mike ness wallpaper, ness wallpaper, ness earthbound wallpaper. Songs like story of my life, ball and chain and it could have been me found bandleader mike ness parsing past relationships and. Cheating at solitaire is the first solo album from social distortion frontman mike ness.
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