Track Listing 1. Story of My Life 2. Bad Luck 3. Under My Thumb 4. Prison Bound 5. Mommy's Little Monster 6. Mass Hysteria 7. Creeps, The 8. Another State of Mind 9. Let It Be Me 10. No Pain, No Gain 11. Cold Feelings 12. Telling Them 13. I Was Wrong 14. 1945 15. Don't Drag Me Down 16. Ball & Chain 17. Ring of Fire 18. (Untitled) - (hidden track)
| Details | | Producer: | James Saez, Mike Ness | | Distributor: | BMG (distributor) | | Recording Type: | Live | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes Social Distortion: Mike Ness (vocals, guitar); Dennis Danell (guitar); John Maurer (bass); Chuck Biscuits (drums). Recorded live at The Roxy, Hollywood, California on April 7-9, 1998. Includes liner notes by Mike Ness. One of the longest-running California punk bands, Social Distortion began spewing musical venom in the early '80s. Over the years, their musical vision has been somewhat refined, but they've never compromised their integrity or lost a bit of their punch, a fact borne out by this 1998 live recording. Singer/songwriter Mike Ness is the archetypal tough guy with a heart of gold, chronicling the tribulations of the underclass in post-Reagan America over a jackhammer beat. As usual, the band leavens their punky assault with occasional touches of country and roots music, as on the spiritual-sounding "Ball & Chain" and a frenzied cover of "Ring Of Fire." Though they speak from the perspective of grizzled punk survivors, the band still targets youngsters with their bad boy attitude, as evidenced by Ness' incendiary, iconoclastic stage patter. LIVE AT THE ROXY is the band at their best, blazing through new tunes and old with equal fury.
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