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Social Distortion & Bad Religion Bring Co-Headlining Performance to Las Vegas
by Michael Major - December 12, 2023 Social Distortion & Bad Religion are set to bring their co-headlining performance to The Theater at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas for one night only on April 13. The two iconic bands will join forces to bring their signature sounds and beloved catalogs to The Theater stage, showcasing their enduring legac...
Social Distortion Announce Co-Headline Tour With Bad Religion
by Michael Major - December 12, 2023 Social Distortion and Bad Religion have announced a co-headline tour. With additional support from The Lovebombs, the two iconic bands will join forces to bring their signature sounds and beloved catalogs to stages across the continent, showcasing their enduring legacy and influence on the punk rock...
The Blips Share New 'Good Lookin' Liars' Single
by Michael Major - November 08, 2023 Back in late-2019 Taylor Hollingsworth, Wes McDonald, Will Stewart, Eric Wallace, and Chris McCauley collided in Birmingham, Alabama’s Ol’ Elegante recording studio and wrote an album in three sessions. Their self titled debut, The Blips, struck lightning when Little Steven’s Underground Garage decl...
Social Distortion Postpone Summer Headlining Tour
by Michael Major - June 07, 2023 Legendary OC punks Social Distortion have postponed their upcoming North American headlining tour due to the stage-one tonsil cancer diagnosis of vocalist Mike Ness. As he recovers from a recent surgery, the band is also temporarily halting the recording process of their eighth studio album....
Billie Eilish And FINNEAS Set To Appear On GRAMMY Museum's New Official Online Streaming Service COLLECTION
by Sarah Jae Leiber - September 10, 2020 The GRAMMY Museum® announced today that Billie Eilish and FINNEAS are set to appear on COLLECTION:livea??....
WANK To Release 'White Knuckle Ride' on March 6 via Die Laughing Records
by Abigail Charpentier - February 20, 2020 Long-running Orange County pop-punk band WANK has signed with Die Laughing Records (Michael Des Barres & the Mistakes, The Vibrators, The Venomous Pinks) which will release their album 'White Knuckle Ride' digitally on March 6. The long-awaited LP has previously only been available at the band's sho...
Social Distortion Announces 40th Anniversary Concert
by Kaitlin Milligan - August 26, 2019 Revered Southern California band Social Distortion will celebrate 40 years of swaggering punk infused rock n roll this October 26th in Orange County California at the FivePoint Amphitheatre. The legendary band will be joined by a lineup of artists that includes Joan Jett, The Distillers, The Kills ...
Craft Recordings To Reissue 3 Social Distortion Albums On Vinyl
by Kaitlin Milligan - August 14, 2019 This fall, Craft Recordings will reissue three titles fromSocial Distortion's independent catalog on vinyl. Set for a September 27th release, the LPs include the band's 1983 debut, Mommy's Little Monster, their 2004 studio album, Sex, Love and Rock 'n' Roll, and 1995's Mainliner (Wreckage From the P...
Jade Jackson Announces New August Tour Dates With Grace VanderWaal
by Kaitlin Milligan - August 08, 2019 Just weeks after the late June release of her critically-acclaimed sophomore album Wilderness, Jade Jackson is excited to announce new summer tour dates with Grace VanderWaal. The tour will begin this Sunday, August 11 and will include two shows at Los Angeles's El Rey Theatre on August 22 and 28. J...
Jade Jackson Releases New Album WILDERNESS Today
by Tori Hartshorn - June 28, 2019 Jade Jackson is thrilled to release her sophomore album Wilderness today, her most personal album yet. Produced by Social Distortion's Mike Ness, listen to the new track 'Don't Say That You Love Me' below, also penned by Ness....
Jade Jackson Reveals SECRET, New Album Out 6/28
by Tori Hartshorn - May 28, 2019 Today Jade Jackson is excited to share “Secret”, a song that came to her in a sudden moment of inspiration while driving in her central California hometown. Listen to it HERE....
Chris Shiflett Announces Headline West Coast Dates
by Kaitlin Milligan - May 22, 2019 Chris Shiflett confirms headline dates in California with stops at Costa Mesa's Wayfarer, Pioneertown's Pappy & Harriets, Bakerfield's Temblor Brewing and Los Angeles' Moroccan Lounge. Tickets go on sale this Thursday, May 23, at 10am local time....
Jade Jackson Announces Stirring New Album WILDERNESS
by Tori Hartshorn - April 30, 2019 On Jade Jackson's second full-length album, Wilderness, she casts a light more focused on her own life than ever before. To be released on June 28 via ANTI- Records, Wilderness – like her debut record Gilded - was produced by Mike Ness, the SoCal punk rock legend has carefully helped her hone her cr...
Flogging Molly and Social Distortion Announce Co-Headlining Tour
by Kaitlin Milligan - April 22, 2019 Quintessential Irish-American Celtic punk band FLOGGING MOLLY and legendary American punk rock band SOCIAL DISTORTION are teaming up for the ultimate Summer tour. Their co-headline tour will kick off in Dallas, TX at Toyota Music Factory Pavilion on August 13th with The Devil Makes Three and Le Butc...
Chris Shiflett's New Album HARD LESSONS Out 6/14, Lead Single Premieres Today
by Tori Hartshorn - March 22, 2019 Chris Shiflett's new solo album, Hard Lessons, will be released June 14 on East Beach Records & Tapes/Thirty Tigers and is now available for pre-order. Produced by Grammy Award-winning Dave Cobb, the album features ten new songs including the lead single “Welcome To Your First Heartache,” which is p...
Sole Heartbreakers' Survivor Walter Lure Presents New Track DAMN YOUR SOUL
by Tori Hartshorn - August 20, 2018 Walter Lure & The Waldos present 'Damn Your Soul' aheads of releasing their new album 'Wacka Lacka Boom Bop A Loom Bam Boo'. This is the first new album in 2 1/2 decades from legendary guitarist-vocalist Walter Lure, an original member of The Heartbreakers, who spearheaded the first wave of punk roc...
Sole Surviving Heartbreakers Member Walter Lure Announces New Album With The Waldos
by Tori Hartshorn - July 12, 2018 Recently signed to Cleopatra Records, Walter Lure & The Waldos have announced their new album 'Wacka Lacka Boom Bop A Loom Bam Boo'. This is the first new album in 24 years from legendary guitarist-vocalist Walter Lure, an original member of The Heartbreakers, who spearheaded the first wave of punk ...
Craft Recordings to Reissue Social Distortion's LIVE AT THE ROXY Out June 29
by Macon Prickett - April 25, 2018 Craft Recordings is pleased to announce a special reissue of Social Distortion's Live at the Roxy. Due out on June 29th - almost 20 years to the day of the album's original release date - the first (and only) live album from the rock 'n' roll icons, comprises a double-LP set and features a replica o...
Star Anna, Mark Arm, & Robin Zander Join 2018 MusiCares Concert for Recovery Benefit Lineup
by Macon Prickett - April 19, 2018 Artists Star Anna, Mark Arm, and Robin Zander will join the performance lineup at the 2018 MusiCares® Concert For Recovery benefit honoring GRAMMY® winner Mike McCready ofPearl Jam on Thursday, May 10 at The Showbox in Seattle (1426 1st Ave.). Previously announced performers include Latin GRAMMY® wi...
Craft Recordings Announce Vinyl Reissues For Mike Ness' Solo Titles
by Macon Prickett - March 27, 2018 Craft Recordings is proud to announce two vinyl reissues for Mike Ness' solo albums, Under The Influences and Cheating At Solitaire, both set for release on April 6th. Ness is most widely known as the frontman for Social Distortion - a band that would profoundly impact the American Punk Rock movemen...
PEARL JAM's Mike McCready to Be Honored at the 2018 MUSICARES Concert for Recovery
by Macon Prickett - March 08, 2018 The MusiCares Foundation®, an affiliated charity of the Recording Academy with an outstanding four-star rating from Charity Navigator, announced today that GRAMMY® winner Mike McCready of Pearl Jam will be honored at the 2018 MusiCares® Concert For Recovery on Thursday, May 10, 2018 atThe Showbox in... |