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A major force in West Coast punk since the early 1980s,
Social Distortion became the longest-lasting of their peers, with perhaps
only Bad Religion for company. Through a daunting history of ups and downs,
drug problems, personnel shifts, and worse, the band soldiered on fearlessly,
never sacrificing the righteous fury of their sound. Following a layoff of
eight years (during which time singer Mike Ness pursued a solo career), SEX,
LOVE AND ROCK 'N' ROLL was the group's first foray into the studio since the
death of founding guitarist Dennis Danell in 2000.
With longtime bassist John Maurer and the revitalizing power of a new
guitarist and drummer, Social Distortion maintains the lean, propulsive punk
attack that made them famous. While the group's trademark sound is a
Ramones-meet-Johnny Cash punk/country amalgam, the twangier leanings are
largely left behind here in favor of a more straightforward--still
characteristically unrelenting--rock & roll approach. Beyond that, the
biggest new development is the pop quotient. While SD was never a stranger to
hooks or melody, a couple of tracks here could easily be placed into the
repertoire of any number of pop performers and given a convincing high-gloss
arrangement. Regardless, the band plays even the poppiest material hard,
fast, and loud, as per their pure punk roots, and Ness
still concentrates on his perennial lyrical subjects--hard times and the
power of rock & roll to see people through their trials and tribulations.
It sure seems to have worked for him.
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Time Bomb Recordings brings you the first studio album from Social
Distortion in eight years! Sex, Love and Rock 'n' Roll islikely the band's
greatest achievement to date. Following the untimelydeath of founding
guitarist Dennis Danell, two solo records from front man Mike Ness, and four
years of rigorous touring, Social Distortionare back with the follow up to
1996's White Light, White Heat, White Trash. The album was recorded at Maple
Studios in Santa Ana, CA
with Cameron Webb co-producing with Ness.
Release Date - 9/28/04
Label - Time Bomb Records
Tracks
1 Reach For The Sky
2 Highway 101
3 Don’t Take Me For Granted
4 Footprints On My Ceiling
5 Nickels And Dimes
6 I Wasn’t Born To Follow
7 Winners And Losers
8 Faithless
9 Live Before You Die
10 Angel’s Wings
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