Live At The Roxy

This highly anticipated live album release was recorded this year over a 3-night stand at the Roxy in Hollywood, CA. Each night, 500 hard-core Social D fans crowded into the steamy club to be a part of the energy that has sustained an 18-year musical legacy. Against the backdrop of a rare small club appearance, the band coupled their aggressive live show with a set list that bridges 2 decades of material to record an album that is fueled with the emotion of their years. Amazon.com Even if Social Distortion have lost some their edge on more recent studio releases, this new live set is solid proof that the band's musical urgency is still intact. Seventeen years of classic Orange County, California, punk is represented over 17 tracks, as the band moves through speaker-rattling alternative-radio hits like "Bad Luck," "Let It Be Me," and "Ball & Chain." Singer Mike Ness's rockabilly roar is in fine form, as is the grinding rock energy his bandmates put out. Recorded over three nights at Los Angeles's historic Roxy nightclub, the disc serves as a great testament to one of America's finest punk bands. --Aidin Vaziri