Social Distortion has debuted a new song called "The Way Things Were," a track off the band's upcoming album, Born to ...

The first new Social Distortion record in fifteen years almost never came to be, as midway through recording, Mike Ness was ...

Social Distortion's Mike Ness celebrates his band's latest album, 'Born to Kill,' and opens up about his journey with tonsil ...

Mike Ness says Social Distortion’s version of Chris Isaak’s Wicked Game continues the band’s long tradition of reworking songs by artists from punk, country and classic rock.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Pedals. Distortion, originally considered an undesirable side effect of overloading audio equipment, has become a key element of ...

It’s been a while since the last installment in our Know Audio series, in which we investigated distortion as it applies to Hi-Fi audio. Now it’s time to return with part two of our look at distortion ...

Mike Ness, who revealed a diagnosis of tonsil cancer in June, posted a video to Instagram on Friday updating fans on his progress. The Social Distortion frontman underwent surgery that month as a form ...

There’s nothing quite like stepping on a pedal and hearing the gritty growl of heavy distortion. Deforming your guitar signal to the point that it screams back at you is incredibly satisfying so ...

We all know what distortion sounds like. We’ve heard it in heavy metal tunes, cheap iPod docks and the crummy speakers at Taco Bell drive-thrus. And we’ve all read distortion specs on things like ...