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Social Distortion — Hidden Gems from the B-Side (Week 34) 🖤

🎧 When the Angels Sing • Through These Eyes

What do you do when something feels amiss but it could be a hit? Idk… let’s just stick to the music. 🎯

So these next two songs carry many past moments for me… memories? Oh, I got them.

Through These Eyes is super special to me… more so than any other song I know. It became so real to me in 2oO6, right around the time I first heard it and learned it on guitar… It began to come true in my life.

Today it is like my testimony song, pretty much all the lyrics but especially the line…

“Through these eyes I’ve looked the devil in the face and I’ve seen God’s Holy Grace.”

I never thought I’d be able to relate literally to words like that in a song. To me, it hits like no other. It’s personal, and just so happens… it rocks. 🪨

When the Angels Sing was a fun one to sit around and learn. I used to play it with just power5 chords. Most songs from back in the day, I just listened to them and started playing them how I heard it.

But this entire record is just fire. 🔥
WHITE LIGHT, WHITE HEAT, WHITE TRASH from September of ’96.

Thank you for listening.

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Featured image at the top is by Jared Gaines Art.

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Social Distortion — Hidden Gems from the B-Side (Week 32) 🖤

I Was Wrong 🎧 Don’t Drag Me Down

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I believe “I Was Wrong” was the first song I ever heard from Social Distortion—probably around ’96 when it first came out. It was also the first song by them I ever learned on guitar.

I liked the song right away, but I didn’t really get into these guys until the early 2oO0s. Looking back, I wish I’d discovered them sooner.

So here you go… here’s two more for you.

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🖤 I Was Wrong
💿 White Light, White Heat, White Trash 1996

🖤 Don’t Drag Me Down
💿 White Light, White Heat, White Trash 1996

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I’ve also included a video from Joe Sib. He’s a comedian and former punk rock frontman who’s a great storyteller. In it, he tells the crazy story of one night at a Social Distortion show—a night that involved a car crash and other crazy stuff… with Mike Ness actually coming to his aid and helped his friend get into the show. It’s a great story… you should check it out.

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Social Distortion — Hidden Gems from the B-Side (Week 31)

Angel’s Wings -♫- Down on the World Again

Mike Ness’s music and style has influenced me greatly over the years… I think maybe that Social Distortion was kind of like the missing link I had been searching myself for musically… it was the edge I was needing. I have two of my favorites for you today…

I can’t tell you how many times I have sat around strumming and singing Angel’s Wings over the years…

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Angel’s Wings – Sex, Love and Rock ‘n’ Roll 2oO4 ♫

Down on the World Again – White Light, White Heat, White Trash 1996 ♫

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Two songs released eight years apart, from the band’s two consecutive studio albums. Part of that long gap was shaped by the death of longtime guitarist Dennis Danell in 2OoO, a loss that deeply affected the band and delayed their return to the studio.

I also included a cool short interview with Mike Ness from 2o25. After undergoing surgery and treatment for throat cancer, he’s back out on the road doing what he loves. You just can’t stop the guy!

Also they just put out a new album, Born to Kill… in May.

Hope you enjoy.

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