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After 15 years, Social Distortion is making a comeback, and it’s more than just a new album. Frontman Mike Ness is returning to the studio and the stage stronger than ever, following a life-changing ...

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Our attention rapt, he was ready to commence with the bloodletting. Nobody was spared. The street rappers with no code. The moguls with no morals. And, most especially, the corporate vultures picking ...

Have you ever picked up an album, stared at its cover, and thought that the art on the front might be better than the music on the actual record? It’s happened to all of us. Sometimes the art is just ...