Punk Rock Monday

Social Distortion may be the first punk band I ever heard, back in 1987. At the time I was a squirrely little seventh grader who was "allowed" to hang out at our neighborhood skate ramp with the cool ninth graders. One of the older kids, Paul K. (who had the cool Tony Hawk skateboard), was always nice enough to chat with us wee bairns, and I distinctly remember him telling us that Social Distortion was his favorite band. If it was cool enough for Paul, it was super cool for me.

From way back in the day (1983 is the guess), "Under My Thumb" and "1945"


And from the early 1990s, "Born to Lose"