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Social Distortion

American punk rock band

Description	American punk rock band Source: Wikidata
Formed	1978 Source: MusicBrainz, Wikidata
Formed in	Fullerton Orange County Source: MusicBrainz, Wikidata
Area	United States Source: MusicBrainz
Country	US United States Source: MusicBrainz, Wikidata
Genres	punk rock rock and roll Source: Wikidata
Record labels	Epitaph Records 550 Music Mommy's Little Monster Source: Wikidata

Members

Frank Agnew 1978–1979 (guitar) · Discogs, MusicBrainz
Rikk Agnew 1978–1979 (guitar) · Discogs, MusicBrainz
Casey Royer 1978–1979 (drums (drum set), percussion) · Discogs, MusicBrainz
Mike Ness 1978–present (guitar, lead vocals) · Discogs, MusicBrainz, Wikidata
Timothy Maag 1979–1979 (bass guitar) · MusicBrainz
John “Carrot” Stevenson 1979–1981 (drums (drum set)) · MusicBrainz
Dennis Danell 1979–2000-02-29 (bass guitar, guitar) · Discogs, MusicBrainz
Brent Liles 1981–1984 (bass guitar) · Discogs, MusicBrainz
Derek O’Brien 1981–1984 (drums (drum set), percussion) · Discogs, MusicBrainz
Bob Stubbs 1983-12-31–1985-09-01 (drums (drum set)) · Discogs, MusicBrainz
Christopher Reece 1984–1994 (drums (drum set), percussion) · Discogs, MusicBrainz
John Maurer 1984–2004 (bass guitar) · Discogs, MusicBrainz
Randy Carr 1994–1995 (drums (drum set), percussion) · MusicBrainz
Deen Castronovo 1995–1996 (drums (drum set), percussion) · Discogs, MusicBrainz
Eddie Livingston 1995–1996 (drums (drum set), percussion) · MusicBrainz
Chuck Biscuits 1996–2000 (drums (drum set), percussion) · MusicBrainz
Charlie Quintana 2000–2009 (drums (drum set), percussion) · MusicBrainz
Jonny "2 Bags" Wickersham 2000–present (background vocals, guitar) · Discogs, MusicBrainz
Matt Freeman 2004–2005 (bass guitar) · Discogs, MusicBrainz
Brent Harding 2004–present (background vocals, bass guitar) · Discogs, MusicBrainz
Atom 2009–2010 (drums (drum set), percussion) · Discogs, MusicBrainz
David Hidalgo Jr. 2010–present (drums (drum set), percussion) · Discogs, MusicBrainz
Danny McGough · Discogs
John Carrot · Discogs
Gonzalo Quintana III · Discogs
Charles Montgomery (3) · Discogs

Also known as

S.D. Social Social Destortion Social Distorsion

Identifiers

mbid: e1e05cce-3922-44e1-8f20-015abe5e309d · wikidata: Q976882 · isni: 0000000123646128 · discogs: 255058 · spotify: 16nn7kCHPWIB6uK09GQCNI · apple_music: 543473

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