Social Distortion

[Qyöt27]

I love Social D but don't praise them at Green Day's expense. To their credit they put out a fantastic album in American Idiot. Honestly this whole "sell-out" "wanna be punk" stuff gets tiresome after a while. I used to think like that but then I realized that not only was I limiting myself from good bands that play a poppier style but that at the end of the day I too would sign a record contract if I could get paid enough money to live comfortably. Green Day have always put out records that THEY wanted to create, and have taken chances with a lot of their stuff (see Warning) which to me is the essence of being punk (not caring about what other people think). They grew up in the punk scene and one of them was basically homeless for a time, so who are we to judge?

I actually don't believe in labelling any bands as "sell-outs", regardless of circumstances (I honestly don't believe you'd know if a band was playing music they hated until after the fact, so it's kind of a moot point). I don't have anything against Green Day at all, I thoroughly enjoy their stuff. I was saying, though, that I wish that I'd at least have been able to hear the Social D song that night, since it would be inevitable that Green Day would get standard rotation regardless of whether they won or lost. Social D's chances of the same thing are not as great (even though apparently they were also put into rotation; I heard "Reach For The Sky" earlier today, but that's still a good month since it was announced, and for all I know, it could've been a different song that got played).

 

[heavenliejediofthebeach]

Hey Matt, Thank you for telling me to get "Love, Sex and Rock and Roll." What a cool cd!

 

[goat37]

good! I am glad you picked it up! I listened to it a lot on my drive from Washington to Texas last week. It's solid all the way through, but I really do love the last track "angel's wings"


If you are wondering which to get next, I'd recommend the nearly flawless White Light, White Heat, White Trash... OR the Live at the Roxy cd...

 

[heavenliejediofthebeach]

Oh, I will as soon as I can.

How was the move to Texas?

 

[goat37]

It could have gone a bit more smoothly... I was in a bit of a car accident on the border of Utah/Wyoming when I hit some pretty big snowfall... I messed up the front end of my truck. Luckily it was still drivable, so I made it to TX and it is in the shop getting body work done on it right now.

Other than that, I love it here... I am so stoked that I am here now and away from where I was. It's still nice and warm and sunny here, as opposed to gloomy and cold. The people here are nicer too...