Social Distortion

Social Distortion’s 2011 album ‘Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes‘ is the band’s highest-charting album to date, hitting #4 on the Billboard Top 200. Only 300 copies of our exclusive variant were pressed.

The iconic logo was drawn by Mackie ”Mac” Osborne to grace the cover of ’Mommy’s Little Monster’ and it’s stuck around ever since.

”A Celebration of Justin Townes Earle” happens in January at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium with Emmylou Harris, Amanda Shires, Ben Nichols (Lucero), and more.

To make up for the two lost years, Hellfest returns for two weeks in 2022, and it would be easier to list which heavy bands *aren’t* playing…

New & exciting highlights from the BrooklynVegan Record Store

Plus Cypress Hill, Lamb of God, Social Distortion, Anthrax, Pennywise, Rob Zombie, The Offspring, GWAR, and more.

We’re revisiting one of the most unique, most timeless, and best punk/hardcore albums of all time, in honor of its 40th anniversary: the self-titled debut by Orange County punk pioneers Adolescents.

”A nod to the 80’s,” the band says. ”Synthesizers. Claps. Love. Swooning. Dancing. Groove. Bisexual lighting & rock & roll at its truest.”

The West Coast melodic hardcore band (who shared members with Ignite, No For An Answer, and Social Distortion) are set to return with their first album in 9 years and first album of new music since the ’90s. Stream multiple songs from it now…

Watch a new 15-minute commercial for Justin Pearson and Luke Henshaw’s Cult and Culture podcast, featuring interviews/footage of The Locust, The Dillinger Escape Plan, The Blood Brothers, Cattle Decapitation, and more…