Social D

I just got back from seeing a show I have been waiting for for almost six months: Social Distortion at the House of Blues in West Hollywood. A lot of different thoughts ran through my head during this show, like how Mike Ness truly got back to his Orange County punk rock roots when he yelled out "Let it burn, motherfuckers!" during Ring of Fire in the encore.

I dare someone to find a better frontman or a cooler overall dude than Mike Ness. As someone that always critiques the performance of a band, specifically the way they connect with the crowd, I confirmed tonight that Mike Ness is the best I have ever seen. He says little, but when he talks everyone listens, and he knows the right things to say. If you really sit down and listen to the messages in his songs, they are about things everyone can relate to: growing up, making mistakes, learning from those mistakes, finding love, losing love, learning from your broken heart, and overall, traveling the road of life like a bat out of hell, and remembering you can't take it with you when you go.

There is no cooler.

I had this same viewpoint at the show tonight.