SOCIAL DISTORTION • White Light, White Heat, White Trash • LP

Music On Vinyl / reissue

For the album "White Light White Heat White Trash", released in 1996, songwriter Mike Ness and his three cohorts took four years. The new longplay (unlike its country and rockabilly oriented predecessor) strongly reflected the "First Wave of American Punk" with idols like Dead Boys, The Dickies, X and Johnny Thunders. Incidentally, Social Distortion, founded in the early 80s in Orange Country in Southern California, were able to win none other than Michael Beinhorn (Soundgarden, Red Hot Chilli Peppers) as producer for "White Light...".

In 1996 Social Distortion released their fifth studio album "White Light, White Heat, White Trash". The band's line-up had previously been joined by drummer Chuck Biscuits (Black Flag, Danzig and others). "White Light, White Heat, White Trash" was the last album together with Dennis Denell on guitar, as he sadly passed away in 2000. The album reached the highest chart position Social Distortion ever achieved in the U.S. when it entered the Billboard 200 at #27 at the time

It includes the hits "I Was Wrong," "When The Angels Sing," and an outstanding cover of "Under My Thumb" by the Rolling Stones. Stylistically, the album is heavier and represents a return to Social Distortion's hardcore punk roots. This band is no less than a legend of punk rock, which still enjoys great prestige and receives great support.