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Jan. 18, 2011
Dec. 18, 2011
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Dennis Danell, the guitarist who joined veteran Orange County punk band Social Distortion in 1979 not because of his musical ability but because front man Mike Ness wanted a friend at his side, died Tuesday, apparently of a brain aneurysm, band manager Jim Guerinot said.
March 1, 2000
Social Distortion’s new album, ‘Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes,’ makes clear frontman Mike Ness’ creative evolution as a punk rocker trying to do right by his family.
Jan. 9, 2011
Not quite hard times for Social Distortion and Mike Ness
In a lot of ways, Mike Ness is the Joe Strummer of Southern California.
April 25, 1992
Charlie “Chalo” Quintana, a fixture on the Southern California punk and roots music scene for decades, has died after struggling in recent years with emphysema and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, his sister Elizabeth Montoya confirmed to The Times.
March 17, 2018
Offspring, X, Pennywise, T.S.O.L. and surviving members of Social Distortion will play at Irvine Meadows to benefit the family of guitarist Dennis Danell, who died in February.
April 5, 2000
“No one said life would be easy,” sang Mike Ness as his band, Social Distortion, kicked into a blazing rendition of “It Wasn’t a Pretty Picture” at the Music Machine Friday night.
Jan. 26, 1987
The men behind Bad Religion and Social Distortion are older and wiser but just as persistent.
July 29, 2001