Last Thursday (May 17th), San Luis Obispo, California’s The Tribune conducted an interview with Mike Ness of SOCIAL DISTORTION, who talks about his early influences, the California punk scene, his life and the future of the band. Musically, you’ve always been rooted in rock and the blues. I grew up with a lot of that stuff. At 4 years old, I was listening to the radio. By third grade, I had albums by The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Creedence Clearwater Revival. That ’60s, ’70s rock was embedded in me long before I heard the (Sex) Pistols or the Ramones. What attracted … Continue reading SOCIAL DISTORTION’s Mike Ness interviewed by The Tribune, May 2012