{"id":28713,"date":"2026-07-10T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=28713"},"modified":"2026-07-09T15:37:30","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T14:37:30","slug":"social-distortion-tonight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=28713","title":{"rendered":"Social Distortion &#8211; &#8216;Tonight&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Social Distortion<\/strong>&nbsp;have recently released their long-awaited eighth album<strong>&nbsp;&#8216;Born To Kill<\/strong>&#8216; via Epitaph Records. The new record wastes no time letting the listener know where its heart is: its hard-charging title track \u2014 named as one of ROLLING STONE\u2019s Best Songs of 2026 So Far \u2014 paying respects to Lou Reed (\u201cRock \u2019n\u2019 Roll Animal gonna come your way!\u201d) and Iggy and the Stooges (\u201cThe agenda is yeah to Search and Destroy\u201d) and lionizing David Bowie (\u201cIt\u2019s a Rock \u2019n\u2019 Roll Suicide\u201d) on \u201cPartners In Crime.\u201d This is a man, a band, and a record that wear their influences proudly while creating timeless anthems and ballads that chart Social Distortion\u2019s path forward while celebrating its storied past.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Social Distortion - &quot;Tonight&quot;\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4Usx06H3VNY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Co-produced by&nbsp;<strong>Mike Ness<\/strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>Dave Sardy<\/strong>, and featuring guest appearances from&nbsp;<strong>Benmont Tench<\/strong>&nbsp;of T<strong>om Petty and the Heartbreakers<\/strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>Lucinda Williams<\/strong>, and collaborative cover art by Ness and Shepard Fairey, &#8216;Born To Kill&#8217; is the latest installment in a remarkable catalog that spans nearly three generations, including Mommy\u2019s Little Monster (1983), Prison Bound (1988), the RIAA gold-certified Social Distortion (1990) and Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell (1992), White Light, White Heat, White Trash (1996), Sex, Love and Rock \u2019n\u2019 Roll (2004), and Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes (2011).&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fresh of a hugely successful European tour in support of Born To Kill, including sold-out headline shows in Berlin, London, Amsterdam and Munich, as well as appearances at major festivals including Rock am Ring, Rock im Park, Download Festival, Hellfest, Vainstream, Les Eurock\u00e9ennes and Rock Werchter, the band will return to the road on 17 July, kicking off a North American tour with special guests The Descendents and The Chats.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>WATCH &#8216;THE ROAD TO BORN TO KILL&#8217; SHORT DOCUMENTARY\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ymlpcl6.com\/869abmehsqaaaeqjswagausubazajmby\/click.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">HERE<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><br><br><strong>BUY\/STREAM &#8216;BORN TO KILL&#8217;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ymlpcl6.com\/98c01mehsmavaeqjswatausubazajmby\/click.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">HERE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ymlpcl6.com\/6320dmehusanaeqjswaoausubalajmby\/click.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.socialdistortion.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ymlpcl6.com\/21604mehuuanaeqjswalausubakajmby\/click.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.instagram.com\/socialdistortion<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ymlpcl6.com\/80ed1mehueafaeqjswacausubakajmby\/click.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.facebook.com\/socialdistortion<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ymlpcl6.com\/006f5mehumaraeqjswarausubanajmby\/click.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.threads.com\/@socialdistortion<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ymlpcl6.com\/9ea55mehujapaeqjswalausubalajmby\/click.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.x.com\/SocialD1<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Social Distortion&nbsp;have recently released their long-awaited eighth album&nbsp;&#8216;Born To Kill&#8216; via Epitaph Records. 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