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SOCIAL DISTORTION – Generational Punk Oldtimers Return After 15 Years With Fuming Outburst ‘BORN TO KILL’

Vitalizing tunes that work faster than a stream of caffeine

26 February 2026

Californian oldtimers SOCIAL DISTORTION are one of the
most notorious and celebrated American punk bands ever.

They formed in 1978, took a break here and there but never went away for good.
So far they released 7 LPs, with Hard Times And Nursery Rhymes from 2011 as
the most recent one.

Big news for their generational fans. SD have a new full-length canned.
It’s titled BORN TO KILL and hits the streets on May 8th. More info here.

We get the title track as the album’s first preview.
It’s a fuming outburst with the guitar volume way up.
You can’t tell if you hear a veteran or a new band.

Yoohoo.

The band will hit the road later in
the year to promote the new album.

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IMAGE(S) OF THE DAY – Old Punk Roses THE DAMNED Did It Neat In Belgium

Posted on August 9 by JL

9 August 2025

Last Monday was retro punk day at Lokerse Feesten – Belgium with Irish heroes
The Undertones, the fantabulous and, imperishable Iggy Pop, the Sex Pistols featuring rattlesnake Frank Carter and British punk trailblazers THE DAMNED.

The latter were the first UK punk band to release a single, and album and touring the US.
Their 1977 debut LP Damned Damned Damned still is one of the best punk longplayers ever, in my book. It featured several blitzkrieg bullets such as New Rose, Neat Neat Neat, Stab Your Back and Born To Kill.

They’re still smashing things up with 3 of the 4 original members: singer Dave Vanian, guitarist Captain Sensible and drummer Rat Scabies. Although they played on automatic pilot, the hits went down a storm. Hail hail!

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The Elvis of Punk