Artist	Song
Mike Ness	Let the Jukebox Keep On Playing
from Under the Influences (1999)
Social Distortion	Angel's Wings
from Sex, Love and Rock 'n' Roll (2004)
Social Distortion	Under My Thumb
from Mainliner: Wreckage from the Past (1995)
Mike Ness	I Fought the Law
from Under the Influences (1999)
Social Distortion	Ring of Fire
from Live At the Roxy (1998)
Social Distortion	Gimme the Sweet and Lowdown
from Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes (Deluxe Edition) (2011)
Social Distortion	Playpen (Posh Boy)
from Mainliner: Wreckage from the Past (1995)
Mike Ness	Misery Loves Company
from Cheating At Solitaire (1999)
Mike Ness	If You Leave Before Me
from Cheating At Solitaire (1999)
Mike Ness	Ball and Chain (Honky Tonk)
from Under the Influences (1999)
Social Distortion	Moral Threat
from Mainliner: Wreckage from the Past (1995)
Mike Ness	Gamblin' Man
from Under the Influences (1999)
Social Distortion	Under My Thumb
from Live At the Roxy (1998)
Social Distortion	Down Here (With the Rest of Us)
from White Light White Heat White Trash (1996)
Mike Ness	Funnel of Love
from Under the Influences (1999)

Comment:

One of the things that’s always made Social Distortion more than just another punk band is the way they fused the battering-ram force of hardcore with the lonesome twang of country and the rough-edged rebel yell of rockabilly. Not only did that rootsy feel seep deep into the Social D sound, but it abounds in the solo output of main man Mike Ness. His ragged-but-right voice fits like a black leather motorcycle glove on his heart-hammering version of “Let the Jukebox Keep On Playing,” a honky-tonkin’ classic by rockabilly pioneer Carl Perkins. The dark mood and driving riffs of rock ’n’ roll queen Wanda Jackson’s 1961 slammer “Funnel of Love” provide plenty of drama for Ness to sink his teeth into. And left to his own devices, he takes the already-countrified Social Distortion hit “Ball and Chain” and puts it on a steel-guitar-toting train headed straight for Nashville.

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