Social Distortion - Mass Hysteria

Practice session, 1983

[@Tubliophile999]

Thanks for posting this. An absolute classic, from a time when punk wasn't codified, or for sale at the mall. The same stuff parents buy for their kids at Hot Topic they used to burn on the Church lawn during Sunday Go To Meetin's, and cops would beat the shit out of you for it if they thought they could get away with it. How times have changed.

[@Agent_86_]

💯

[@Brewzerr]

Definitely one of their best songs. I think Brent wrote this one.

[@Sumokurt1]

This is rehearsal footage circa 1981. I used to see SD around that time, and they were an amazing band with an amazing sound. After Mike changed his look and lost his youth, some of their charisma went with it, IMHO.

[@Brewzerr]

This footage is from '83.

[@toiletpaper5770]

He also sobered-up

[@DC-rn1fc]

... incrediby young ... and today, Mike's the last one left from back then. Anyway, gonna see them next summer - can't wait...

[@joetubealong692]

Holy Fuck this makes me feel like an old man!! Where has the time gone!!!!??

[@randallfaubus9047]

Up your ass ! lol

[@javierramirez721]

This is punk at it's best when it was dangerous to hear

[@FargoMarc]

That's no joke either. Being a punk back in those days meant being ready to either fight or run, whenever you went out.

[@-whitetrash]

..And now it's just kinda cute

[@199gonzo]

Ahhhh the good ole days !!!

[@mikekomalley]

Dennis RIP.

[@Brewzerr]

Brent RIP

[@nickyreynolds3326]

Remember, right around the Hell Comes to Your House sessions, when Social Distortion was almost a hardcore band...

[@Soundeagle3456]

they were melodic hardcore if you wanna fancy term for it. Then they went full pop punk.

[@nickyreynolds3326]

I'm pretty sure that "melodic hardcore" is just punk.

[@Shikta-poobah67]

They were always just a straight up punk band to me (back then). They played to the hardcore crowd and shared the stage with hardcore bands, but SD was never afraid to let their rock and roll roots show. They stood out from all the other loud-fast-rules bands of the day. A few songs, like this one could almost be considered hardcore, but they were the epitome of pure punk in the early 80’s.

[@peterpumpkineaterrr]

@@Soundeagle3456 they're not pop punk wtf 😂

[@toiletpaper5770]

They’re still a punk band.

[@Agent_86_]

Easily Social Distortion's best jam hands down from a time before "moshing" and crowd killing. OG punk forever.

[@TehGav]

All the really good punk drummers have just one rack tom. (And a single kick pedal.) I'm watching Derek O'Brien here and seeing why. It's not just minimalism; it's that you need super-sharp control over the drum kit to actually play a song at this pace -- as opposed to just playing fast drum parts mechanically while other guys play guitar and bass in the same room.

[@mikesalzano6416]

A big part of the reason that 1st Social Distortion album sounds different than the others... why its so blistering... is Derek O'Brien. I've forever wished he would play with Mike again. What a fucking animal on the drums.....

[@valdesigns1346]

Spot on. Derek's drumming is superb.

[@Intech1234]

on time I was at a show at Fenders Ballroom in Long Beach, and I Social Distortion was playing . there was about 20 people there watching. . it was so weird. late 1986 maybe With The Floor Lords, and Tex and the Horse Heads. they were still like in the video, just before they changed the vibe and look. killer show with all the bands. It was the old is dead and new hadn't showed up yet. a lot of the kids were in to NY hardcore and thrash punk skate metal.

[@soundmoneystacker2787]

Social d fuckin rocks the house I wish I were there in the hardcore punk days in the 80s keep showing donination against offspring and green day keep up the great work ness you are a punk rock legand

[@Sickboy973]

Love this shit. I love all of Social D's albums.

[@CartoonManWhoo]

This band has lost its rebellion.

[@miloesalazar]

You're funny like a cartoon. Fuck outta here lol

[@XDetoursX]

Derek O'Brien. This guy needs to be talked about more. I swear it sounds like there's two people playing on this song. He's their best drummer in my opinion. Mommy's Little Monster wouldn't have sounded as good as it does without his playing

[@RoryLynott]

Their most raw, fierce energetic and yep, best.

[@thatrocksong]

Daaaaaamn this is fucking old O.o You rarely find social d vids this old but this is amazing!

[@sweetXpeachX]

Rock En Role!!

[@razzberry82]

Punk isn't some fashion movement for fcks sake, it's a lifestyle. All the kids who think that they're so punk because they wear safety pins on their clothes and worship a guy named Sid have no idea what they're talking about.

[@IDidItSidsWay]

awwww! Mike is so young and adorable!

[@campzzyzx9792]

XOXO!! Witnessed the Fury in early days

[@doctorway]

For me this is real SD !!!

[@bps3013]

Back when punk actually fucking mattered.

[@jimgray327]

it still does and ALWAYS will!!!

[@garye77]

Saw these dudes many times during this era

[@Soundeagle3456]

right on, the visceral of punk was purposely removed,because the music industry feared the power this music had in its primal phase.

[@Shikta-poobah67]

It still matters. At least the stuff from this era does.

[@j.dviant]

The drumming.

[@valdesigns1346]

D. O. B. smashin' the skins.

[@theeuprise]

wow, i never tired of hearing "mass hysteria"!

[@theeuprise]

i own it, seen it countless times. but thanks

[@CincyFireball]

I couldn't miss Dennis Dannel more... Seriously.

[@reductobeam]

i love the comments from the people who dont believe this is social d. they were a hardcore punk band first and always will be 18 in my mind haha

[@Submisfit138]

AMAZINGG!!

[@BagBoy81]

Perfect comment!

[@frankieosf]

GREAT O.C HARDCORE!

[@ThrashIsBack100]

who did greenday copy????????

[@Luison68]

...wow tht was Mike Ness. Look at now and then

[@xDissident]

Yes, of course

[@bps3013]

So fucking classic. So fucking missed.

[@damthatfatmike]

good stuff

[@chrisd7309]

Is that Billie Joe Armstrong.......oh sorry it’s MIKE FUCKIN NESS!!!!

[@rjplamf61]

@TheJLM96 when you turn 50 look at a pic of yourself when you were twenty and you will go, wow that was me, look at now and then.

[@ocdc1980s]

omg he's so friggin' hot

[@Gool349]

great pogo song

[@jeffhelm7581]

Hey Green Day, take a look at what they are playing, that's punk rock !!!

[@jeffhelm7581]

This old man would beat your ass little punk.

[@jeffhelm7581]

Another keyboard warrior, I'm always down to meet up, settle this man to man? I'm here in LA, where you at ?

[@danbam3411]

I'm pretty sure Mike Ness would love Green Day. He and Billie Joe are friends. Sorry to ruin your moment.

[@jeffhelm7581]

Boom this punk....

[@velvetinedrapes4359]

@@jeffhelm7581 hmu bro I'm Westdale old man. Whats up?

[@robbykhu]

FUCK YEAH!!!!!

[@FinkChrist]

Why can't I get my hair to stay spiked that well?

[@Shikta-poobah67]

Try egg whites. Always worked for me.

[@WyattScott]

@BarrioPunkRock It was a joke Bud.

[@Sumokurt1]

I used to see Social D when Mike looked just like this, with hardly any tats at all.

[@mikekomalley]

dennis RIP

[@mthai66]

Flipside vid

[@comicrelief427]

social d is awesome... a bit too awesome at that

[@robbykhu]

i don't think they'd let you in, being 60+ lol!

[@MitchBast-xu7jg]

This when punk was supposed to be scary, and rebellious, a kids way to tell mom and dad to shove it. These were Mike's formative years, and he's already becoming the mega-talent that he was born to be. Just brilliant.

[@VRGamerVirtualVision]

you can see that it

[@Greengerm77]

SD at their prime

[@wattieramonne4776]

😎😁🇲🇽👍

[@Greengerm77]

@myage kontrol The black hole!!!!

[@leonard01ish]

Back when they were Social Distortion!!!

[@Brewzerr]

Yep. I don't remember anyone calling them "Social D" until after Prison Bound came out. Just Social Distortion or SD. I hate that "social d" shit. Sounds like "Sunny D"

[@Laura.Discriminado]

So Hott!!!

[@WyattScott]

I didn't know Andrew Dice Clay sang in Social D?