Social Distortion
A 100-word concert story
Note: In honor of Social Distortion lead singer Mike Ness turning 60 today, I thought I’d reshare a 100-word story about how I met the band.
In school, I won tickets to see Social Distortion by calling into a radio station & naming the song (“Story of My Life”).
The show was at Pine St. theater in Portland, & the band used plastic jellyfish as de-facto backstage passes. My friend Pauli got one. We did not.
After an amazing show, she went up to meet them (backstage was actually upstairs). We were out front waiting when we heard a noise above us. It was guitarist Dennis Danell, about to piss out the window. Instead, he asked us up.
And that’s how I met the band.
Enjoy your Sunday!
Kevin—
This story originally appeared here.
Love this and l love this band!! Great post!
The closest I’ve ever come to meeting an artist is an email to Scott Matthews (of Ghost in the Shell fame). Even then it was his publicist who replied to me, not Scott.