Social Distortion Reach for the Sky

[Melenudosoy]

Great band but... the clip spounds horrible, :(!!!

[lolttyl143]

@Melenudosoy thats how punk should be :)

[asxjune1260]

14 people=ugly

[KingDavid73]

gonna see these guys in about a month! can't wait!

[80littlestrawberry]

i love mike...........<3

[cyberpunk33]

As Lars Fredericksen puts it, and i quote "Ladies and gentlemen, the greatest bass player in the world, MR. Matt Fucking Freeman"

[livefastdierrhea]

@cyberpunk33 haha thumbs up brother

[pacman812]

had to be the sound check then last 1/4 live...

[DoctorrDude]

and the worst quality video award goes to........

[USA1749NY2SFnSD2Fork]

@DoctorrDude

...You! For giving less than zero. You are a cotton candy consuming clown and a troll. This song is beautiful.

[xXRebel97Xx]

Mike Ness and Matt Freeman in the same vid! I think it's my lucky day.

[zacym8]

MATT FREEMAN! <3

[Bonk7614]

Saw them in K.C last month. It was a kick f--king ass concert.Just love this band,can't stand to listen to the shit they play today.Justin and lady gaga can go fucking drown they suck that bad.

[T4ATS]

social distortion + matt freeman is surely one of the best combo of the entire history

[laticspaul]

Thats not Matt Freeman.

[SixStringOwnage]

Holy crap is that Matt Freeman?!

[cptcarisma]

Mike Ness is the only "original" starting band member left.. They'll be in Milwaukee, WI, Sat May 7th, at the awsome RAVE theater.. go check it out!!

CAPP

[moose2cool]

@cptcarisma i will be there 2maro night!!Cant wait to party

[PiTeRoMovies]

And Here Comes Danny Jackpot

[pippisong]

to MY BATNESS...AND HER KNEW ENTRANCE IN SCHOOL..U GO GIRL

[kiwipunk]

man, everything Freeman Touches Turns to Gold

[nhicholhas]

NOOoooooOO ctm esta wea es motivacion !!! weno weno weno :::: ))))))

[nivan9]

are these the offical guys of s.d

[meeeeeeeeshable]

@nivan9 no the original guitarist Dennis Danell died and the original drummer either quit or died not exactly sure

[nivan9]

are these the offical guys of sd

[donaldjamesperry]

Matt Freeman !

[heavensnorthernlight]

aaaaaaaHHHHH amaizing!

[kiwipunk]

is that Matt Freeman From Rancid on Bass?

[seb6747]

@kiwipunk YES!!!

[YugSoth]

why the terrible sound quality?

[robbyjronly1]

pretty creepy having some weird looking figure look out mike ness on the balcony on 2:30 but its just a fan, but looks creepy just the outline of a the person , Social D rocks!!!!

[Skinhitta]

Nice mix @ 2:00

[adamscreams2010]

thank you Lords of Dogtown for introducing me to this band :D

[mbetsoi]

Dam this song kicks ass

[MrGibsonJunior]

Haha! =P Jonny's backup-singing is never in tune

[SDluva29]

i saw them right after this record came out. so amazing

[MKJS006]

@SDluva29 I drove my Step-dad to see them in SF in 1987 in my 1st car..Took my kids to see them on this tour..Saw quite a few in between..ALWAY'S AMAZING

[therejects1000]

ohh someones a bit of a fatty

[fahim113]

Matt Freeman looks kinda bored. ..

[swantonkincaid]

@fahim113 cause the bassline is incredicly easy

[Hallberg95]

th drummer loks like hedo turkouglu hahah :)

[DemiLovatoFanSince07]

14 people couldn't reach for the sky.

[gr8latino]

14 Justin Bieber fans disliked, listen to real music, fags.

[gotcheese86]

freeman looks lost not going crazy on the bass

[iplaydrums18]

freeman and ness should write music together

[JumpedShark]

Just saw these guys last night fucking bad ass show!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[xxxwillefreshxxx]

matt freeman!

[310extreme]

WOOOOOOOO!!!! thats all i got to say.

[disaudio243]

FREEMAN!!!

[19LC13]

Matt!!

[janhart73]

simply great music

[Rattnuff]

wtf thats Mat Freeman from Rancid!!??

[mgomez09]

@Rattnuff hell yea lol

[thehalomaster2]

now my favorite song and band

[bbproductionsLA]

this song is good i like it

[ozymay]

I feel dunb but... I just kinda got in to SD but the bassest looks like matt freeman from rancid. O.o

[rathenrat]

@ozymay it is matt freeman, he played with them for a while when rancid was recording their last cd and on a break

[ozymay]

Woah.. thats awesome

[CriticsConfession]

That... Doesn't look like Mike...

[SpnxSpnxSpnxBeta]

@CriticsConfession Why did you mean that ?

[CriticsConfession]

@SpnxSpnxSpnxBeta It doesn't look like Mike Ness in this video.

[SpnxSpnxSpnxBeta]

@CriticsConfession Sure ? I think this is a old fucked up Mike Ness, but he is it definitely. I saw him last year and he looks like this one...

[ashbal30]

epic !

[MrJuve27]

God

[Philter123456789]

Damn the sound isn't too good here, though it could be the video.

[elvandal22]

man i love social d

[a1974d]

whatchoo said !!!!!!

[GunnyMatt85]

Sound Check

[shaunptrck]

is that matt playing bass????

[TSBASSIST]

it sure as hell is!!!

[blekaut90]

sure is

[betsy123100]

mike ness' voice!!!!! yum

[cambruoso]

Sex,Love and Rock N Roll and White Light,Heat,Trash and Coral Fang are the best "Punk Rock" albums of all time!

[marcernest]

my fav band all time

[imisspkin]

sad when muicansget old

[blahbookie]

its not them its the recording...they sound tight...its mic'd like shit

[pilotlicense]

Is it just me, or did they sound like shit in the sound check? Normally I know they're fantastic live..

[speacailk]

I think it was just you.

[punkOmatic86]

...thats why its called soundcheck dude! LOL to Improve their final sound, like you can hear in the cut to the Original Gig then....

[Willi77]

that's alot because there are no people during the soundcheck so there's alot of hall in it and stuff like that ...echoes ^^

[daviddowns81]

the point of a soundcheck is to get the sound right, this is not a final mix... so it is acceptable

[Darkassassin505]

your damn right my friend

[modawg8k]

saw them last night and was a fucking awesome show

[rockitnow989]

the good old rock n roll!!

I love them!!!

SD for live!!!

[johnnyy99]

Yeah, he played with them from Aug 04 til about November. Dropped out when his wife had their first baby and was replaced by current bass player Brent Harding. John Mauer recorded on this album, not Matt Freman.

[Mtb2687Hk]

GOOD!

[gamellium]

Yup, that's good ole Matt Freeman.

[kevinmusic7]

thats not matt freeman is it? my bad if this comment makes me sound like an idiot

[Somecrazydude]

I'm pretty sure it is. I am almost positive he played in Social D for a while.

[Cheesiethecheese]

suree is, he recorded the bass on this album

[thenatural8787]

no im pretty sure he only toured with them? a different bass player recorded with them...forget his name now though haha

[nikktu]

Matt is the greatest bass players imo!

SD = the best band

too bad Matt is not in the band anymore.

[Acellio]

This is really good for a sound check

[XmishiczkaX]

i love this song... its one of the greatest songs ever!

[makeamovie94]

SAME!!!

[WildSurrender]

@XmishiczkaX yea I agree 100% 

[jtirado27]

I remember this show. Awesome times.

[LoopyMoscardini]

There's a song by Avenged Sevenfold that has an intro similar to this?

This was the first song I ever heard by these guys a few years back:) Love it!

[PinstripeJim]

It's against the law to mention Avenged Sevenbutts with Social D!

[ProudArmyBrat72]

Social D's always great in Ventura. Love the song; it's tied with the cover of Johnny Cash's "Ring of Fire" as my favorite.

[klinkydink]

turn up the fucking amps!!!

[PinstripeJim]

It's a sound check genius.

[klinkydink]

so a sound check is them playing the entire song? dumbass

[linkin1995]

yeah if they want

[Nukefuzion]

pretty much :/

[firemedic30ca]

think you were trying to say rockabilly...

[gnar09]

i was bout to say, what got into matt?!

this is real different seeing him play this rather than maxwell murder ha.

[ewokone555]

Love Social D and love Matt Freeman. Matt looks bored as shit in this video, as he did when I saw this line up in 2004. Mt critique is Matt should have ripped some fat scales, Rancid style, and they could have kept him. Harper was a good addition but Freeman is special. Listen to the Devil's Brigade and tell me he can't rip a stand up.

[Schweisschwein]

right ;)

[DeathSquad01]

correct me if im wrong but im sure thats matt freeman from rancid on bass

[novabrian]

No you are totally wrong that is a guy Named Matt McCall from Operation Ivy!!!!!

[cherum87]

haha. Matt McCall and Matt Freeman are the same person my friend. He was in Op Ivy and is now in Rancid and played bass for Social D in 04 i believe

[novabrian]

I know I was joking.Lint was Tim Armstrong's name.Actually Matt played for SD just in concert.He didn't play on any albums.

[joebrix]

barrydep do you wanna get assfucked,IF you are so sure give him a call.asshole

[barrydep]

I'm sure he'd ike that!!

[joebrix]

barrudep,do u wanna get assfucked,call him IF u are so sure...

[AntiStupidGirl]

i lyk it c

[barrydep]

WHat an old fart!! Mike Nes is lame and gay

[greasertom]

oh yeah definitely not as cool as new found glory hole or who ever you fuckin kids like these days

[rockabillykid17]

this is f**king awesome!! rock on social D

[itsonlycraig]

i love social distortion but why do they have to include that stupid organ in they're already perfect songs?

[genzyme]

Time to move on. It'll happen more than once.

[boots2315]

Social D.. A real band in the Cali's O.C. Before it went to shit. It's changed you can't even go there without some rich lames limo tryin to plow down the street. What happened to that place.. the surfin, the bands, the people, wish I was born when everything was old. Now it's only the old timers I know talkin' bout the good ol' days. with the bands watchin the bands. but the music lives

[evolunacy2]

I agree. O.C. before it was "The O.C."

[novice8814]

Sounds like "New" New York. It's lost its old character. They're tearing down the abandoned factories and 19th century buildings. It's all 21st century condominiums, hipsters and yuppies. If you're not one of them. The cops harass you. No place for the working class.

[blitzkrieg765]

thats why the east coast punk scene is almost dead because todays young punx are startin to grow up that way and in that sense of a punk mindset and a punk way of thin king, punk IS dead out there and now its mainly east coast and various parts of the north south and midwest with tiny tiny punk scenes or palces like where i live with maybe 5 or six punx. its a damn shame. but PUNK IS NOT DEAD! PUNK WILL NEVER DIE!!

[Acellio]

That is what Story of My Life is about, how things will never be what the used to be

[ex3vious]

@boots2315 well in the murrieta/temecula/hemet/rivers­ide socal area the punk scene is begining to grow again

[johnydafox]

@boots2315 Just out of curiosity...were you around in the days of so-cal punk? Not being an asshole, just wondering. If you were, we could share a few stories!

[rmarino4471]

@johnydafox you guys are my heros

[subimeyouthBJJ]

@boots2315 im in rsm mission viejo part and its comein up,kinda.theres some people w a head for music

[floggingmollyfan4]

@boots2315 listen Orange County has always been a pretty wealthy place, not so much Northern Orange County but Southern Orange County is rich as fuck and let me tell you something Mike Ness has about 6 cars that run regularly he doesn't need a limo. So he's pretty wealthy himself and if you don't agree you're delusional.

[panchomfx]

was this a soundcheck? cuz matt freeman looks bored. lol :)

[Magicbox86]

Check the text right at the beginning. It says soundcheck (Ventura Theatre) :P

Later in the video it switches to real performance. Around 2.15.

[anttigg280]

Lock ´n Load!!

[kevincolemanmcartney]

paul McCartney's son kevin coleman Mccartney says whats up mike???what do you think of day1dead???????

[neededtime]

when the second guitarist sings under the chorus is totally out of tune

but it's actually a nice song, although it's a punk song :)

[bluren7]

he's not out of tune

[Vrabec82]

Yeah matt fuckin freeman!!!!! i think playing bass here is more more more easier than in Rancid, Matt looks boring,

[BorfGobblesmit]

Mike is still a sexy motherfucker.

[jmaydvm80]

In the live part, i can only hear the organ drums and singing

They are good, but they sucked that day

[a7xfan66]

This was just a soundcheck, before the show.

They just added the crowd at the end.

Social D is one of my all time fav bands there soo awesome!

[Thrice13]

Yeah, everyone, this was a sound check before the show, as you can tell by the quality of the sound coming from the guitars and snare drum. Stop criticizing the sound, for it was just a sound check.

[deb21305]

is there an official video for this song. I think I saw one around five years ago on FUSE or something, I'm looking all over for it can't find it.

[nicoback89]

The album released 2004... so idont think in 2003 was a video...

[deb21305]

really cause I remember seeing before i got married and i got married beginning of 03. maybe I'm wrong. Either way is their a video for this song?

[tomz1989]

he sings as the cd track....here you can see true voices...

[cybertang1]

MATT FUCKING FREEMAN!!!

[zachnaustin2]

greatist fucking bass player in the world right there

[RiseAgainstFan741]

his arms arnt as big as the trees in my backyard or anything.....

hahah

[NPCody]

Matt fucking Freeman. Who else can say they have played with both RANCID and SOCIAL DISTORTION?

[kdog7000]

they just needed to turn the lead ad rhythem guitars up

[atsallica]

Does anyone know If and When they are coming to greece?

[2911yalcj]

Damn hes buff here..

[dontthinktwisc]

graet.mike.iloveit

[bjornar84]

very basic for Matty, but fuck yeah, he's probally having a blast...

Was this pre- or post cancer?

[StreetPunk21]

matt never had cancer, it just ended up being some type of tissue growth. hes better now!

[mallorys2beast]

i love social d

im going on mike ness' tour :)

[MisterHuman666]

matt freemans havign a blast...

[redz1106]

Social D rules, Mike Ness's words are like gospel........Social D for life.......

[piskeymitch]

If anyone thinks that Social D has gone downhill over the years, they're fuckin' idiots.

[staysurf999]

haha matt freeman looks so bored playin one note per measure songs compared to his rancid lines

[dizzydreamaway]

God I love Mike Ness's voice. It's so amazingly solid.

[seinfeld41]

it seemed like that crowd had no energy...when i went to see them live, there wasn't a single person not out of there seat singing the words to every song...it was amazing...and the spirit of social d is definitely not dead, if you ask me they sound better and more professional now then the did back in the "mommy's little monster" days...just my opinion though

[djbadlt]

here's why the crowd in the video seemed to have no energy . . . b/c there was no crowd.  it was their bloody soundcheck. lol

[seinfeld41]

ohhhh alright haha

[jurrobear]

I remember when I went to this show Against Me opened at made social D look like Creed...I love them though but the spirit of the band isnt there anymore.

-juliO!

[MichelleLikesIt]

I think it may depend on the crowd - if the majority were there for Against Me then it may have been that diehard SD crowd spirit wasn't there, know what I mean? Sorry ya felt that way but jeez comparing them to Creed?! How long was Creed's run? ;-) LOL

[jurrobear]

Well the crowd was mostly there for Social, Against Me! was still on Fat and supporting "As The Eternal Cowboy" but the crowd wasn't into it and the band just played with a passion that I feel Mike just doesn't have anymore. Mike is an amazing songwriter but I feel he acts more like a rockstar instead of an honest performer.

-juliO!

[WoodsHouse1]

first punk song i liked EVER!!! Mike ness rules!!

[panchocas]

i want a matt freeman solo xD

[BlackRoseRocket]

fuck it al land appreciate the damn music!

[insanitysk8er]

that 1 dude lstcall145 is a loser just bcuz he will never play as good on guitar doesnt mean that social distortion sucks

[SKW1982]

Matt Freeman what a fucking champion!

[lstcall145]

Fuck Johny Two Bags and Charlie Quintana... Johny the fuck two bags has no business playing with Social D and as far as Im concerned Chuck Bisquits was waaayyyy the fuck better than Quintana. Mike Ness is a living legend and will ALWAYS be. But what the fuck is he doing letting Johny Two Fucks play his solos and shit like that... that turns me the fuck off. As far as those two need to be replaced by real rock n roll rebels.. Social D Por VidA!!!

[Stormwysper]

What, you could do better?

[strych99]

YOU ARE SO RIGHT. Biscuit ROCKED like no other drummer... AMEN!

[huaairforce]

look you need to chill out man GROW SOME BALLS AND GET OVER IT or didn't you hit puberty yet?

[anarchy1drums2mosh3]

o have seen social d 4 times and im 15, great fucking band, and even there new track is good.

they are a great punk band for new kids to the punk scene

ima see them again in december