Social Distortion - Ball & Chain (1992) CBGB

[WroteThisWithMyPenis]

I am 16 and Holy shit i love social D & Mike Ness!

[antifascistmilitant]

@WroteThisWithMyPenis

My 2 nephews, 8 & 9 yrs old loves Social Distortion

[alphabitch57]

MOTHER FUCKER  NYC!!!! this club is no fuckin more!!! don't matter just SO FUCKIN' GREAT to Mike playin there! Jersey Boomer Bitch

[CattieNess]

I love you Mike...if only half the guys were as cool as you:) Mike: The King of Orange County! Always a trendsetter:)

[alphabitch57]

@CattieNess @ least one good thing came from " behind the MOTHER FUCKIN' Orange Curtain!!"

[SoCalDazed]

@alphabitch57

That's funny, have to say, I grew up in south florida where Social D wasn't that big, moved to & live in orange county (newport/huntington), and love it, love so cal, love OC,

love Mike playing that guitar that says "orange county" all over the world..........

people who make fun of OC, wish they lived there, had a beer with Mike N at Mutt Lynch's a few years ago...........OC !

[mefmef21]

Is this in the Mike's Marshall days? Sounds different to his fender tone.. in a great way! I love this band! Makes me wish i could have been around that year and seen Dennis Danell play :(

Long live Mike Ness :D

[moonriders]

thanks for the great memories! My best friend and I were at this show and my head is in your entire video! Saw my face even at 5:43!

[iClubMidgets]

>being oblivious to trends around you

>dressing like a greaser

good song tho

[Triumph72]

His pants look like shit!

[Meteor62x2]

Wow. Looking at him now in 2011 he's quite heavier and nearly bald. Rock life = hard life.

[tmwnat]

Individualism??????....Wife beater shirt.....Greaser slacks...and tattoos up & down the arm....Hmmmmm...Yeah, REAL unique, there!!! ...Way to be your own 'dude' ...hahahaha

[Egenoth]

@tmwnat Tattoos are common, but their content is what defines the person, and isn't that as individual as it gets? Judging by how many he has, a lot of it probably has some connection to personal themes. As for his clothing, seriously, most people in this world has a tendency of wearing it, and what he wears is quite anti-fashion, so it can be interpreted as a method of standing in contrast to trends. Just speculating there.

[mayajane001]

Early years...love it!

[BlackHoleCasket]

Awesome vid! Great band! Am I the only one who thinks that Mike Ness looks like Sully Erna in this vid?

[dizzyisme]

love this song. and that entire album. mike ness is too cool

[thejudge7326]

@StephenLovesAnime thats pretty funny, i always thought that when the skinhead movement started it was the poor working class in england who shaved their heads in the 1950s. Also I thought the idea for skinheads came from rude boys in jamaica. but who likes to look up facts anyways

[amixofeverything]

@thejudge7326 I think also a lot of skinheads gravitated away from ska and started listening to punk rock. They seemed to really like Oi!, and a lot of non-racist skinheads still go to punk rock concerts. The racist ones just gave them all a bad name.

[Freshcut16oi92]

I was still a fetus. Hahaha.

[spotmeatsour]

i wish the sound quality was a little better, this is why you always record the audio further back by the sound guy. great video and an amazingly simply song. three chords, the only way to go.

[skinheadfred94]

whats up with the singer always wearing tank tops?

[antartica4321]

@skinheadfred94 well there quite comfortable

[StephenLovesAnime]

@skinheadfred94 cuz when your not rich they're called wife beaters, wanna guess why? its a low class (poor) thing, you wouldn't understand it

[skinheadfred94]

@StephenLovesAnime i was jw u douche, my dad was a skinhead and a punk back then he wore plenty of white beaters

[StephenLovesAnime]

@skinheadfred94 well guess what i'd say no offense, but i do mean offense, fuck RACIST skinheads, i'm not saying you're racist, but that was the foundation for skinheads when it started

[samymunch]

@skinheadfred94 He is Mike Ness, he can do whatever the fuck he wants!

[fireninja242]

dennis and who ever the bassist it was at the time should get movin! they gotta do somthin besides stand there

[leoagus78]

take away take away take away....

with ball n chain.. yeeaahhh

[hotchild1]

Wuts up MIKE !!!!!!!!!!!!

[greenclaptonpage]

I totally agree I never will get tired of listening this song.

[Drope182]

right!

[wjalbert]

One of the finest Social D songs of all time.