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Mike Ness

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Biography

The frontman for punk survivors Social Distortion, singer/guitarist Mike Ness was born April 3, 1962, in Stoneham, MA. Raised primarily in Orange County, CA, he was kicked out of his parents' house at age 15 and spent the years which followed in and out of jail and experimenting with drugs; after forming Social Distortion in 1979, Ness' struggles with addiction deepened, and after recording the now-classic Mommy's Little Monster in 1983, his self-destructive lifestyle (vividly captured in the 1985 documentary Another State of Mind) nearly broke up the band. After getting clean and sober, Ness reconvened Social Distortion for 1988's rootsy Prison Bound, followed in 1990 by the group's self-titled major-label debut, which launched the hit "Ball and Chain." After 1992's Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell, however, the band went on an extended hiatus, not resurfacing until White Light, White Heat, White Trash four years later. In 1999, Ness made his solo debut with Cheating At Solitaire. A covers collection, Under The Influences, followed later that same year. ~ Jason Ankeny, Rovi

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    The days of wine and roses
    Were a long time ago
    The proms, teenage cruisin'
    And the picture show
    You tried so hard
    The Devil In Miss Jones - (3:51)  -  5,309 plays
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    It ain't no use to sit and wonder why, babe
    It don't matter, anyhow
    An' it ain't no use to sit and wonder why, babe
    If you don't know by now
    When your rooster crows at the break of dawn
    Don't Think Twice - (3:46)  -  4,403 plays
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    I'm young and I'm strong
    I've got this God forsaken world by the balls!
    I've got a one-way ticket to freedom
    Ain't got no one now gonna take it from me
    I was a soldier, age twenty-one
    Ballad Of A Lonely Man - (3:24)  -  3,142 plays
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    Eighteen years in a traveling band
    Seen a lot of one night stands
    And still I found myself so very much alone
    And it took those years to find myself
    Wasn't lookin' for no one else
    Rest Of Our Lives - (3:43)  -  2,751 plays
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    Breaking rocks in the hot sun
    I fought the law and the law won
    I fought the law and the law won
    I needed money 'cause I had none
    I fought the law and law won
    I Fought The Law - (2:49)  -  2,846 plays
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