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A bit of Dean appreciation, from Social Distortion

December 26, 2022December 26, 2022 Dean Mike Ness, punk, rockabilly, Social Distortion

Like Meghan Markle, I just have to be the center of attention. And Social Distortion’s recent stand at the Belasco Theatre in Los Angeles gave me another opportunity to show the world how fabulous I am.

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Older Blog Posts

  • Ahmet vs. Dweezil Zappa
  • Awards shows – please kill me!
  • The Beatles in New Zealand, 1964
  • Celebrity graves in England
  • Eddie Cochran’s last ride
  • Edith Cavell – English nurse martyred 100 years ago
  • George Harrison’s houses
  • Lally Stott: Chirpy, Chirpy, Cheep, Cheep
  • Los Lobos at MacArthur Park, Los Angeles
  • Ozzy Osbourne, Gene Simmons
  • Prince: “I don’t believe in contracts”
  • Ray Charles
  • Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

All The Interviews

  • Aerosmith: Joe Perry
  • Audioslave: Chris Cornell
  • Barry Manilow
  • Beach Boys: Mike Love
  • Bee Gees: Maurice Gibb
  • Bee Gees: Robin Gibb
  • Big Audio Dynamite
  • Black Sabbath – 2013
  • Bob Seger
  • Buddy Holly’s brother
  • Buddy Holly’s widow
  • Carly Simon
  • Charlie Watts
  • Chuck Berry – 2002
  • Chuck Berry – 2006
  • Cowboy Jack Clement
  • David Bowie
  • Debbie Gibson
  • Depeche Mode: Dave Gahan
  • Dido
  • Don Cornelius
  • Duff McKagan
  • Eagles: Timothy B. Schmit
  • Gail Ann Dorsey
  • Gene Simmons – 2004
  • Gene Simmons – 2015
  • Grace Slick
  • Green Day
  • Heart: Nancy Wilson
  • Hilary Duff
  • Hoodoo Gurus
  • Hugh Hefner – Portrait of a Young Man
  • Ice-T + Body Count
  • Iggy Pop
  • INXS
  • Jann Wenner
  • Jason and Zoe Bonham at the Grammys
  • Jason Bonham
  • Jeff Beck
  • Jimmy Page
  • Jimmy Page and Robert Plant
  • Jimmy Page at the Grammys
  • John Fogerty
  • John Mellencamp
  • John Paul Jones at the Grammys
  • Johnny Cash: Rick Rubin
  • Johnny Rotten
  • Keith Richards
  • Keith Richards at Gram Parsons tribute concert
  • Kevin Nealon
  • Lemmy has a cold*
  • Marianne Faithfull
  • Martin Phillipps, on Submarine Bells and Soft Bomb
  • Metallica: James Hetfield
  • Metallica: Robert Trujillo
  • Mick Jagger – 1997
  • Mick Jagger – 1998
  • Midnight Oil in Europe, 2022
  • Midnight Oil: Jim Moginie
    • Midnight Oil: Where are they now?
  • Monkees: Michael Nesmith
  • Neil Diamond
  • Oasis: Liam Gallagher
  • Olivia Harrison
  • Paul Stanley
  • Pete Townshend
  • Phil Collins
  • Queen: Roger Taylor
  • Robbie Robertson
  • Robert Plant
  • Rod Stewart – 2006
  • Rod Stewart – 2011
  • Roger Daltrey – 2002
  • Roger Daltrey – 2007
  • Roger Daltrey – 2008
  • Ron Wood
  • Roxana Shirazi – Rock Groupie – NSFW
  • Sammy Hagar
  • Sheryl Crow
  • Slash
  • Smashing Pumpkins
  • Smokey Robinson
  • Social Distortion
  • Solomon Burke
  • Steve Cropper vs. Wilson Pickett
  • The Chills
  • The Chills conquer Los Angeles (finally)
  • The Clash: Don Letts
  • The Clash: Mick Jones
  • The Doors: Ray Manzarek
  • The Police: Stewart Copeland
  • The Rolling Stones
  • Tom Petty
  • U2: The Edge
  • Van Morrison
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