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Born to Kill is Here
May 7th, 2026 by Traci Turner
The long-awaited new album from Social Distortion is finally here for consumption! After 15 years of waiting for a follow up to “Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes,” “Born to Kill” arrives Friday.
Back in February the band posted a video of founding member and frontman Mike Ness walking on a street, passing an image of the band’s skeleton logo and the words “Born to Kill.”
The song of the same name was dropped shortly after and fans ate it up. They recently gave us “Partners in Crime,” another amazing track that sounds like the Social D we love.
Their current drop from the new album is “The Way Things Were.”
Social Distortion is responsible for some of the earliest punk music in SoCal and remains beloved in OC. After Ness revealed his tonsil cancer diagnosis in 2023, fans were rabid in their support and rallied around him in droves. Thankfully he is in remission and sounding phenomenal.
The legend that is Ness is of course joined by Jonny “2 Bags” Wickersham, Brent Harding, and David Hidalgo Jr. In addition to the new material, we can expect to hear some of the songs that made them part of our lives originally: “Story of My Life,” “Ring of Fire,” “Bad Luck,” “Reach for the Sky,” “Machine Gun Blues,” “Prison Bound,” and of course, “Ball & Chain.”
Alongside the new album, the band will take on a major US tour that kicks off August 25th in Phoenix and wraps up in San Diego on October 3rd. Social D will have support from Descendents and The Chats. The trek lands two shows at the Palladium October 1st and 2nd.
Get the album, get the tickets, and get your Social D on!
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