Social Distortion is one of few bands from the late 70's/early 80's Los Angeles punk scene that is still actively releasing new music and touring. Their debut album Mommy's Little Monster and their early compilation album Mainliner (Wreckage From The Past) are two of my favorite albums punk rock albums to come out of Los Angeles. Both of those are jam-packed with riff-driven emotionally-alive material. Lead singer and guitarist Mike Ness's sneering vocals have always resonated with me.
So it should come as no surprise that I really like this bootleg 7" EP artlessly titled Demo '81. It features material to later appear on early compilation albums Hell Comes To Your House and Someone Got Their Head Kicked In. In fact, it's basically the recordings that later appeared legitimately on the Mainliner (Wreckage From The Past) compilation in 33 1/3 RPM on a seven-inch single. The sound quality is fairly good and I'd highly recommended fans of this band's early material so seek it out. My personal favorites are "Moral Threat", "All The Answers" and their blazing cover of The Rolling Stones' "Under My Thumb"(which later appeared as the B-Side to their "1945" single).
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