ContactMusic — Social Distortion rocker Mike Ness is encouraging fans to end animal suffering by adopting a vegetarian diet. The punk star has teamed up with campaigners at Peta2, the youth division of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (Peta), to speak... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Civet is an all female punk rock band from Long Beach, California. Their musical style is compared to The Distillers, Bikini Kill, the Runaways and Motörhead on rock’n’roll cocaine. Civet themselves have stated on numerous occasions, that the... more info

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Culture Bully — New music video for the lead single from Social Distortion's 2011 release, Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes. more info

Reuters — LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Mike Ness is the sole remaining original member of Social Distortion, the southern California rockabilly punk band that rose to prominence during the 1980s. more info

Totally Fuzzy — Lady Gaga - JUDAS by igapromotion "Judas," the second single from Lady Gaga's upcoming album Born This Way, leaked online today. (The song was originally scheduled to debut on Tuesday.) Though some of the songs we've heard from Gaga's new album find ... more info

KEXP Seattle — While flipping through Wikipedia last Sunday, seeing what had gone down on That Day in History (just something I like to do from time to time, OK?), I discovered that it was the birthday of Mike Ness, the singer of the sorta rootsy, sorta punk rock b... more info

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ContactMusic — Former Social Distortion drummer Casey Royer has been sentenced to 90 days in jail for taking heroin in front of his 12-year-old son. The punk legend appeared at California's Orange County Superior Court on Wednesday (06Apr11) and pleaded guilty t... more info

TMZ — Filed under: Casey Royer, Celebrity Justice Former " Social Distortion " drummer Casey Royer was sentenced to 90 days in jail yesterday ... TMZ has learned -- after the punk legend allegedly OD'd on heroin in front ... more info