Another State of Mind

Last night I watched a pretty cool documentary on punk rock called Another State of Mind which takes place in the summer of 1982 and depicts the first international tour that the bands Youth Brigade and Social Distortion embark on. I love how they tour across the U.S. and Canada in a run down, piece of s*** for lack of better words. It was an influential video I would say because it not only was on music, but also how punks were misunderstood by people and how they're judged by others based on how they look and how they dress.

I've been really into punk lately but mostly just bands like Against Me! and The Clash but most recently, I've gotten more and more into Social Distortion. Leather jackets, blue jeans, motorcycle boots, tattooes, and an obvious 1950's greaser esque rock 'n' roll sound and style. There isn't one thing in that sentence that I can say I do not like. I didn't like Social Distortion that much before but I have a new found respect and understanding of the band and Mike Ness (singer/guitarist), well he's just simply b.a.