Live at the Roxy (Social Distortion album)

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Live at the Roxy
Social Distortion - Live at the Roxy cover.jpg
Live album by
ReleasedJune 30, 1998 [1]
RecordedApril 7–9, 1998
Venue Roxy Theatre, West Hollywood, California
Genre Punk rock [2]
Length76:38
Label Time Bomb [3]
Producer Bobby Leigh
Mike Ness
James Saez
Social Distortion chronology
White Light, White Heat, White Trash
(1996)
Live at the Roxy
(1998)
Sex, Love and Rock 'n' Roll
(2004)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Live at the Roxy is a live album by American punk rock band Social Distortion. [5] [6] It was released in 1998, on the independent label Time Bomb label. [7] It is the last Social Distortion release to feature founding rhythm guitarist Dennis Danell, who died in 2000. John Moore of New Noises referred to Live at the Roxy as one of the best live punk rock albums of all time. [2]

Contents

Personnel

Track listing

All songs written by Mike Ness unless otherwise noted.

  1. "Story of My Life" – 6:00
  2. "Bad Luck" – 4:27
  3. "Under My Thumb" (Jagger-Richards) – 2:51
  4. "Prison Bound" – 6:36
  5. "Mommy's Little Monster" – 4:05
  6. "Mass Hysteria" – 3:23
  7. "The Creeps" (Danell, Ness) – 3:03
  8. "Another State of Mind" – 2:51
  9. "Let it Be Me" – 4:29
  10. "No Pain, No Gain" – 3:24
  11. "Cold Feelings" – 3:54
  12. "Telling Them" – 3:58
  13. "I Was Wrong" – 4:01
  14. "1945" – 3:00
  15. "Don't Drag Me Down" – 4:56
  16. "Ball and Chain" – 7:04
  17. "Ring of Fire" (Cash, Kilgore) – 8:32
  18. Untitled – 0:04

Charts

Chart (1998)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [8] 121

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