Social Distortion "Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes" (2026 UK Variant) 2025-11-07 transience versus permanence

transience versus permanence

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and Lewis' longtime collaborator Johnathan Rice

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Social Distortion "Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes" (2026 UK Variant) 2025-11-07 transience versus permanenceHard Times and Nursery Rhymes builds on singer Mike Ness twin footings, one in the haunted American landscapes of Hank Williams and the other in the raw swagger of Exile era Rolling Stones. While these twin pillars have always been behind Social Distortion's anthemic songs, on Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes they come roaring to the fore, in one of the hardest rocking, most soulful albums of Ness's career. From opener California (Hustle and Flow), in a