Performance · Production
Mike Ness
Lynn, United States • b. 1962-04-03
Mike Ness is credited on 254 releases across 70 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1981–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
254
Pressings credited
70
Albums
5
Decades active
268
In collections
Biography
Michael James Ness (born April 3, 1962) is an American musician who is the lead guitarist, lead vocalist and songwriter for the punk rock band Social Distortion, which was formed in 1978. He has also released two solo albums, Cheating at Solitaire and Under the Influences (both 1999).
Bio from Wikipedia
Credited work
254 releases · 70 albums · active 1981–2026
- Performance · 533
- Production · 41
- Other credits · 37
- Engineering · 28
Studios: Casbah Studio · Track Record (3) · Mystic Sound Studio · Phantom Recording Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Social Distortion
1990
Group Sex
1980
White Light White Heat White Trash
1996
Somewhere Between Heaven And Hell
1992
Mommy's Little Monster
1983
Born To Kill
2026
Hard Times And Nursery Rhymes
2011
Sex, Love And Rock 'N' Roll
2004
Live At The Roxy
1998
Cheating At Solitaire
1999
Prison Bound
1988
Greatest Hits
2007
Orange County (The Soundtrack)
2001
Let It Happen
1998
Mainliner (Wreckage From The Past)
1995
Under The Influences
1999
When The Angels Sing
1996
Rodney On The ROQ - Volume 2
1981
Woodstock '99
2005
Burning London: The Clash Tribute
1999
Cold Feelings
1992
Someone Got Their Head Kicked In!
1982
The Independent Years 1983-2004
2016
Frequent collaborators
- Social Distortion
- Various
- The Hellacopters
- The Hangmen (3)
- Jade Jackson
- Discipline (5)
- Upright Citizens
- Kina (4)
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