Mommy's Little Monster [40th Anniversary] [White Vinyl] [Barnes & Noble Exclusive]

by Social Distortion

Overview

Seminal Orange County punk band Social Distortion's first full-length album Mommy's Little Monster is the epitome of early-'80s suburban California punk and provided inspiration for many future Californians, including the Offspring and Rancid. Mommy's Little Monster finds the band supplying plenty of attitude and aggression as they rip through nine tracks worth of hard, fast, power chord-filled tracks loaded with snarling anti-establishment lyrics and themes. Songs like "The Creeps (I Just Want to Give You") and "Telling Them" show a young punk group that is very angry, and they were going to let society know it whether they wanted to hear it or not. The title track, "Mommy's Little Monster," with its descriptions of the girl with blue hair and the unemployed young punk who loves to drink and fight, gives you a good idea of the characters Social Distortion was surrounded by in the scene of the day. Although the low budget production gives the album a genuine early genre feel, it tends to hinder some of the potential power of most of the tracks presented here. As frontman Mike Ness matured as a songwriter the band went on to record stronger albums later in their career, but Mommy's Little Monster is a fine document of the raw early stages of a great influential American punk band that would go on to influence countless others in the future. ~ Paul Tinelli

Product Details

Release Date:	11/10/2023
Label:	Barnes & Noble / Craft Recordings
UPC:	0888072543423
Rank:	2563

Tracks

1. The Creeps
2. Another State Of Mind
3. It Wasn't A Pretty Picture
4. Telling Them
5. Hour Of Darkness
6. Mommy's Little Monster
7. Anti-Fashion
8. All The Answers
9. Moral Threat

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Social Distortion   Primary Artist
Derek O'Brien   Drums,Vocals,Percussion
Mike Ness   Guitar,Vocals,Guitar (Electric)
Dennis Danell   Guitar,Guitar (Rhythm),Guitar (Electric)

Technical Credits

Social Distortion   Composer,Producer,Recording Producer
Chris Bellman   Mastering Engineer
Chaz Ramirez   Engineer,Producer,Recording Producer
Mike Ness   Composer
Dennis Danell   Composer