A couple of shots from last night’s Social Distortion show at The Rave in Milwaukee, WI. I managed to sidle up to the stage edge (well, OK, the security fence in front of the stage, manned with crabby security whose only excitement was pulling a couple of aging and/or drunk fans out of the crowd when mostly futile attempts at a mosh pit were started) and was rewarded with a killer up-close performance. As expected, Social D played the tracks from their 1990 self-titled album on this anniversary tour of the release, plus a few other songs including a cover of the Rolling Stones’ “Wild Horses” and Johnny Cash’s “Folsom Prison Blues.” I was really hoping for at least a couple of their earliest tracks, like “Mommy’s Little Monster,” but the focus was definitely on punkabilly. The crowd was a mix of old punks, biker-types and younger fans, many of whom were probably not even born when “Social Distortion” was released. Mike Ness did a fair amount of banter in between songs, including several rips on Donald Trump and a complaint or two about a Milwaukee “hipster” diner that the band ate at earlier in the day.