Social Distortion Delivers Another Great Show
by Kl0kcykl on 7/20/09Showbox SoDo - SeattleI have seen Social D both at the Showbox Downtown and twice at the the Showbox SODO (once under the venue's former name). They played a good mix of the older material as well as newer stuff, changing things just a bit from the records (in some cases) to make the live experience unique and interesting. On stage were a few newer faces in the line-up - a different drummer and bass player. They played well, but there was one point in Ball and Chain when the drummer kept on playing when the recorded version of the song would have had him no-play. Not sure if that was a change up for the live show or not. Either way, they sounded good. The crowd was, for the most part, cool and having a good time like you would expect at a Social D show. The only downer was that it was a hot day in Seattle - close to 90 - and the venue is basically a warehouse which turned into an oven between the sun heating it all day and all of the people inside. There was no AC or even fans to move the air around so it got a little stuffy in there.