Social DistortionPrison Bound

Here's where Social Distortion slowed the punk down and let the country and blues bleed in. The title track turns a cowboy lament into a biker's anthem, all weary twang and diesel grit, while their take on the Stones' 'Backstreet Girl' shows off the rock and roll roots underneath. It took five years to surface as Mike Ness clawed his way out of addiction, and you can hear the scars. The first cracks of their punk-country fusion. Lower the lights for this one.