# The Best Social Distortion Guitar Solos > The 15 best Social Distortion guitar solos, ranked. #1 is Story of My Life (1990), then Ball and Chain and Prison Bound. Every video starts at the solo. Canonical URL: Social Distortion mixed Southern California punk with country, rockabilly and blues, and Mike Ness's lead guitar helped define that sound. His solos are short, melodic and full of tone, adding a rootsy heart to the band's punk anthems. Informed by: [Wikipedia: Social Distortion](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_Distortion), [Wikipedia: Social Distortion discography](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_Distortion_discography) 1. [Story of My Life](https://greatestsolos.com/song/social-distortion-story-of-my-life/) — Social Distortion · solo by Mike Ness · 1990 2. [Ball and Chain](https://greatestsolos.com/song/social-distortion-ball-and-chain/) — Social Distortion · solo by Mike Ness · 1990 3. [Prison Bound](https://greatestsolos.com/song/social-distortion-prison-bound/) — Social Distortion · solo by Mike Ness · 1988 4. [Bad Luck](https://greatestsolos.com/song/social-distortion-bad-luck/) — Social Distortion · solo by Mike Ness · 1992 5. [Ring of Fire](https://greatestsolos.com/song/social-distortion-ring-of-fire/) — Social Distortion · solo by Mike Ness · 1990 6. [Sick Boys](https://greatestsolos.com/song/social-distortion-sick-boys/) — Social Distortion · solo by Mike Ness · 1990 7. [Reach for the Sky](https://greatestsolos.com/song/social-distortion-reach-for-the-sky/) — Social Distortion · solo by Mike Ness · 2004 8. [I Was Wrong](https://greatestsolos.com/song/social-distortion-i-was-wrong/) — Social Distortion · solo by Mike Ness · 1996 9. [When She Begins](https://greatestsolos.com/song/social-distortion-when-she-begins/) — Social Distortion · solo by Mike Ness · 1992 10. [Cold Feelings](https://greatestsolos.com/song/social-distortion-cold-feelings/) — Social Distortion · solo by Mike Ness · 1992 11. [Don't Drag Me Down](https://greatestsolos.com/song/social-distortion-don-t-drag-me-down/) — Social Distortion · solo by Mike Ness · 1996 12. [Machine Gun Blues](https://greatestsolos.com/song/social-distortion-machine-gun-blues/) — Social Distortion · solo by Mike Ness · 2011 13. [Mommy's Little Monster](https://greatestsolos.com/song/social-distortion-mommy-s-little-monster/) — Social Distortion · solo by Mike Ness · 1983 14. [Another State of Mind](https://greatestsolos.com/song/social-distortion-another-state-of-mind/) — Social Distortion · solo by Mike Ness · 1983 15. [Highway 101](https://greatestsolos.com/song/social-distortion-highway-101/) — Social Distortion · solo by Mike Ness · 2004 --- GreatestSolos ranks the greatest guitar solos by consensus across published lists. Agent guide: [llms.txt](https://greatestsolos.com/llms.txt) · [Sitemap](https://greatestsolos.com/sitemap.xml) · [Dataset (CSV)](https://greatestsolos.com/data/greatest-guitar-solos.csv) · [How we rank](https://greatestsolos.com/method/)