Downtown Pub signs Social D's Ness

MIKE NESS GOES DOWNTOWN: Downtown Music Publishing has signed Social Distortion’s Mike Ness and will now represent north of 60 titles from the influential SoCal band’s catalog, including their classic 1983 debut LP Mommy’s Little Monster, as well as the subsequent landmarks Prison Bound and Sex Love And Rock ‘N’ Roll. Social D’s seventh studio album, Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes (Epitaph), streeting in January, also falls under the agreement. Ness’ songs have been covered by Green Day, Face to Face and MXPX. (11/22a)