Joe Sherwood: Guitar, Vocals
Dave Bailey: Bass, Vocals
Brian Kelly: Drums
Influences
Bad Religion, Misfits, Fear Factory, Dead Kennedys, Pennywise, The Living End, AFI (old AFI, not their new shit), The Offspring, Rammstein, System of a Down, Municipal Waste, KMFDM, Metallica, Green Day, Tool, Soul Survivors, The Casualties, NOFX, The Talking Heads, The Beatles, The Subhumans, Rage Against the Machine, Nirvana, Jimi Hendrix, The Bouncing Souls, AC/DC, Anti-Flag, The Ramones, Pearl Jam, The Rolling Stones, The Doors, Rancid, Social Distortion, Lamb of God, Slightly Stupid, etc.
The Social Ills began in 2005 with Joe Sherwood and Dave Bailey jamming in Joe's garage to old Ramones, Dead Kennedys, and Misfits tunes. They both shared an interest in creating a hardcore punk rock band and thus, The Social Ills were born. For a year The Social Ills hit the Humboldt scene with a vengence. Over time, the original line-up went through many changes, but with the addition of Brian Kelly in November of 2007, The Social Ills found the right combination. Now as a punk rock three-piece, The Social Ills bring their hardcore punk music to the masses!
Invasion of the PromBots "Reactionary Life" ..
The Social Ills Live in Fortuna, CA
of course, we make a new sculpture for the race every year. this year we made a dragon out of scrap metal..the race is the last weekend of this month come check it out
YEH THATS THAT SHIT DAWG...YOU DOIN YOUR THANG!HERES A HOOK I MADE FOR YA'LL IF I RAPPED IT! "SOCIAL ILLS KILL THE COMPETITION- DRILLIN THE MESSAGE INTO THEIR SKULLS UNTIL THEY LISTEN-BY THE TIME SOCIAL ILLS FINISH-AS THE CROWD LOOKS THEY WILL BECOME AN ICON-IMPRINTED IN THEIR VISIONS AS A PRICELESS KNOWN IMAGE" -----ETHNIK (04-14-08)