If I was to make a "Top 10" category for albums that changed my life... this would probably be around #3. I didn't get into Social D... until probably my mid 20's... and then I discovered how important the lyrical content/stories are of the music you listen to. Mike Ness is brilliant and honest in his writting. This album was a big stepping stone for the band. A major label debut from a Punk Rock band right before the big... "Second Wave of Punk"! It speaks for it self, that this band made it on it's own without a "Pop-Culture Movement". No offense to Green Day.