Social Distortion [1996] White Light-White Heat-White Trash

White Light, White Heat, White Trash (aka WLWHWT) is the fifth album by American punk rock band, Social Distortion, released on September 17, 1996 by Epic Records. The album was produced by Michael Beinhorn. White Light, White Heat, White Trash is the last Social Distortion album to feature guitarist Dennis Danell who died on February 29, 2000 of a brain aneurysm at the age of 38[1]. It is also the band's last release on Epic Records. The album got Social Distortion's highest ever chart position, debuting at #27 on the Billboard 200 charts. Stylistically, the album is harder and considered a return to their punk roots.









The title of the album is a play on the Velvet Underground album, White Light/White Heat (1968). The Velvet Underground record is known for being one of the most original, and likely the heaviest, records of the time, just as White Light, White Heat, White Trash for Social Distortion has a harder sound than those albums preceding it.