Jonny Two Bags

Whether he's in <a href="spotify:artist:16nn7kCHPWIB6uK09GQCNI">Social Distortion</a> or playing solo, the musician born as Johnny Wickersham performs under the pseudonym Jonny Two Bags. He launched his solo career in 2012, nearly a decade after he joined <a href="spotify:artist:16nn7kCHPWIB6uK09GQCNI">Social Distortion</a> and nearly 20 years after he made his professional debut as the leader of <a href="spotify:artist:3rv12AFQxOKtgQCkpGVU70">the Cadillac Tramps</a>.

That capsule history suggests just how deep Wickersham's musical roots lie. A native of Southern California and son of a professional musician, he grew up a rockabilly punk kid in the early '80s, learning about music through <a href="spotify:artist:5dr7fkIRO4K14g7U8SCue5">the Blasters</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:54NqjhP2rT524Mi2GicG4K">X</a>. His own bands soon followed and that included <a href="spotify:artist:3rv12AFQxOKtgQCkpGVU70">the Cadillac Tramps</a>, who released their debut album, Tombstone Radio, in 1993. Two more albums with <a href="spotify:artist:3rv12AFQxOKtgQCkpGVU70">the Cadillac Tramps</a> followed -- 1994's It's Allright, 1995's Cadillac Hearse -- and while the group never disbanded, he jumped into <a href="spotify:artist:5drRnXQdotVEC2QnVd0hFP">Youth Brigade</a> in 1996, appearing on their To Sell the Truth record. Three years later, he was playing with <a href="spotify:artist:2yu3SWTzbVW04uIxegRzkP">U.S. Bombs</a>, appearing on The World, but the next big shift in his career occurred when he replaced his late friend Dennis Danell in <a href="spotify:artist:16nn7kCHPWIB6uK09GQCNI">Social Distortion</a> in 2000.

The first <a href="spotify:artist:16nn7kCHPWIB6uK09GQCNI">Social Distortion</a> album to feature Wickersham was 2004's Sex, Love & Rock 'n' Roll and he followed lead singer <a href="spotify:artist:1r2U8cAvK4omurH0XzwX7C">Mike Ness</a> into the vocalist's 2008 solo tour. <a href="spotify:artist:16nn7kCHPWIB6uK09GQCNI">Social Distortion</a> may have been his main gig but Wickersham would still play with old friends, sitting in with <a href="spotify:artist:2yu3SWTzbVW04uIxegRzkP">U.S. Bombs</a> on a 2010 tour and putting out his own 7" single in 2012. In 2014, he took the plunge into a full-fledged solo project with Salvation Town, a muscular roots rock record. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rovi