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RIP Brent Liles

Submitted by Robert Daeley on Wed, 2007-01-24 13:41.

Sad news from Placentia — Brent Liles, former Social Distortion and Agent Orange bassist, was killed on January 18th after he was run over on his bicycle by a big rig truck. He was 43.

Liles joined Social Distortion in 1981 and played bass on the band’s groundbreaking “Mommy’s Little Monster” recording two years later. The album brought the group widespread acclaim and helped establish Social Distortion as one of the top punk rock acts in the nation.

But Liles and drummer Derek O’Brien quit the band during a New Year’s Eve performance in 1983 because they were fed up with the group’s internal turmoil.

Liles went on to play with other punk groups such as Agent Orange.



I was very sorry to hear of

Submitted by Lianna Ness (not verified) on Mon, 2007-02-19 23:52.

I was very sorry to hear of the loss of Brent. Though I only met him once and spoke on the phone a few times, he was always very sweet, funny and polite. It just seems so unfair that he was taken from the world so suddenly and violently. My condolences to his mom Carol.