Editing Social Distortion (section)

===Subsequent activities and departure of Quintana (2005–2009)===
Social Distortion continued touring on and off between 2005 and 2007. The band was scheduled to headline the [[Soundwave (Australian music festival)|Soundwave Festival]] in Australia in February–March 2008, along with [[Incubus (band)|Incubus]] and [[The Offspring]], but they cancelled their appearance and released the following statement:

<blockquote>Due to circumstances beyond our control, Social Distortion is regrettably unable to perform at Soundwave Festival 2008 in Australia and must officially withdraw from the bill. We apologise for any inconvenience to our Australian fans and hope to make it there as soon as possible.</blockquote>

During this time, the band played with various other bands, including [[Versus the World (band)|Versus the World]], [[Tsar (band)|Tsar]], [[Shooter Jennings]], [[I Hate Kate]], [[the Black Halos]], [[Flogging Molly]], [[Nine Black Alps]], [[Supersuckers]], [[Blackpool Lights]], the [[Lost City Angels]], the [[Street Dogs]], the [[Backyard Babies]], [[The Hangmen (British band)|the Hangmen]], [[the Eyeliners]], Cooper, the Stun Gunz, [[Mest]], [[Bullets and Octane]], and [[the Dead 60s]].

In February 2006, Ness was injured and broke his wrist in a [[skateboard]]ing accident. For several months, [[T.S.O.L.]] guitarist [[Ron Emory]] and [[The Hangmen (British band)|the Hangmen]]'s Bryan Small played guitar while Ness sang with his arm in a cast and sling.

Original member [[Brent Liles]], who played bass on ''Mommy's Little Monster,'' died on January 18, 2007, after being hit by a [[semi-trailer truck|semi truck]] while riding a [[dirt bike]] in [[Placentia, California]].<ref name="liles">[http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/homepage/abox/article_1550716.php "Early Social Distortion bassist ID'd in wreck"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070304145104/http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/homepage/abox/article_1550716.php |date=March 4, 2007 }}. OCRegister.com. January 21, 2007. Retrieved on February 24, 2007.</ref>

Social Distortion released its first ''[[Greatest Hits (Social Distortion album)|Greatest Hits]]'' compilation on June 26, 2007. It includes hit singles from ''[[Mommy's Little Monster (album)|Mommy's Little Monster]]'' to ''[[Sex, Love and Rock 'n' Roll]]'', yet lacks any song from ''[[Mainliner: Wreckage From the Past|Mainliner]]''. Along with a new studio recording of the song, "[[Far Behind (Social Distortion song)|Far Behind]]", new studio recordings of 6 of their classic songs are included as well. Rerecording these songs allowed the band to own rights to them again, instead of Epic (their former label) owning them. Through iTunes in the U.S., as a download only, the Greatest Hits also includes a new Social Distortion cover version of the Chuck Berry classic "Maybellene". Ness stated in an interview that this ''Greatest Hits'' technically means "what was good with radio".<ref>{{cite web|last=Coddon |first=David L. |url=http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/features/20070517-9999-lz1w17ness.html |title=News > Features – Mike Ness wants to have a few words with you |publisher=SignOnSanDiego.com |date=May 17, 2007 |access-date=October 28, 2011}}</ref> Ness also stated in the same interview that "we may follow this up with something that is more essential Social D. – songs that are the band's favorites."

In April 2009 the band announced that longtime drummer [[Charlie Quintana]] was leaving the band:

<blockquote>After ten amazing years behind the drum kit for Social Distortion, Charlie "Chalo" Quintana has announced he's moving on to explore other musical opportunities. Charlie had this to say about his departure, "Playing with Social D for ten years was a good time in my life. I was lucky to play on two Social D records and the second solo album, and I am proud to have been part of the band. We hit some spectacular heights which I will never forget – adios amigos!"<ref name="news 4-23-09">{{cite web|title = Thank You Charlie Quintana for Ten Great Years!|date = April 23, 2009|url = http://www.socialdistortion.com/news/|publisher = Socialdistortion.com|access-date = April 23, 2009}}</ref><ref name="punknews atom">{{cite web|title = Atom Willard joins Social Distortion, replacing departing Charlie 'Chalo' Quintana|date = April 23, 2009|url = http://www.punknews.org/article/33241|publisher = Punknews.org|access-date = April 23, 2009}}</ref></blockquote>

Quintana's replacement was announced as [[Angels & Airwaves]] drummer [[Adam Willard|Adam "Atom" Willard]], formerly of [[Rocket from the Crypt]] and [[The Offspring]].<ref name="news 4-23-09"/><ref name="punknews atom"/>

A European tour together with [[the Gaslight Anthem]] followed in June 2009 as part of the band's 30th anniversary of underground Rock'n'Roll.