sabresfaninthesouth
Lifelong Cynic
You don't have to get into them yourself to acknowledge what they did for the scene. I'm not personally a fan of a lot of the early NYHC acts like Warzone or Agnostic Front, but they did a lot for later acts.I never got into the Ramones. Can't believe I forgot the Misfits. And I don't know if I consider Social D punk, what with their newer grungy rockabilly stuff.
Social Distortion changed in the mid-80s, but they were definitely a pioneer of the early SoCal punk and hardcore scene in their first 8-10 years or so.