Casey Royer launched his career in 1979 at age 21 as the original drummer in US punksters Social Distortion.



Casey left the group a year later and played with the Adolescents as well as fronting his own band, D.I.



Casey Royer has returned for shows and recordings that have reunited the Adolescents over the years, and he also played with ADZ in the early 1990s.