RYFHO!

Drunk Ted (DT) and Umlaut have known each other since The Grunge Days. Simply stated, we are twin sons of different mothers. Our Music Geek ways and experiences are so similar it's downright eerie. From Old Metal, to Grunge, to Rock we're twinsies.

Recently DT burned me copies of Vols. 2-4 of comp CD's that he made called Rock Your Fucking Head Off... DT's background on them is quintessential Music Geek:

"Rock Your Fucking Head Off is what I call my DJ gigs. I got it off an autograph Axl Rose did for a friend back in '87. It took Axl about 5 minutes to write it because he was so messed up. The comps are all my absolute favorite songs at whatever time I'm making them."

When Umlaut hung out with DT recently he played Vol. 4 of Rock Your Fucking Head Off in the car most of the time and I lost count of how many times I asked "Who is this??"

To say that the CD was "cool" is an understatement.

Dude, Vols. 2-4 of RYFHO clocks in at 78 songs and 3.7 hours of ROCK. The discs are all Umlaut has been listening to this week on iTunes / iPod in the car, at work, and at home. My favorite songs (so far) are 'C'mon C'mon C'mon' by Paul Westerberg and 'Down On Me' by the Hoodoo Gurus, but the entire collection has been rocking Umlaut's world.

For the record here's the track listing of RYFHO Vols. 2-4:

1. 1974 - Thee STP
2. Animal Instinct - Preacher's Kids
3. Are You Ready - Lazy Cowgirls
4. Baby Kisses - Doom Kounty Electric Chair
5. Babylon - Frankenstein 3000
6. Back Against The Wall - Lord High Fixers
7. Backstage - The Donnas
8. Better Off Alone - Midnight Thunder Express
9. Big Rig - The Donnas
10. Black Betty - Throttlerod
11. C'mon C'mon C'mon - Paul Westerberg
12. Can't Keep My Mind Off You - The Nomads
13. Chrome Helmet - Big Chief
14. Cold Ethyl - The Bulemics
15. Come A Day - Demons
16. Come And Get It - Locomotions
17. Communication Breakdown - Disengage
18. Dancefloor - Devil Rock Four
19. Disconnected - Kelly Osbourne
20. Do Anything You Want To Do - Eddie And The Hot Rods
21. DOA - Foo Fighters
22. Down On It - The Spitfires
23. Down On Me - Hoodoo Gurus
24. Drinks - American Heartbreak
25. Earn The Crown - Backyard Babes
26. Earthy - The Hydromatics
27. Frontside - Buck Cherry
28. Full Moon Crazy - Mustang
29. Genius - Peepshows
30. Get The Picture - Asteroid B612
31. Growing On Me - The Darkness
32. Have You Seen That Cat - Mother Superior
33. Headsprings - White Stripes
34. Heartbreaker - Two Point Eight
35. Hey Baby! - Deadbeats
36. Hit It On The Head - The Wildhearts
37. I'm A Believer - Rachel Bolan
38. I'm Flipped Out Over You - The Victims
39. I Am A Tree - Guided By Voices
40. I Live For Speed - Star Spangles
41. Intergalactic Sinners - Mustang
42. Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden
43. Keep Rock Clean - Rock 'N Roll Stormtroopers
44. Lit Up - Buck Cherry
45. Little Piece Of Action - The Makers
46. Loaded - Backstreet Girls
47. Money - Mustang
48. Money Or Your Life - The Dragons
49. Monster Kiss - Deadbeats
50. Move Over - Mensen
51. Neat Neat Neat - Adam West
52. Next To You - Anthrax
53. No Goddamn Phones - Gluecifer
54. No Stars Tonight - Fabulous Disaster
55. On The Outside - Marked Men
56. Psycho Desco - The Weaklings
57. Pucker Up - The Ends
58. Real Thick Head - Candy Snatchers
59. Rock Your Ass - Supersuckers
60. Roll With The Punches - Deadbeats
61. Sake Bomb - The D4
62. She Gets Away - Crash Kelly
63. Skip Steps 1 & 3 - Superchunk
64. Sniffin' Glue - Exploding Hearts
65. So Long Goodbye - Asteroid B612
66. Someone That Won't Let Me Go - The Wildhearts
67. Takin' A Ride - Candy Snatchers
68. Teenage Hypochondriac - The Heartaches
69. The Devil's Own - Hellride
70. The Night Billy Wanted To Fly - Streetwalkin' Cheetahs
71. They Will Destroy Us All (Without Mercy) - The Bronx
72. Tight - Black Halos
73. Top Alcohol (live) - The Nomads
74. Valentine Frankenstein - The Hydromatics
75. Wasn't Born To Work - The Nomads
76. Waste Of Flesh - The Makers
77. What We Do - Bump 'n Uglies
78. Worm Song - The Yobs

If you're on the Umlaut mailing list (and if you're not, you'll have to figure out how to join that Slaytanic group...) send me your mailing address and I'll burn you a CD of RYFHO Vols. 2-4 on an MP3 CD and snail mail it to you gratis.

On another note: On this date (August 16th) in 1977 Elvis Aaron Presley passed away AND KISS played the Cow Palace in San Francisco. Paul Stanley dedicated 'Rock And Roll All Nite' to The King. The Summer Of '77 was all about KISS and Star Wars for Umlaut.

Today (August 16th) is also my Mommy and Daddy's 54th Wedding Anniversary. Although they would be horrified to read the crap I post here, I love 'em ALOT... and I know they love me too (AWWW).

I must also give a shout out to my Auntie Barbara, who passed away this week. She and my late Uncle Bob lived in Quincy, Plumas County, California. I have wonderful memories of spending Summers at their house in The Sierras as a kid.

R.I.P. Auntie Barbara.