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Despite limited distribution, loyal readers ranged from coast to coast and included Rock Stars of various credibility, including Neurosis, Sonic Youth, Melvins, and Metallica. This 21st Century version of ümlaut has been ranting since 2004 and is also the co-author of the book Murder In The Front Row.http://haggisbuffet.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (ümlaut)Blogger1037125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7730495.post-7823397018970277170Mon, 29 Dec 2025 03:37:00 +00002025-12-28T19:37:31.648-08:00LemmyMotorhead http://haggisbuffet.blogspot.com/2025/12/ten-years-gone.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ümlaut)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7730495.post-3888952460245187119Tue, 21 Dec 2021 01:09:00 +00002021-12-22T02:50:36.541-08:00MetallicaMy thoughts on Metallica's 40th Anniversary: At the end of the 2nd night Lars told the crowd that the first time the band played San Francisco in 1982 it was a couple of miles from Chase Center at The Stone. A couple of hours later at the After Show party, I reminded Lars that the first time I met him and the band was at that first show a couple of miles away from Chase Center at The Stone. We http://haggisbuffet.blogspot.com/2021/12/muya-at-40.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ümlaut)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7730495.post-7925586843610096549Wed, 13 Dec 2017 06:03:00 +00002017-12-12T22:09:35.946-08:00The SmithereensI know I'm at "that" age when this kind of stuff happens.. but still.. Shit.. Another old rock hero gone!? I loved The Smithereens when they first came out.. Their first tour in 1987 at One Step Beyond in the 'burbs of Santa Clara.. Then the show at The Stone in San Francisco in 1988 which was one of the most drunken and great shows I've ever seen a band perform.. Pat got on his knees and http://haggisbuffet.blogspot.com/2017/12/strangers-when-we-meet.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ümlaut)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7730495.post-4547851027940492487Sun, 05 Nov 2017 19:01:00 +00002017-11-05T11:15:38.781-08:00Best of 2017Bruce DickisonIron MaidenBruce Dickinson Kepler's Books, Menlo Park, California November 2, 2017 Bruce Dickinson just completed another U.S. Tour this week and his first solo tour in 20 years.. Although here in the 21st Century it wasn't a band tour, but a spoken word trek to support his autobiography. Thankfully, the Bay Area was included in the itinerary with one of the only two West Coast appearances.   http://haggisbuffet.blogspot.com/2017/11/read-for-me-menlo-park.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ümlaut)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7730495.post-7033579901791369060Tue, 24 Oct 2017 20:59:00 +00002017-10-24T14:20:24.446-07:00Metal AllegianceMurder In The Front Row Yeah... posts to this site have dried up.. but that doesn't mean things aren't happening "behind the scenes" in the world of Umlaut. For example, this event that was announced today will happen during NAMM next January down in Anaheim. Check out the Metal Allegiance website for all the updates and details! We'll be returning to the House of Blues Anaheim on Thursday, January http://haggisbuffet.blogspot.com/2017/10/murder-x-metal-allegiance.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ümlaut)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7730495.post-7201941347655444103Mon, 11 Sep 2017 21:44:00 +00002017-09-11T14:46:44.558-07:009/11LemmyMotorheadNever forget.  Born to Lose.  Live to Win. 1981 http://haggisbuffet.blogspot.com/2017/09/911-never-forget.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ümlaut)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7730495.post-804616613235235938Mon, 04 Sep 2017 18:10:00 +00002017-09-04T11:42:55.620-07:00Dave HlubekMolly HatchetMy obligatory Dave Hlubek Peace in Rest post. Hlubek was one of my first guitar heroes and I was way into Molly Hatchet circa 1979-80 before I discovered NWOBHM. I loved Southern Rock as a kid because it was all about guitars, guitars, guitars. Yes, this suburban California Chinese kid was into Redneck Rock. I saw Hatchet twice on the 'Flirtin' with Disaster' and the 'Beatin' the Odds' tours. http://haggisbuffet.blogspot.com/2017/09/peace-in-rest-dave-hlubek.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ümlaut)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7730495.post-4748363502163376312Sun, 03 Sep 2017 20:50:00 +00002017-09-03T14:04:45.793-07:00Mongolian MetalI feel very bad for not posting about this sooner.. Especially because I've literally had the following book for 2 YEARS. I happened to come across it again as I was organizing my office and I must apologize to my friend Devon who gave it to me. Long story short, back in the Spring of 2015 Devon and his band Conquest For Death went on an amazing tour of Asia playing shows in Japan, Korea, China,http://haggisbuffet.blogspot.com/2017/09/mongolian-metalheads.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ümlaut)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7730495.post-5324114843486759032Sat, 15 Jul 2017 00:37:00 +00002017-07-15T08:13:04.451-07:00Best of 2017GhostPapa EmeritusFive years ago I met a Swedish guy in a new band on his first tour. He already knew about Murder In The Front Row before we met.. Which was kind of crazy. Fast forward 5 years and this friend's band is the sole support act on Iron Maiden's current North American Tour. A couple of weeks ago I bum rushed the meet & greet before this friend's band shared the stage with our old http://haggisbuffet.blogspot.com/2017/07/he-is.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ümlaut)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7730495.post-609381566737547420Thu, 29 Jun 2017 02:35:00 +00002017-06-28T19:55:57.763-07:00Celtic FrostHellhammerMurder In The Front RowTriptykonThis new photo by my Murder In The Front Row co-author Harald is beyond amazing to me!  It was taken at the With Full Force Festival in Germany last week when Harald and D.R.I. shared the bill with the legend Thomas Gabriel Fischer (aka Tom G. Warrior) and his current band Triptykon. In early 2010, I heard about a new book titled Only Death Is Real by Mr. Fischer chronicling the http://haggisbuffet.blogspot.com/2017/06/only-murder-is-real.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ümlaut)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7730495.post-2031130764144127579Tue, 09 May 2017 15:29:00 +00002017-05-09T08:29:03.100-07:00Cow PalaceMetallicaBackstage tonight in San Francisco in 1992.. Garth Brooks, Boyz II Men, and M.C. Hammer were ahead of his band in the Billboard charts that week. CDs were still sold in long boxes. The San Francisco Giants were 15-11 for the month and the Dodgers ended up finishing in last place that season. Dave Righetti was pitching for the Giants out of the bullpen. http://haggisbuffet.blogspot.com/2017/05/25-years-ago-tonight.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ümlaut)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7730495.post-7731384680145509826Sun, 09 Apr 2017 21:58:00 +00002017-04-10T07:55:27.039-07:00Best of 2017Iggy PopMetallicaMexico CityMetallica / Iggy Pop Foro Sol, Mexico City, Mexico March 3rd and 5th, 2017 Prior to leaving on this trip I traded messages with The Front Man and told him how seeing The Band in a foreign land has been on my bucket list for a long time (Vancouver doesn't count...).  Not long after arriving in Mexico City I saw The Front Man in person and we chatted about me seeing the band in a foreign http://haggisbuffet.blogspot.com/2017/04/no-remorse.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ümlaut)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7730495.post-5453943168985723210Mon, 03 Apr 2017 03:08:00 +00002017-04-05T14:45:45.837-07:00BaseballExodusMelvins Since today is Opening Day of the 2017 Major League Baseball season... After 13 years I'm struggling "creatively" to keep up with this space.  No, I'm not going to stop being Umlaut and I will continue to post here as the mood or opportunities strike me.  However, in order to keep things fun and interesting for myself I've now started to "blog" about baseball on a new site started http://haggisbuffet.blogspot.com/2017/04/baseball-uber-alles.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ümlaut)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7730495.post-4020307000328535276Thu, 23 Mar 2017 04:18:00 +00002017-03-23T07:27:39.692-07:00Iron MaidenOn this date in 1982 I went to Tower Records in Mountain View, California with my best friend at the time and we bought this new album that came out today.  We were already fanatical fans after finding the Killers album in the Tower import section a year or so before. I later found this Japanese import because I collected all my favorite albums on Japanese wax back then. Maiden http://haggisbuffet.blogspot.com/2017/03/35-years-ago-today.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ümlaut)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7730495.post-2110814239989632246Thu, 02 Feb 2017 15:47:00 +00002017-02-02T07:47:02.490-08:00ExodusMurder In The Front RowPaul Baloff Fifteen years ago today, Paul Baloff left this mortal coil at the too young age of 41. They say a picture is worth a thousand words.. so here are 2,000 words on Baloff. These photos were taken by the teenage me.  I took many photos of Exodus between 1982-85,  but these 2 images are my favorite ones of Baloff. The Stone, San Francisco March 5, 1983 Wolfgang's, San Francisco http://haggisbuffet.blogspot.com/2017/02/strike-of-beast-15-years-gone.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ümlaut)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7730495.post-8489475971295638186Mon, 30 Jan 2017 06:27:00 +00002017-01-29T22:41:53.874-08:00AcceptDirkschneiderSlim'sUdoDirkschneider  Slim's, San Francisco January 21, 2017 Since the world is going into the shitter, it was nice to start this new year with this time machine show as a distraction.  It had been pissing down rain all week as well.  However, this only added to the atmosphere for what turned out to be one of the best shows Umlaut has seen in awhile. As weird as it sounds, the last http://haggisbuffet.blogspot.com/2017/01/restless-and-wild.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ümlaut)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7730495.post-6086789424004703627Mon, 09 Jan 2017 20:18:00 +00002017-01-08T16:48:20.023-08:00LemmyMotorheadA year ago today. The teenage me will never be able to quite comprehend that I was invited to attend Lemmy's funeral and service. The adult me still can't quite believe they served guests shots of Jack Daniels in the lobby in Lemmy memorial cups. http://haggisbuffet.blogspot.com/2017/01/lived-to-win.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ümlaut)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7730495.post-6936496612194887370Sat, 31 Dec 2016 21:14:00 +00002017-01-01T12:01:59.655-08:00Best Of 2016Okay, throw 2016 into that box and nail it shut.  Here's my obligatory final blog post for this year...  To start, here are my 3 favorite photos from this year:   PHOTO 1: Taken on January 10th at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Los Angeles the day after I attended Lemmy's funeral.  After the memorial service at Forest Lawn the day before, Lemmy's ashes had been placed in http://haggisbuffet.blogspot.com/2016/12/moonage-daydream.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ümlaut)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7730495.post-3841260235593059447Tue, 29 Nov 2016 15:52:00 +00002016-11-29T08:14:00.004-08:00MetallicaThe Old Waldorf Where I was tonight in 1982 in San Francisco: A band from down south returned to S.F. to headline their first show here on a Metal Monday night. Also on the bill was Exodus with KRK. The nervous headliners taped a note to a monitor to remind them what to say to the audience. Adorable, right?   Afterwards at the hotel it raged late and I lied to my parents that I was crashing http://haggisbuffet.blogspot.com/2016/11/november-29th.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ümlaut)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7730495.post-7974586025028115239Fri, 18 Nov 2016 15:38:00 +00002016-11-18T08:07:37.583-08:00MetallicaTower Records My obligatory favorite band released their first new album in 8 years (!?) today.  Cliff was in the band for only 3 years and they wrote and recorded Kill 'Em All, Ride The Lightning, and Master Of Puppets in that time.  I know it was different times, the band guys were different people.. etc. etc. but still. That being said, I haven't been this close to a Metallica album release http://haggisbuffet.blogspot.com/2016/11/hardwired.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ümlaut)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7730495.post-9151746264760916451Sun, 06 Nov 2016 16:42:00 +00002016-11-06T16:46:04.187-08:00Metal ManiaMurder In The Front RowOld MetalSuper7Someone once said to me how The Bay Area needed to stop "holding on" to the old Murder In The Front Row days and we needed to "move on" and "get over it".  Yes, they were historic times, but that was then and this is now, and we're living in the past blah blah.  For the record, this person was not from The Bay Area. All I can say is for me personally I am not "holding on" to those dayshttp://haggisbuffet.blogspot.com/2016/11/a-year-ago-today.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ümlaut)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7730495.post-1227741832619825943Tue, 27 Sep 2016 14:26:00 +00002016-09-27T07:44:10.230-07:00Cliff BurtonDamn... 30 years ago today.. 10,950 days.  I wasn't going to post anything about this anniversary... but I decided I had to because.. you know... Cliff. Thirty years ago today I was at home and it was a Saturday.  I got a call from my old friend Dave Marrs.  Dave had been an original member of the Metallica road crew from the first No Life 'Til Leather demo-era shows through the http://haggisbuffet.blogspot.com/2016/09/thirty-years.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ümlaut)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7730495.post-3757020395884044384Sat, 17 Sep 2016 18:10:00 +00002016-09-17T14:00:24.085-07:00Best Of 2016Black SabbathOracle Arena Black Sabbath Oracle Arena, Oakland, California September 15, 2016   Next to Motörhead the band that influenced me the most in this lifetime has been Black Sabbath.  In high school the jocks liked Zeppelin.  The normal kids liked The Beatles. I gravitated to Black Sabbath.  Sabbath pointed me towards the dark path, which hasn't been that bad at all.  This final Bayhttp://haggisbuffet.blogspot.com/2016/09/the-end.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ümlaut)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7730495.post-9153447176014961584Sun, 04 Sep 2016 17:53:00 +00002016-09-04T12:08:29.340-07:00Murder In The Front RowFive years ago on this date, the pre-order for Murder In The Front Row launched on our publisher's website. Fast forward 1,825 days later and this hardcover thing is about to go into its 3rd printing.  Crazy. Murder has been blessed with proper distribution, and a worldwide network of friends, and has been confirmed to be on bookshelves in places like Mongolia (!), Russia, Europe, Japanhttp://haggisbuffet.blogspot.com/2016/09/five-years-of-murder.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ümlaut)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7730495.post-4124654443184630481Sat, 03 Sep 2016 18:41:00 +00002016-09-03T17:50:16.386-07:00ExodusThe RegencyWhiplashExodus The Regency, San Francisco September 1, 2016 It was bizarre that Exodus would be on this bill supporting Killswitch Engage, but that was the case as our favorite Thrash band signed on for 3 shows in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Las Vegas supporting KSE.  However, the bonus was that Gary Holt was back onstage with Exodus for these shows during a break in the Slayer http://haggisbuffet.blogspot.com/2016/09/the-golden-ticket.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ümlaut)