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What started as a hobby for New College of Florida students (and childhood friends) Kelly Ogden (bass/vocals) and Luis Cabeza (guitar) became a full-time career when Ogden and Cabeza decided to make their band, the Dollyrots, a full-time gig in 2000. The duo set off on a road trip to find a new home for the group and settled in Los Angeles in 2002; once there, the pair set about honing a sound inspired by the Ramones, the Pixies, and Green Day. Two years later, the band (which now included drummer Amy Wood) signed with Lookout!/Panic Button Records and released Eat My Heart Out. There's nothing new under the sun, especially in the world of Rock & Roll, and thank heaven for that. The Dollyrots are certainly nothing new -- no genre-transgressing experiments, no incongruous fusions, no mind-expanding instrumental solos or side-long suites. Just 13 tight, compact, sweet, and crunchy bursts of punky power pop. Imagine the Ramones with a girl singer and more than three chords (but not much more), or maybe Belly if Tanya Donelly didn't have that weird death thing going on. Eat My Heart Out starts off with a bang, with a brilliantly ambivalent kiss-off song titled "Kick Me to the Curb", then proceeds from strength to strength: "Jackie Chan" is just what you'd expect, a charmingly trashy celebration of kung fu movies in the guise of a breakup song; "Goodnight Tonight" couches sweetly adolescent love lyrics in grungy guitar noise over a 6/8 beat; the lyrics to "Dance With Me" read like they're probably supposed to be suggestive, but they just come across as innocently longing. Then they end the whole thing with a fantastic aggro arrangement of the Ronnie Spector classic "Be My Baby". Singer Kelly Ogden is what really makes this band work -- her voice is clear and sharp, and her delivery is by turns sweet and snotty. Very highly recommended. ~ Rick Anderson, all media guide

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Tracklist:

01. Kick Me To The Curb
02. Love You Most
03. Jackie Chan
04. Wreckage
05. Feed Me, Pet Me
06. Penny
07. Goodnight Tonight
08. Dance With Me
09. New College
10. Promised Call
11. Skinny
12. Nobody Else
13. Be My Baby

Produced by John Fields
Recorded by Chris Testa, Steven Miller & John Fields
Mixed by Steven Miller and John Fields
Recorded & Mixed at Capitol Records Studio B, Redstar, & Mansfield Lodge, CA

• Kelly Ogden - vocals, bass
• Luis Cabezas - guitar
• Amy Wood - drums

Original Release Date: 2003
Release Date: September 14, 2004
Label: Panic Button/Lookout
Catalog No.: 309-2