MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

What The Riff?!? hopes you enjoy our EIGHTH ANNUAL Christmas Rabbit Hole Episode in which we riff on the Christmas standards, classics, covers, and originals that make Christmas Rock!

This year, we’re covering:

Little Drummer Boy - Joan Jett & The Blackhearts.

Jingle Bell Rock - Daryl Hall & John Oates.

I Believe In Stanta Claus - Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton.

Please Daddy (Don't Get Drunk this Christmas) - John Denver.

Last Christmas - Wham!

White Christmas - Chicago.

O Holy Night - Michael McDonald.

Christmas at Ground Zero - "Wierd Al" Yankovic.

Grown Up Christmas List - Amy Grant.

Please Come Home for Christmas -Cheap Trick.

Hard Candy Christmas - Dolly Parton.

Redneck Christmas - Ray Stevens.

All I Want for Christmas is You

- Mariah Carey.

Rob riffs on the fifth studio album by No Doubt, “Rock Steady,” from December 2001 (Intro / Hella Good / Hey Baby / Platinum Blonde Life / Making Out).

STAFF PICKS: “Blurry” by Puddle of Mudd — Lynch. “In Too Deep” by Sum 41 — Bruce.

ENTERTAINMENT TRACK: “A Kaleidoscope of Mathematics” (from the motion picture "A Beautiful Mind").

Bruce riffs on the seventh studio album by Porcupine Tree, “In Absentia,” from September 2002 (Wedding Nails / Trains / The Sound of Muzak / Blackest Eyes).

STAFF PICKS: “Anger Rising” by Jerry Cantrell — Rob. “Fine Again” by Seether — Lynch. “Complicated” by Avril Lavigne — Bruce.

ENTERTAINMENT TRACK: “The Ballad of Serenity” (from the television series Firefly).

Wayne riffs on the fourth studio album by Kid Rock, "Devil Without a Cause,” from August 1998 (Bawitdaba / I Am the Bullgod / Somebody's Gotta Feel This / Cowboy).

STAFF PICKS:

“Closing Time” by Semisonic — Bruce.

“Blue on Black” by Kenny Wayne Shepherd — Rob.

"Inside Out” by Eve 6 — Lynch.

ENTERTAINMENT TRACK:

“It's Not Over” by Mark Isham (from the motion picture "Blade").

Lynch riffs on the debut studio album from Audioslave, eponymously entitled “Audioslave”from December 2002 (Cochise / Like a Stone / I am the Highway / Show Me How to Live).

STAFF PICKS: "

“Weathered” by Creed — Bruce. “

“Bullitproof” by Pacifier — Wayne.

“When I'm Gone” by 3 Doors Down — Rob.

ENTERTAINMENT/LAUGH TRACK:

“Evenstar” (from the motion picture "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers").

Lynch riffs on the Third studio album by Sublime “Sublime” from February 1996 (What I Got / April 29, 1992 / Doin' Time / Santeria).

STAFF PICKS: “Aeroplane” by Red Hot Chili Peppers — Rob.

“Fear of Falling” by The Badlees— Bruce. "

“In the Meantime” by Spacehog — Wayne.

ENTERTAINMENT TRACK:

Tuesday's Gone by Lynyrd Skynyrd (from the motion picture “Happy Gilmore”).

Rob riffs on the fourth studio album by Collective Soul “Dosage” from March 1999 (Tremble for My Beloved / Heavy / Slow / Run).

STAFF PICKS: “You Get What You Give” by New Radicals — Lynch

“Praise You” by Fatboy Slim— Bruce

Why I'm Here” by Oleander — Wayne

ENTERTAINMENT TRACK: “Main Title/Trinity Infinity” (from the motion picture "The Matrix").

**(NOTE: What the Riff?!? does not own the rights to any of these songs and we neither sell, nor profit from them. We share them so you can learn about them and purchase them for your own collections.)