band recorded new material for RCA which was released under the band name Ultra-V. The album, Bring on the Fuego, co-produced by Kennedy and Matt Wallace represented a departure stylistically from Ruth Ruth. Bassist Maggie Kim joined the group for a handful of shows. The song "Shut Your Mouth" was featured in the film Joyride. "Can I Crash Here Tonight?" was featured in the TV show Roswell. Shortly after the album's release, however, the group disbanded. In 2010, Kennedy collaborated with Kid Rock on a re-write of the Ultra-V song, "Playboy Mansion," entitled "Cucci Galore." "Cucci Galore" is on Kid Rock's album, Rebel Soul, released November 19, 2012. Return to Ruth Ruth In 2004, Kennedy, Lustig and Nakata reunited and released the album Right About Now, produced by Kennedy and released on their own label Flaming Peach Records. The album was critically well received and the band performed a handful of shows in New York City as well as the 9:30 Club in Washington D.C. with Everclear, but shortly thereafter, the group inexplicably disbanded once again. In 2009 the Ruth Ruth album Live in Toronto was released on In Music We Trust Records, a live recording culled from a 1996 CBC broadcast and was also very well received. Although there has been some mention in passing by Kennedy on the band's Facebook page about reformation, only they know if the band will get together. In 2016 Ruth Ruth decided to reform and recruit longtime friend and drummer Johnny Powers and continue to play shows in the NYC area. Discography Laughing Gallery (Ventrue Records/American Recordings, 1995) Brainiac / Love Potion No. 10 (1996, Deep Elm Records) Little Death (1996, Epitaph Records) Are You My Friend? (1998, RCA Records) Right About Now (2004, Flaming Peach Records) Live In Toronto (2009, In Music We Trust Records) External links Ruth Ruth - Facebook Ruth Ruth @ CDBaby 1950s Radio in Color - Amazon RCA Records artists Pop punk groups from New York (state) Musical groups established in 1993