Youngman's musical influences were Igor Stravinsky, John Lee Hooker, Rolling Stones, Bo Diddley, The Fugs, Philip Glass, The Velvet Underground, and Brian Eno.

As a licensed social worker, he worked with runaway teenagers, abused children, mentally ill people, gangs, drug addicts, and homeless families.

In Hollywood, California, he worked for the Travelers Aid Society,[1] at the Teen Canteen drop-in center as a counselor and outreach worker with runaway homeless teenagers.

"[2] After a near-fatal car accident in September 1969, Youngman retreated to Amsterdam to recuperate and conceptualize his next musical project.

The Motor City Mutants performed at many Michigan venues, including the Grande Ballroom and quickly gained a hardcore following.

His suicide attempt caused permanent neural damage to his left hand, and he was unable to play guitar for over a year.

Youngman's "Creeps at my Door", "Trapped like a Rat", and "Unter der Faust", a German version of The Rolling Stones "Under my Thumb".

After moving to New York City, with drummer Quito Ecuador to form Hooks, Youngman's rhythm guitar tracks were deleted.

Hooks began its musical odyssey in Hollywood in December 1978, when singer Sharon 7 teamed up with Youngman and drummer Quito Ecuador to record a demo of the Exciters' 1960s hit, "Tell Him".

Hooks single "Lipstick on Your Collar" and "Young and Boring" were produced by Roy Cicala and Sam Ginsberg of the Record Plant.

Hooks was featured on an NBC Nightly News segment in 1982 that explored the phenomenon of the Music Building on 8th Avenue', in the heart of NYC Garment District.

In 1982, she recruited Youngman, Quito, and Lou to create two original songs for her and back her up for a live performance on the Uncle Floyd Show.

Youngman left Hooks in 1983 after disagreements with the record producers and returned to Detroit to complete his academic studies.

With the assistance of Shelly, a dancer, Too Many Gods became regulars at the Limbo Lounge in the West Hollywood underground punk disco drag queen scene.

He released fourteen Mutant Press albums and produced over 200 CDs for local rap, hip hop, and punk rock artists.

Frank Moore & Mikee Labash (Love Underground Visionary Revolution)[3] from San Francisco joined the creative team after the 2004 Mother's Day performance at Kimos.

In 2004, after the death of his parents, Youngman and his wife Rocio returned to Long Beach, California, and produced the Mutant Press album Idiots Rule with Steve Loria (Spirit) on bass guitar and Phil Cohen (The Heaters) on drums.

Josie Cotton performed a cover of the Mutant Press song "Creeps at my Door" on her 2006 release entitled Movie Disaster Music.

In 2007, Robert Christgau wrote about Mutant Press “if the MC5 hadn't kicked the bucket, they'd be older and greyer than these guys, but not louder or more revolutionary.

His band, Mutant Press, performed at the 2008 South by Southwest Festival (SXSW) and became a regular presence on the 6th Street music scene.