Lollipop Magazine

Pure Noise – Review

February 1, 1995

Six are known in the US.: The Obsessed, Kreator, Coroner, Celtic Frost, Voivod, and Helloween. The other 11 will debut in America on Noise.

Plank – at T.T. the Bear’s – Review

February 1, 1995

A number of scene notables turned out for the debut of Plank, a four-piece alternapop act fronted by the impressive Lisa Rahon.

Beyond the Beach – Review

February 1, 1995

A nineteen song compilation of instrumental surf music ranging from peppy rockers to sci-fi psychedelia soaked in reverb and salt spray atmosphere.

Overdose – with The Spudmonsters, Skrew at the Rat – Review

February 1, 1995

Big, hairy, scary, heavily-tattooed Brazilians with lots of hair cranking out tight-as-shit, multi-tempoed, heavy tunes.

Four – at Waltham’s Rendez-Vous – Review

February 1, 1995

For followers of the late ’80s Massachusetts suburban metal scene, a reincarnation of the much-loved and often overlooked Overdrive.

Graffic Traffic – Column

February 1, 1995

There’s Steve Bissette’s Tyrant. Set in the Cretaceous period, it gives an up-to-your-neck-in-flies-and-filth look at life and times in that era.

Write about Love – Fiction

February 1, 1995

It makes people feel funny, stupid, and important. Much the way large quantities of liquor make people feel. Only instead of puking, you (hopefully) get laid.

The Diamond Rams Club – Fiction

February 1, 1995

“If you’re ever in trouble, call that number,” he said. With his Spanish, it came out as “If you turn left at the chicken babies, then I wanted to dance.”

The Culture Bunker – Fiction

February 1, 1995

Things are looking bleak: Murder, suicide, fires, floods, and that seven-headed serpent that’s been outside my window singing the complete score from Showboat.

Something in Common – A Love Story – Fiction

February 1, 1995

The Adversary could not remember when he’d had more fun! Randy held him on the hood of the car and waved the gun about. The Adversary said softly, “I love you.”