Lollipop Magazine

Compulsion – “How Do I Breathe” – Review

December 1, 1995

Thick and melodic in a faux lumberjack kinda way. Guitar rock in between the fluf/Overwhelming Colorfast sensitive bigboy camp and Jesus Lizard.

Cock Sparrer – Run Away – Review

December 1, 1995

An exhaustive retrospective would be more in order than an EP designed for Cock Sparrer completists only.

Christian Death – Amen – Review

December 1, 1995

Christian Death just isn’t the same without Rozz Williams or Gitane Demone. But Amen isn’t all bad. A double live CD with extremely good recording quality.

Chris Haskett – Language – Review

December 1, 1995

Super-artsy, deft guitar playing with random sound bites and occasional cello and viola, released by Henry Rollins’ label.

Cheater Slicks – Don’t Like You – Review

December 1, 1995

At times, they out-Stooge the Stooges with their metal-grinder meets spin-cycle guitars. The harmonica and swampy rockabilly feel reminds me of Blues Explosion.

Chaos UK – Floggin’ the Corpse – Review

December 1, 1995

Among the inventors of crust. This is a marginally listenable live recording from ’83, four unreleased studio tracks, and outtakes from the UK/DK soundtrack.

Cause For Alarm – Warzone – split – Review

December 1, 1995

Within seconds, you know you’re dealing with old school NYHC. Fast, simple, thoughtful, and fuck-the-system (in an intelligent way, of course).

Black Grape – It’s Great When You’re Straight…Yeah – Review

December 1, 1995

In the late ’80s/early ’90s, the Happy Mondays were legendary for their debauchery. Is Black Grape as good as the Mondays? Better – by a long shot.

Under the Volcano – #27 – Review

December 1, 1995

A short, bitterly transcendent fiction piece entitled “Why I Ate My Wife” by M. Gira of Swans, and an interview. A fanzine, sometimes marshmallowy positive.

Out of Bounds – Review

December 1, 1995

Out of Bounds is a political ‘zine, and as ‘zines go, its viewpoints are not particularly beyond the pale. A lot of non-music ‘zine reviews.