December 1995 – Page 2 – Lollipop Magazine

Big Country – Why The Long Face – Review

December 1, 1995

Guitars replace them kick-ass bagpipes, vocal harmonies still stacked to the ceiling. Pure guitar pop. I kinda dig some of the songs, but I miss the bagpipes.

Agnostic Front – Raw Unleashed – Review

December 1, 1995

I considered myself a solid Agnostic Front fan until I listened to the same songs with various levels of crappy recording for an hour straight.

Vagabonds: A Thin Lizzy Tribute – Review

December 1, 1995

Whoever thought it would be a good idea for a bunch of shitty bands to cover Thin Lizzy tunes must be at least partially insane.

This Is Boston, Not LA – Review

December 1, 1995

Even though these bands would go on to release some landmark material, no one has before or since released a record of such concentrated explosive punk energy.

The Doom Generation Soundtrack – Review

December 1, 1995

This soundtrack takes the same route the Natural Born Killers soundtrack took – threading the songs in the order of the film, with bits of dialogue thrown in.

Taste – Review

December 1, 1995

Frantically inspired scratchings and wailings from the scuff zone. Ostensibly the best of underground aural abrasion, primarily from the USA and Japan.

Step Right Up: Songs of Tom Waits – Review

December 1, 1995

Without Waits’ grizzled vocals and persona, most of these songs end up sounding like anything else by the bands performing them.

National Lampoon’s Senior Trip – Review

December 1, 1995

A bit of indie rock, some punkabilly, some rap-a-long, and The Jayhawks. Digable tunes by The Muffs, Our Lady Peace, Matthew Sweet, 311, God Lives Underwater.

Japanese/American Noise Treaty – Review

December 1, 1995

This is NOISE. No fucking around – two full-length discs of music that makes Neubauten and Whitehose seem like Madonna. And that’s a compliment.

Trapped Instinct – Alarm – Review

December 1, 1995

If you remixed the Chili Peppers’ first album and added scratching and funky samples and replaced Anthony with Mike Patton, you’d end up with Trapped Instinct.