April 1996 – Page 12 – Lollipop Magazine

Snuff – with Lunachicks, NOFX at Avalon – Review

April 1, 1996

British pop punk with horns and keyboards. English bar rock, sing-a-long, raise your beer to the celebration stuff.

Salt – with Local H, Mystery Machine at The Middle East Cafe – Review

April 1, 1996

Just about anyone can sound decent on a recording. Salt rocked the house and sounded as good live, if not even better, than they do on record.

Cine-Trash – The Hand – Column

April 1, 1996

Flat, wooden performances, alarmingly static direction, and a plotline both confusing and dull, combine to make The Hand a natural born killjoy.

NOFX – with Lunachicks, Snuff at Avalon – Review

April 1, 1996

They play with such spite and sarcastic venom, they make the glossy sneer of the young ‘uns look like the fashion statement I always suspected it to be.

Neptune – with Double Dong, Turkish Delight at The Middle East Cafe – Review

April 1, 1996

Sporting an industrial edge with homemade instruments of garbage, bicycle wheels, and saw blades, combined with their traditional stringed counterparts.

Napalm Death – at The Rat – Review

April 1, 1996

Earlier stuff doesn’t have a lot of variation, but newer songs, like “Cursed To Crawl,” mix slower, darker sounds with the signature ND grindcore attack.

Mystery Machine – with Local H, Salt at The Middle East Cafe – Review

April 1, 1996

The band played with a lot of energy, but their music was rather simplistic and repetitive.

Magnolia Thunder Finger – with The Dickies, The Incinerators, 90 Proof at Satyricon, Portland, OR – Review

April 1, 1996

These guys take the primal rock ‘n’ roll approach to their punk, although it’s via England, not Memphis.

Lunachicks – with Snuff, NOFX at Avalon – Review

April 1, 1996

The Lunachicks looked gorgeously trashy. They’ve always been far better live than on any record yet.

Local H – with Salt, Mystery Machine at The Middle East Cafe – Review

April 1, 1996

They had a full sound and played in a variety of styles with nice dirty grooves and beautifully executed pregnant pauses. They even showcased a few ballads.