Lollipop Magazine

The Queers – A Day Late and a Dollar Short – Review

April 1, 1996

As great as Love Songs For the Retarded was, it was the earlier output from The Queers that got you pumped up to be as useless a moron as you could be.

A Few of my Favorite Things – Music for the Collapse of Civilization – Column

April 1, 1996

Last Exit: The four best musicians in NYC (Sonny Sharrock, Bill Laswell, Ronald Jackson, and Peter Brötzmann), on stage, completely improvised.

L.U.N.G.S. – A Better Class of Losers – Review

April 1, 1996

A Better Class of Losers is a multi-cultural debut combining the elements of hardcore, punk, metal, rap, and hip hop, and spitting it out with raging venom.

The Meanies – 10% Weird – Review

April 1, 1996

The Meanies may be 10% Weird, but they’re 90% pile-driving punk.

The Loudmouths – Review

April 1, 1996

Their debut record (17 songs, 29 minutes, you do the math!) is a gorgeously unpolished testament to the power of three-chord punk rock.

Leeway – Born To Expire/Desperate Measures – Review

April 1, 1996

Another NYHC retrospective/compilation from Another Planet brings us the wacky Leeway. Leeway’s material has always been more metal than hardcore.

The Elevator Drops – Pop Bus – Review

April 1, 1996

Despite all the gimmicks and publicity stunts, the music is still what matters most on this impressive and colorful debut.

Journey Into Darkness – Near Death Experience – Review

April 1, 1996

From lumbering repetition, to a chaotic climax, each song is a scene, building drama, expressing mood, yet linked with the rest to form a whole.

The Bouncing Souls – “Johnny X” – Review

April 1, 1996

They’re popular with the kids, and rightly so. They borrow from funcore bands like SNFU and Youth Brigade, and give it the young attitude those bands have lost.

Hypocrisy – Abducted – Review

April 1, 1996

The death roots intact, but exploring Pink Floydian tangents. Surprising are the fist bang anthems, twisted beyond pop only by Peter Tastgren’s gnarled growl.