September 1996 – Page 11 – Lollipop Magazine

Scorpions – Pure Instinct – Review

September 1, 1996

Years ago, the Scorpions patented formulas for melodic hard rock songs, both pounding hard and silky smooth, and Pure Instinct continues in that tradition

Scared of Chaka – The Gain / Scared of Chaka split – Review

September 1, 1996

Scared of Chaka are like the Queers on even more caffeine. This is the good stuff, like if Adrenalin O.D. played bubblegum punk and did it well.

Scarce – Deadsexy – Review

September 1, 1996

The disc captures the essence of the band’s live shows; it’s filled with high velocity, bold, ruggedly powerful tunes packed with musical detail.

Sackville – Low Ebb EP – Review

September 1, 1996

Imagine Crazy Horse as hoboes, minus Neil. That’s Sackville. Perfect for watching the leaves change and die while getting loaded on Old Crow.

Rotting Christ – Triarchy of the Lost Lovers – Review

September 1, 1996

Rotting Christ know how to write coherent, melodic songs. And, yes, they do have black metal names like Necromayhem, Mutilator, and Necrosavron.

Roger Miller – Benevolent Disruptive Ray – Review

September 1, 1996

Roger Miller had a very good reason for shirking the oblique cacophony he minted as guitarist and main songwriter for Mission of Burma – it was making him deaf.

Republica – Review

September 1, 1996

Not since C&C Music Factory or Lords of Acid have I been swayed by a beatbox thump, rock-hard guitar, and a sassy female vocalist oozing sexual attitude.

Red Five – Bunny – Review

September 1, 1996

Bass heavy powerpop with two female guitarists/vocalists, whose voices both land in Exene Cervenka/Deborah Harry territory.

Poundcake – Aloha Via Satellite – Review

September 1, 1996

This full-length features hook-filled tunes that could easily fall into the force-fed commercial radio overdose bin that makes a band really successful.

Porn Flakes – Moo Jack City – Review

September 1, 1996

Silly, sarcastic rap ‘n’ roll by a quirky quintet from Toledo, Ohio.