1996 – Page 26 – Lollipop Magazine

Sterling – “Everest Eyes” – Review

October 1, 1996

Every forgotten filler track on an ’80s pop or wimp metal album, infused with Pavement-like slacker noise, finds a foster home on Sterling’s 7″.

Speedy J – G Spot – Review

October 1, 1996

Best known for his remixes of other’s tracks, Speedy J is a techno artist/DJ who, in trying to move away from the rave scene, has sworn off DJing in clubs.

The Sons Of Hercules – “Spittin Fire” – Review

October 1, 1996

Trashy old boy rock with a solid bite. Great for those beer swillin’, brawl makin’ nights, hittin’ on all the purty gals.

Snuff – Snuff Said – Review

October 1, 1996

While Flibbidydibbidydob is a cool novelty item with its share of strong songs, it’s Snuff Said… whose absence makes any pop punk collection incomplete.

Snuff – Flibbidydibbidydob – Review

October 1, 1996

Fat Wreck have reissued their obscure Snuff Said… LP (including the first 7″) and an EP of cover tunes of everyone from the Who to GBH, Flibbidydibbidydob.

Scissorfight – “Human Head” – Review

October 1, 1996

Playing this one slower than it should be. The grind gets heavier, the already low Satan-meets-Tom Waits-on-a-bad-day growl bottoms out in a pit of gravel.

Magnatone – The Cretins / Magnatone split – Review

October 1, 1996

If you love sappy lyrics, and a sugar-coated voice to match, over new-school textbook pop punk, then look no further.

Saturn’s Flea Collar – Stretch To Activate – Review

October 1, 1996

Ex-Victim’s Family heaps on the weirdness with spaced out guitar, and lyrics like “I’ve never gone to the kitchen/In a wetsuit.”

Masquerade – Surface of Pain – Review

October 1, 1996

Now this powermetal stuff comes back in hordes, and the choruses are sounding more like Warrant every day. Can fat girls in spandex be far behind?

Samael – Passage – Review

October 1, 1996

Produced by one of the best, Waldemar Sorychta, Passage alternately chops like a deranged axeman, and flows smoothly and steadily like a glacier melting.