June 1997 – Page 10 – Lollipop Magazine

Spooky Ruben – Wendy McDonald Live – Review

June 1, 1997

It’s just a live CD (plus some other stuff) of Spooky Ruben. It’s pop. Whatever. But amongst that “other stuff” is something that really gets me, down deep.

Slumberland – Sleep That Burns – Review

June 1, 1997

Slumberland’s Sleep That Burns reminds me of what happened when the circus downsized and the strongman had to pull the tightrope walker’s job.

Skavoovie & The Epitones – Review

June 1, 1997

With half the ten-member band on brass, Skavoovie & The Epitones provide an unmatched super-phat horn sound.

Garbage Pail – Sample Questions from The Punker Aptitude Test – Column

June 1, 1997

If Bad Religion’s tour bus driving West at 69 mph, and collided with Def Leppard who were traveling East in a train going 92 mph, the resulting sound would be:

Sheep On Drugs – One For the Money – Review

June 1, 1997

Sheep on Drugs bastardize every genre, steal clips from anywhere and everywhere, and yet still write songs.

Sham 69 – Kings and Queens – Review

June 1, 1997

The songs collected on this disc, recorded between 1976 and 1978, hold up today. Actually, better than most first- and second-generation U.K. punk.

Garbage Pail – Scene Splicing – Column

June 1, 1997

Scene Splicing: Panterosmith. Sly and the Family Stone Temple Pilots. Ani DiFrankie Goes To Hollywood.

Regurgitator – Tu-Plang – Review

June 1, 1997

There’s no consistency between the tunes, and although each one is performed competently, there’s no sense of unity.

What The Hell Is Ska? – Column

June 1, 1997

Ska originated in Jamaica in the late 1950s and early 1960s as a hybrid of the island music with the American music that was trickling into the islands.

Puncture – Immune – Review

June 1, 1997

With distorted vocals, crisp drums, crunching guitars, and samples, Immune is a chaotic picture littered with the debris of a culture rapidly destroying itself.