Lollipop Magazine

Delta 9 – Disco Inferno – Review

June 1, 1997

Loud, distorted beats, high-to-superhigh BPMs, and a mix between distorted shouts, quotes from action/adventure movies, and sounds of destruction and violence.

Crumbox – Resident Double U – Review

June 1, 1997

Crumbox is from L.A. Their album was recorded in San Diego, and their label has a Laguna Beach, CA address. Yet they sound like Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

The Unpunk Album – Review

June 1, 1997

Based on the “Un-Cola” concept, The Unpunk Album stitches together snotty, hyperactive punk songs with a few mid-tempo shit tracks, to break up the monotony.

Cradle of Filth – Dusk and her Embrace – Review

June 1, 1997

Cradle of Filth have released an album with excellent production and decipherable music while still retaining their integrity and cultish underground following.

The Saint Soundtrack – Review

June 1, 1997

Toss it all together and voila! You’ve got yourself a million-selling soundtrack album!

Cocobat – Return of Grasshopper – Review

June 1, 1997

Japanese metalcore with novelty kitsch, sounds as heavy as John Candy’s lard butt, and lyrics that are both insightfully metaphoric and incitefully angry.

Clay People – Stone: Ten Stitches – Review

June 1, 1997

Growling like James Hetfield over Ministryish guitar heaviness is not the future, it’s the past. While outgrowing Goth is admirable, becoming powermetal isn’t.

Christdriver – Everything Burns – Review

June 1, 1997

The conceptual mix of heavy music backbone and long, crystal-clear sound clips I’ve always wanted to hear. A nightmare mix of having the stereo and the TV on.

Show and Tell – A Stormy Remembrance of TV Theme Songs – Review

June 1, 1997

A nostalgia joyride, strapped in A Clockwork Orange-style. The tape’s running at double-time. And the sound quality is decent at best. 35 songs is too many.

Canine – Review

June 1, 1997

This four-song cassette is a blend of rock, grunge, funk, and other similar genres. I saw them when they were Canine Guru, and they were pretty damn good.