Lollipop Magazine

Sugar Ray – Floored – Review

September 1, 1997

If you were wondering who was gonna ride in the wake of hard rock/funk/hip hop heroes the Beastie Boys, check out a fab new band called Sugar Ray.

Vegas Vacation – Review

September 1, 1997

Zany Clark Griswold drags his lovely wife and two kids (played by, um, some new kids), off to Vegas for another two fun-filled hours of Ghastly Griswold Tales.

Stigmata – Hymns For An Unknown God – Review

September 1, 1997

A hardcore band with metal leanings, the riffs (with whammy bar tricks and soloing tidbits) drag Stigmata into the mud with the rest of the keep-at-it-guys.

Permafrost – In Harm’s Way – Interview

September 1, 1997

An interview with Ad Frank, Kevin Coombs, Adam Goodwin, Linda Pardee

Trigger Happy – Review

September 1, 1997

Trigger Happy never falls victim to its own stylishness, nor does it shoot itself in the foot while juggling too many egos and outlandish subplots.

Steadfast – Sixteen Reasons Why – Review

September 1, 1997

Four fresh-faced punks from CT with 16-song release with a lot of good stuff on it. The punkpop lessons of the Epitaph/Fat roster, filtered through Beach Boys.

Touch – Review

September 1, 1997

Unlike Leonard’s stylish Get Shorty, Touch is basically a syrupy love story with one small difference: This guy can heal people.

Statuesque – Angleterre – Review

September 1, 1997

Upbeat tunes meet moody lyrics about romantic disappointment delivered in a featherweight voice that keeps slipping into a high register without warning.

The Crucible – Review

September 1, 1997

It opens with a voodoo ritual in Puritan Salem where there’s a flash of nubile breasts and buttocks, and Winona Ryder killing a chicken and drinking its blood.

Skavoovie and the Epitones – Ripe – Review

September 1, 1997

Their second album, Ripe, is packed with Skavoovie’s swinging, raucously melodic brand of ska, but with an element their debut, Fat Footin’, lacked – maturity.