1997 – Page 88 – Lollipop Magazine

Pat Boone – In A Metal Mood: No More Mr. Nice Guy – Review

April 1, 1997

Forty years later, Pat Boone has resurfaced with a project so absurd that it can’t be ignored. That’s right, friends, Pat Boone has gone metal.

Nipper! – Review

April 1, 1997

Has a lot in common with the first coupla Silver Jews records (except there’s more Malkmus and less Berman) and pre-“Cut Your Hair” Pavement in general.

Nefilim – Zoon – Review

April 1, 1997

The rumor that late ’80s Goth rock kings, Fields of the Nephilim, have returned is partially true, as is the rumor that the new band, Nefilim, is industrial.

Napalm Death – Coalesce – In Tongues We Speak – Review

April 1, 1997

The first split Napalm Death has done in their 15 year history is also the last recording with vocalist Mark ‘Barney’ Greenway.

Mortician – Hacked up for the Barbecue – Review

April 1, 1997

Vomiting into a toilet bowl and smashing your knuckles into something really hard, really fast sounds the same and is equally painful.

Morgion – Among Majestic Ruin – Review

April 1, 1997

Plodding through atmospheric doom, Morgion offers five new tracks from the studio session that produced two tracks for the In Memory of Celtic Frost tribute.

Metalheadz – Platinum Breakz – Review

April 1, 1997

Judged against just about any music released prior to the early nineties, Metalheadz Platinum Breakz sounds enticingly new and different.

Mazzy Star – Among My Swan – Review

April 1, 1997

Hope Sandoval’s sleepy, sexy vocals lounging disconsolately on a bed of notes that drip like deep blue crystal rain off Dave Roback’s guitar.

Les Secretaires Volantes – Thermoplastique – Review

April 1, 1997

Like any great punk rock record, the lyrics come second to the physical qualities – the sweat, the smoke, the blood and the puke breath.

Lazlo Bane – 11 Transistor – Review

April 1, 1997

A model of no frills simplicity, 11 Transistor is 99 and 44/100ths percent pure good times – it’s that other 56/100ths that’ll getcha.