1997 – Page 92 – Lollipop Magazine

Downset – Do We Speak a Dead Language? – Review

February 1, 1997

Their music is tighter and meaner, with the hardcore parts more hardcore, and the hip-hop parts more hip-hop.

Warzone – The Sound of Revolution – Review

February 1, 1997

Eleven new tracks of fast, energetic, positive, straight-up, old school style New York hardcore played just right by the real McCoys.

Daisyhaze – The Big Burn – Review

February 1, 1997

All glitter & glam aside, The Big Burn is an excellent piece of minstrelsy. At first, it comes off Indie typical, but manages to turn around slowly and subtly.

Daddy Black Boots – Sticker – Review

February 1, 1997

DBB takes the groove of Stickmen, the vocal sarcasm (sans screams) of Sam Black Church, and adds in the choppy start/stops of Stompbox.

Wipeout XL – Review

February 1, 1997

This soundtrack is a near-perfect showcase for some of the ballsiest material that ’90s electronica has to offer.

Crown of Thornz – Mentally Vexed – Review

February 1, 1997

The music is a perfect example of everything that was good in New York’s hardcore heyday; melodic, heavy, and influential.

WAAF Live CD – Unusual Suspects – Review

February 1, 1997

There’s really a few choice cuts on Unusual Suspects, mostly live studio recordings (too bad all that on-air patter detracts from the flow of the music…).

Cop Shoot Cop – Meathead – Dick Smoker Plus – Review

February 1, 1997

Meathead and Cop Shoot Cop remix songs by each other, but still can’t disguise the fact that the songs aren’t very interesting.

The World Still Won’t Listen – A Tribute to the Smiths – Review

February 1, 1997

Morrissey and Marr, as verbose, jocose and morose as any, reinterpreted by a gang of meat-munching, instrument-trashing, machismo-heavy hardcore bands.

Circus Of Pain – The Swamp Meat Intoxicatio – Review

February 1, 1997

The Swamp Terrorists team up with Meathead for half an hour-plus of throbbing new songs.