April, 1999 | Lollipop Magazine

Legend of a Madman – A Tribute to Ozzy Osbourne – Review

April 1, 1999

The original band is doing just fine without your tribute, the songs were far better the first time, and who are these meatheads to tamper with a classic?

Bloody Red Battle Royal – Review

April 1, 1999

This compilation is more like a party than an eye-gougin’, back-breakin’, pile-drivin’ Texas chainsaw steelcage death match.

Honest Don’s Greatest Shits – Review

April 1, 1999

As a subsidiary of Fat Wreck Chords, Honest Don’s collects a song a piece from their smash-selling/up-and-coming roster.

Writers Wanted (for target practice) – Column

April 1, 1999

Journalism conveys information to the reader with as little bias as possible. Bad writing is the exact opposite. It conveys bias, with as little information as possible.

The Lonelies – Part One: Sunday Night – Fiction

April 1, 1999

Find me, I have placed myself in films just to help you locate me. Find me and we can then share the love neither of us has and it will be true and wonderful and eternal…

Seedy Haikus – Column

April 1, 1999

Cold, brilliant nutcase / Like the Pet Shop Boys if led / By Jack the Ripper.

Dare to Defy – Somewhere Between Poverty and Promise – Review

April 1, 1999

Compared to Napalm Death, Morbid Angel, and Madball, that’s not too far from the truth. Good or bad, Somewhere… does wear its influences on its sleeve.

Two Man Advantage – Drafted – Review

April 1, 1999

Produced by Down By Law’s Dave Smalley, Drafted sounds like a drunken brawl in the bleachers – loud, kinda mashed together, and belligerent.

Trance Atlantic Air Waves – The Energy of Sound – Review

April 1, 1999

They had a contest: “Update ancient techno-cheese.” And this came in fifth.

Damnation A.D. – Kingdom of Lost Souls – Review

April 1, 1999

10 songs of chugging guitars and catchy off-times, injected with dark melodies that thrust the music into a realm worthy of the blackest sabbaths.