Lollipop Magazine

Integrity 2000 – Review

June 1, 1999

Twisted Dwid is prepared for the millennium. He’s got his “new” band, Integrity 2000, and he will crush all other metal bands on earth when Y2K kicks in.

The Other Y2K Problem – Fiction

June 1, 1999

Economists and world leaders are finally waking up to the fact that the horse lodging industry is lagging about 4,000 years behind where it should be.

Pro-Pain – Act of God – Review

June 1, 1999

Pro-Pain return with newfound energy. Ya gotta give these guys credit for stickin’ to their guns and pounding away at the same few chords.

Andrew Dice Clay – Filth – Review

June 1, 1999

15 minutes and a receding hairline later, the rhinestone-studded, black leather jacketed, neck-cracking, contorted, chain-smoking Bad Boy from Brooklyn is back.

Steel Prophet – Dark Hallucinations – Review

June 1, 1999

This reeks of the ’80s, unlike much of the new powermetal and heavy metal around these days. Equal parts mediocre thrash and wanking prog metal.

Dale Hawkins – Wildcat Tamer – Review

June 1, 1999

One could argue that “Susie Q” (which Hawkins has re-recorded for this record) was Dale Hawkins’ moment. If that’s the case it’s a helluva moment.

The Lonelies – Part Two – Fiction

June 1, 1999

As Will hurried through the dark, freezing streets, he thought about the plan: Get the hell out of this town, marry Winona Ryder, and live happily ever after. All he had to do was write a book…

Indecision – To Live and Die in New York City – Review

June 1, 1999

Although new vocalist Artie Phillie (ex-Milhouse) takes a while to get used to (he gave up his spazz growls for a traditional roar), his voice fits in.

Static-X – Wisconsin Death Trip – Review

June 1, 1999

A pretty good new metal band with plenty of Korn, Sepultura, and just enough Goth metal extravagance/weirdness to attract tattooed and overly-pierced “freaks.”

Amorphis – Tuonela – Review

June 1, 1999

As Amorphis moved through the years, they became the ultimate slash band, moving through death/doom, doom/folk and folk/death/progressive.