Lollipop Magazine

Immortal – In The Heart of Winter – Review

June 1, 1999

Immortal have little in common with the atmospheric, keyboard-heavy style of fellow Norwegians. They favor a rawer, more brutal assault.

Garbage – Version 2.0 – Interview

June 1, 1999

An interview with Butch Vig

Mike Ness – Cheating at Solitaire – Review

June 1, 1999

Pounding drum beats, lazy-to-furious slide guitar, impeccable production, and the man’s scratchy vocal chordage.

Spock’s Beard – Day For Night – Review

June 1, 1999

A live and bouncy power chord/keyboard hybrid that sounds like heavy Yes mixed with Kansas, popped fresh with the creative hippy spirit of Phish.

Performance Anxiety – Fiction

June 1, 1999

I enjoyed all three shows, but came out of two annoyed by the actions of the performers – not because I didn’t like their acts, but by other stuff they did.

Michael Schenker Group – The Unforgiven – Review

June 1, 1999

Fat, groove-brimming riffs that borrow from the blues and the Gothic conventions that Schenker helped create, but bow to no sense of obviousness.

Spite – Bastard Complex – Review

June 1, 1999

Produced by Machine, this is foul-smelling, ground-in-dirt anger at a chaotic and fucked-up world, tearing at everything in an attempt at purification.

Hypocrisy – Hypocrisy Destroys Wacken – Review

June 1, 1999

With 11 live tracks (gorgeously produced, I might add) and four studio tracks, Hypocrisy Destroys Wacken is a must for die-hard fans.

Source Direct – Exorcise the Demons – Review

June 1, 1999

Drum’n’bass on a bad day. A modern techno nightmare, the soundtrack for a futuristic anime horror flick – one involving a lot of stalking and blood.

Liquor Lecture – The Parting Shot – Column

June 1, 1999

I had experimented with as many fermented chemicals as I cared to ingest. I’d found my likes, my dislikes, that which made me angry, sad, and projectile vomit.