Lollipop Magazine

Solitude Aeturnus – Adagio – Review

June 1, 1999

Plodding nobly through doomy landscapes, evoking Trouble more than black metal or sludge. Broad strokes of guitar, with the mighty voice of Robert Lowe.

Me First and the Gimme Gimmes – Are a Drag – Review

June 1, 1999

With Fat Mike from NOFX, Joey and Dave from Lagwagon, Chris from No Use for a Name, and Spike from Fat’s mailroom, you kinda expect more.

ALL – Review

June 1, 1999

Spanning the years, the singers, and the nuances of style, ALL encompasses, ahem, the all of ALL.

Solarized – Jersey Devils – Review

June 1, 1999

Tuned low, dirty-sounding and mean, reeking of musty Sabbath riffs recently hung out to dry in the barren, windswept streets of a ghost town.

It Won’t Happen Again – Fiction

June 1, 1999

I have no idea why they call it blue balls. They should call it the icy hand of incompetence and incompleteness gripping your testicles. Blue balls is shorter.

Pissing Razors – Cast Down the Plague – Review

June 1, 1999

Tequila, Sepultura, noise, and destruction (not to mention kicking Machine Head’s ass) sound like the pastimes of this El Paso, TX band.

Solace – Jersey Devils – Review

June 1, 1999

Part early Soundgarden howls, Monster Magnet psychedelic drone, and Clutch jam, but perhaps I’m just searching for something other than Sabbath to reference.

Action League – “I’m a Member” – Review

June 1, 1999

Brit-influenced power-pop with a singer who yells with so much conviction that you wanna believe every thought that pops into his head.

Smack – On You – Review

June 1, 1999

Smack was a Finnish band who never really reached mainstream ears, but G’N’R, Nirvana, D.A.D., and Mudhoney. At least that’s what the CD’s liner notes say.

Hellchild – Circulating Contradiction – Review

June 1, 1999

As much as I think a lot of death metal and grindcore is pointless (not to mention over), I kinda like Hellchild.