June 1999 – Page 17 – Lollipop Magazine

Sick Of It All – Potential for a Fall – Review

June 1, 1999

Level-headed New York bruisers Sick Of It All have returned with their fifth full-length, Call to Arms, and the beating has never felt better.

Don’t Call Me Chief – Fiction

June 1, 1999

Life as a shortie shouldn’t be so rough. I was the naive kid who didn’t know he was a year too old to be wearing Underoos (hey, they were fun to wear).

Crash Test Dummies – Give Yourself a Hand – Interview

June 1, 1999

An interview with Brad Roberts

Most crouched fearful and dying in crumbling basements, under mattresses and couch cushions, wailing and bewildered, but a handful of the once proud and strongest as if summoned staggered beaten and bewildered to the lake shore. … You’re going to be late for work if you don’t hurry up. … I know.

Sense Field – Review

June 1, 1999

Where songs on Building were crammed with emotion, this new batch seem tired and stricken with ADD. Mid to slow tempos, accompanied by over-saturated guitars.

4HR Ramona – Pharmacy Park – Review

June 1, 1999

If Seattle drug bands coppin’ Mike Ness’ roots rock with readymade choruses wet yer panties, then 4 Hr. Ramona is better than a variable-speed vibrator.

Fatboy Slim – You’ve Come A Long Way, Baby – Review

June 1, 1999

You’ve Come Along Way, Baby? Damn straight. From the Housemartins to his last album, Better Living through Chemistry, to trendy sensation.

Sculpture – Review

June 1, 1999

Similar to bands like Cemetery, Dreadful Shadows, and Evereve, Sculpture mix the metal with the moodiness and have produced some fine, heavy Goth rock.

Nokturnal Mortum – To the Gates of – Review

June 1, 1999

It has subtle elements of pagan celebration and folklore, but this motherfucker starts in high gear and spends the whole 50 minutes flying by blurred scenery.

No Innocent Victim – Flesh and Blood – Review

June 1, 1999

No Innocent Victim plays old-meets-new-school hardcore with plenty of fast parts, not-so-fast parts, chugging parts, mosh parts, stomp parts, and polka beats.