Garbage Pail – Manson Queen – Column April 1, 1999 Starlet + Serial Killer/Psycho/Baddy = Your Androgynous Glam-Horror Name: Demi Dahmer, Sarah Michelle Hitler, Ally McVeigh…
American Goliath – Harvey Jacobs – Review April 1, 1999 Wondrous literate combination of historical fact and creative imagination recalls the hoax/miracle that healed the sick and gave hope to the hopeless.
Garbage Pail – Genetic Splicings I’d Hate to See – Column April 1, 1999 Genetic Splicings: George Michael Myers, Ron Howard Cosell, Tommy Lee Harvey Oswald.
Chamberlain – The Moon My Saddle – Review April 1, 1999 With images of wide horizons as backdrop, these boys from the Midwest dish out steady rock that will have you humming like a bee.
Virgos Merlot – Signs of a Vacant Soul – Interview April 1, 1999 An interview with guitarist Marchant
Chamberlain – Go Down Believing – Review April 1, 1999 Nice, mid-western rock ‘n’ roll with a John Cougar Mellencamp feel that conjures up images of wide open corn fields and bare interstate highways.
Garbage Pail – A Few of my Favorite Things… – Column April 1, 1999 Favorite band name to pronounce when you have a cold: Sebadoh
The Black Crowes – By Your Side – Review April 1, 1999 A knock-it-about rock record from these boys that catches us croakin’ and crowin’ stadium anthems like skinny days of yore.
The Ataris – Look Forward to Failure – Review April 1, 1999 With a six-song, 15-minute EP, The Ataris strut their stuff for Fat with the magical lighting of production whizzes Bill and Stephen of The Blasting Room.
Appleseed Cast – The End of the Ring Wars – Review April 1, 1999 I’ve heard my share of Sunny Day and Mineral sound-alikes, but these guys take the cake.