1999 – Page 85 – Lollipop Magazine

Royal Trux – 3-Song EP – Review

January 1, 1999

Bad art ain’t excusable just cuz its creator is considered an artist.

Robert Pollard – Waved Out – Review

January 1, 1999

Truth is, as reflexively brilliant and endlessly prolific as Pollard remains, for a guy that puts out as much as he does, he’s the biggest rocktease around.

Ritual Carnage – The Highest Law – Review

January 1, 1999

Japanese death metallers Ritual Carnage is one of those bands that play with such ferocity that you forget they’re not making any new headway in the genre.

Riot – Shine On – Review

January 1, 1999

Although Reale and DiMeo are an admirable team, this competent self-important churn does little for me.

The New Guy’s Not Working Out – Fiction

January 1, 1999

It wasn’t like Willis to compromise, but the new guy was persuasive. They agreed to salvage the “Love” sign by changing it to “Love Jesus or Burn in Hell!”

Rasputina – How We Quit The Forest – Review

January 1, 1999

These three young corset-attired women decided to innovate, grabbing Chris Vrenna (X-NIN) to help produce, bringing in an electronic aspect to the chamber trio.

Pungent Stench – Praise the Names of the Musical Assassins – Review

January 1, 1999

19 songs spanning 70 minutes, the whole time I was thinking, “Yeah, I remember when I listened to a lot of shit that sounded this bad.”

Pulkas – Greed – Review

January 1, 1999

Angry, massive-sounding, and buzzing right along at that mid-tempo Machine Head cruise control, but this isn’t something I’d tear apart my room to find.

Primordial – Journey’s End – Review

January 1, 1999

Primordial’s second release is a damned fine collection of heavily Celtic-influenced songs similar to My Dying Bride with shades of Iron Maiden.

Poundhound – Massive Grooves – Review

January 1, 1999

Doug’s Poundhound project is (thankfully) very much like a King’s X record. Only Doug has, quite predictably, blasted it with heavier, bass-throbbing tones.