January 2000 – Page 25 – Lollipop Magazine

No Borders – Review

January 1, 2000

Half Japanese, half American hardcore, many of the names here are familiar, and the others are the Japanese bands that make this comp worth listening to.

Never Give In – A Bad Brains Tribute – Review

January 1, 2000

How better to offer tribute to a band that criss-crossed punk, hardcore, metal, and reggae than to have a long and diverse comp that’s practically unlistenable?

Y2K – 1999: Metal’s Final Year? – Column

January 1, 2000

Maybe some of these bands will release their greatest work in the new millennium. They’ve tried the grunge thing, and they can only rehash their old tunes so many times before even the-stuck-in-the-’80s-fans realize they’re being duped.

My So-Called Punk Rock Life – Review

January 1, 2000

With 30 songs, 74 minutes-worth of material to choose from, there’s pretty much no way to lose on this sucker if yer into pop punk or punk rock.

Why the Music Industry is So Screwed Up – Column

January 1, 2000

There are too many bands with too little to say. People have told me it’s hard to write a great song. Really? If you can’t write enough good songs, you’re in the wrong fuckin’ line of work.

Megaded – A Tribute to Megadeth – Review

January 1, 2000

As usual, there’re a few moments of beauty, and a lot of bands you’ve never heard of doing covers of songs that were just fine before they touched them.

Kill Your Idols – This is Just the Beginning – Review

January 1, 2000

It’s good to hear traditional hardcore punk rock, especially since punk rock has turned into peppy pop and hardcore has turned into poorly-written metal.

The World Turned Upside (Again) – Fiction

January 1, 2000

It’s possible, then, that people in the year 3K might look back and say, “You know, those people back in the year 2000 were a bunch of fuckin’ douche bags, but look at this article here. This guy Ham seemed to’ve evolved himself into a sort of non-ape.”

Kiss of Death – A Sikk Tribute to Kiss – Review

January 1, 2000

As if Kiss weren’t enough of a parody, here’s the Dwell Records treatment of Kiss classics, as performed by mediocre death’n’growl bands you’ve never heard of.

Indulgence, Inc – A Tribute to Mötley Crüe – Review

January 1, 2000

Not just eighth-rate death metal, there’s garage, semi-industrial, punk, hard rock, and, um, bad bar rock bands. Most choose material from the first albums.