Lollipop Magazine

The Real Kids – Down to You – Review

June 1, 2000

Judging from this four-song EP, The Real Kids haven’t lost much steam, or grown up much. Convincingly chuckin’ out hook-heavy anthems to Teenage Lust.

The Quill – Review

June 1, 2000

Straight organic metal bridging ’70s hard rock structure, ’80s clarity and punch, and ’90s editing flow and power.

Peter Fruhmader – Richard Pinhas – Fossil Culture – Review

June 1, 2000

If I were blindfolded and asked to identify the mad geniuses behind this release, I’d probably guess Robert Fripp and Adrian Belew.

Peccatum – Oh, My Regrets – Review

June 1, 2000

Like Celtic Frost did on Into the Pandemonium, Peccatum accomplish the same eerie vibe, throwing in some blasting black metal riffs to add to the confusion.

Pantera – Reinventing The Steel – Review

June 1, 2000

Keeping it short, ear to the ground, logical, almost compact and punky, within the golden-handcuffed confines of the tin-foil-on-a-filling Pantera screech.

The Quiet Room – Reconceive – Review

June 1, 2000

Heavy, dark Dream Theater, with vocals from new guy Pete Jewell that oddly go to a Hetfield zone, really redefining the band’s mandate.

Pandemia – Spreading the Message – Review

June 1, 2000

Emerging from the Czech Republic, Pandemia unleash their smart brand of technical death metal with their US debut, Spreading The Message.

Orange Goblin – The Big Black – Review

June 1, 2000

Stuffed with Sabbathy guitar riffs, hard, physical vocals, and a ball-busting rhythm section that makes the considerable grooves trudge nimbly.

One Man Army – Last Word Spoken – Review

June 1, 2000

Part streetpunk, part gutsy rock’n’roll. Engineered by Kevin Army, produced by Billy Joe Armstrong: Guts’n’glory that ain’t all scrubbed clean of the burrs.

North Mississippi All Stars – Shake Hands with Shorty – Review

June 1, 2000

Boogie blues rooted in the country blues of the South/mid-South. If they can get to the tunes, they could pop out a “Brothers and Sisters” for this millennium.