September 2000 – Page 14 – Lollipop Magazine

Reducers SF – “No Control” – Review

September 1, 2000

More great “street punk” for the liberty spike crowd (if they can pan up the necessary silver).

CJSS – Kings of The World – Review

September 1, 2000

A blast from the past, but so is bed-wetting… Never cared for David T. Chastain, his guitarwork, his songwriting, his production, or his taste.

Strung Out – The Element of Sonic Defiance – Review

September 1, 2000

An eight-song, 25-minute EP to tide over their ravenous fans until their next full-length (by punk standards, probably 30 minutes long).

Cephalic Carnage – Exploiting Dysfunction – Review

September 1, 2000

I’d given up hope on humorous grindcore until I played this disc. Imagine Mr. Bungle, Candiria, Pink Floyd, Acid Bath, and Impulse Manslaughter.

Lower Class Brats- “Glam Bastard” – Review

September 1, 2000

“Weird Al” would be pleased as punch with this parody of Mott the Hoople’s “All the Way to Memphis.” If it were funny, that is.

Caustic Resin – The Afterbirth – Review

September 1, 2000

Steel-shod jangle, a roughly-handled gritty “folkish” thing, Caustic Resin’s groove is a slow continual swap between a tumble and a dusty trudge.

Steve Stevens – Electric Flamenco – Review

September 1, 2000

Ex-Billy Idol guitarist Steve Stevens releases an almost hour-long acoustic flamenco record (despite the title).

Cash Audio – Green Bullet – Review

September 1, 2000

Loud’n’crude’n’hambone, subtle as a tireiron upside the skull, anger mebbe a forte as finger-pointin’ truth in songs like “Who Killed the Blues?”

Starlight Mints – The Dream that Stuff Was Made Of – Review

September 1, 2000

This band is a perfect example of why pop with string arrangements, quirky lyrics, weird sound effects, and baroque progressions will never go out of style.

John P. Strom / Sonny SixKiller – Super Heroes of Rock Team Up – Review

September 1, 2000

Super Hero #1 is a boring indie-rocker – don’t see what’s so super ’bout that. Superhero #2, Sonny SixKiller, is, unsurprisingly, also a boring indie rocker.