September 2000 – Page 17 – Lollipop Magazine

Hell’s Angel – Sonny Barger – Review

September 1, 2000

If any American subgroup has a handle on nearly institutionalized rebellion and advanced fuck-you, it’s the infamous Oakland chapter of the Hell’s Angels.

The Candy Snatchers – “Survival of the Fittest” – Review

September 1, 2000

Primo Candy Snatcher raunch’n’roll wallow, rougher than ground-up rusty nails in yer coke.

Brewster’s Millions – Review

September 1, 2000

“If he wrote a treatise on hydraulic engineering it would sell over 300,000 copies.” What name-brand author could this flabbergasted blurb be describing?

Sinergy – To Hell and Back – Review

September 1, 2000

Children of Bodom’s Alexi Laiho still rips shit up on his geetar, and Kimberly Goss is belting it out more believably, but there’s still something missing.

Silent Majority – You Would Love to Know – Review

September 1, 2000

Lifetime bass lines, Braid guitar licks, nasty mosh grooves, and fundamental punk momentum atop complex melodies.

Sergio Vega – The Ray Martin Sessions – Review

September 1, 2000

Ex-Quicksand and once-temporary Deftones bassist Sergio Vega discovers that playing pop rock songs a la Elliott Smith and The Byrds is more liberating and fun.

Loose Lips – “Two Time Loser” – Review

September 1, 2000

Ain’t the best I’ve heard from these Bay Area junk rock lifers, but s’alright, cuz they’re New York Dolls fans with the decency to not try and dress like ’em.

Sea of Green – Northern Lights – Review

September 1, 2000

It’s loud, fuzzy, and drug-riddled, but with the psychosis of Monster Magnet replaced by the elegiac yearning of Swervedriver.

Billy Bacon and the Forbidden Pigs – Pig Latin – Review

September 1, 2000

The guy may not be Mex, but he sure as hell is TexMex and this comp of his stuff since the mid-’80s is built up on all that stuff that came before.

Savatage – Ghost in the Ruins – Review

September 1, 2000

Savatage’s classic line-up, this album’s main reason for existence is to hail the band’s fallen original guitarist Criss Oliva, killed in a car crash in 1993.