June 2001 – Page 18 – Lollipop Magazine

Extreme Noise Terror – Being and Nothing – Review

June 1, 2001

Forever the most appropriately named grindcore band, Extreme Noise Terror hasn’t changed much since the heyday of mid-’80s England.

Damaged – Purified in Pain – Review

June 1, 2001

When Australia’s Damaged scored ex-Brutal Truth throat Kevin Sharp, they scored big. Sharp is one of the most diverse and aggressive singers in extreme music.

Every Mother’s Nightmare – Smokin’ Delta Voodoo – Review

June 1, 2001

EMN ’01 are a pretty cool cross between Tesla, L.A. Guns, Brother Cane, and Jackyl – not too, too Southern, but squarely on the roots/sleaze side of L.A.

Elegy – Forbidden Fruit – Review

June 1, 2001

While there’s a ballad here, most of the rest is fist-bangin’ good times, and there’re even a few double-bass thunders with scorching Yngwie-esque solos.

Crowbar – Sludge: The History of Crowbar – Review

June 1, 2001

They come to their grindcore slow pig-iron thick, like some hardcore bands did to express the downer nature of their reality in real, physical musical terms.

Electric Frankenstein – The Time is Now! – Review

June 1, 2001

If you aren’t cognizant of the growly/musclely buzzbombs these guys have been heavin’ since the mid-’90s, here’s the opportunity to blow this week’s beer money.

Crispus Attucks – (The First Album) – Review

June 1, 2001

14 songs in 24 minutes, all fast’n’furious, straightforward hardcore punk like those old skater videos we all grew up on.

Electric Frankenstein – Sick Songs – Review

June 1, 2001

Three reissues and a new one from these prolific punkrock to rockpunk rabble-rousers.

Electric Frankenstein – Conquers the World – Review

June 1, 2001

Really, these guys do what they do – jump in anywhere. Even the covers, and they do at least one per, are put through the mill and Frankensteized.

Electric Frankenstein – Annie’s Grave – Revidew

June 1, 2001

Another pie, another slice. The borrowed tune on this one’s a good one from the second Dead Boys album, “3rd Generation Nation,” done up with the zim and zigor.