Lollipop Magazine

Gothic Club Classics – Volume 1 – Review

June 4, 2001

Staples like Bauhaus and Fields of the Nephilim and “dance Goth,” “Goth rock,” and “Goth metal.” Plus Nick Cave, Diamanda Galas, and Einstüzende Neubauten.

Free the West Memphis Three – Review

June 4, 2001

It’s the kind of stuff that makes your blood boil. The kind of stuff that makes you wonder how some people can remember to breath when they’re this stupid.

Equal Vision Records Label Sampler – Review

June 4, 2001

It’s eerie how the best songs on here are from bands long since broken up.

Doomed – Review

June 4, 2001

Three CD set of known, kinda known, and new kids on the stoner/heavy/doom/apres-Sabbath rocker block. For about a buck more than you’d pay for a single disc.

Disarming Violence – Review

June 4, 2001

25 songs totaling more than an hour, all punk rock, all to benefit PAX, an anti-gun violence (not anti-gun) organization, what’s not to like?

Delivering the Goods – A Tribute to Judas Priest Vol. II – Review

June 4, 2001

A fine line between reverence, cuz the shit mattered, and chuckling cuz it was kinda silly. Ya gotta respect it, but you have to acknowledge the cheese.

Cheap Shots and Low Blows – TKO Singles & EPs Collection #1 1997-1998 – Review

June 4, 2001

Rare and way outta print stuff, this. Cheap Shots and Low Blows compiles the first nine 7″s and EPs TKO released ’97-’98.

Blitzkrieg Over You! – A Tribute to the Ramones – Review

June 4, 2001

Songs selected regardless of what decade they were recorded or what country the band is from. Shows how different cultures have been affected by the Ramones.

Blessed by the Night – The Dark Metal Compilation Vol. 1 – Review

June 4, 2001

Two full CDs of dark/black/Gothic/atmospheric metal with 28 mostly well-known purveyors of all that is dark, dismal and frighteningly sexy.

A Tribute to The Scorpions – Review

June 4, 2001

Love at First Sting brought guitarists to their knees, something it’s time for again with all the half-assed heroes with more facial piercings than chops.