Lollipop Magazine

Thursday – Full Collapse – Review

February 22, 2002

Interesting arpeggios and harmonies, loads of breakdowns, heartfelt singing, At The Drive-In-ish guitar pull-offs, and none of the stubborn predictability.

Hi-Standard – Love is a Battlefield – Review

February 22, 2002

They’re happy, Japanese, write criminally-catchy songs, and seem to have so much fun, you just can’t keep that punk-ass sneer on your face!

L.A. Guns – Man in the Moon – Review

February 22, 2002

Man in the Moon was to be a return to the classic style of the early and most-loved material. It’s not quite full circle, but it’s a start.

Hate – Holy Dead Trinity – Review

February 22, 2002

Equal parts Covenant’s weird riffage and Vader’s brutal assault, Hate plays finely-arranged death metal that is as powerful as it is well-written.

Thumb – 3 – Review

February 22, 2002

Thumb were doing the rap metal thing before it was fashionable, so time-served gives these German lads a bit of cred in a genre with absolutely none.

Hangnail – Clouds in the Head – Review

February 22, 2002

These guys ride a rocking horse between stompin’ “punk” like Electric Frankenstein and Zeke, and the kickass “stoner” like Nebula and The Mushroom River Band.

Halfway To Gone – High Five – Review

February 22, 2002

Formed by the ex-lead singer of NJ’s Solarized, Halfway to Gone are a brutal, more concise deployment of many of the same rockist elements.

Thrice – Identity Crisis – Review

February 22, 2002

Thrice go beyond NOFX drumming, they enter full-on Metallica “Battery” territory. A re-issue of a sold-out earlier pressing meant to simply wet yer whistle.

Nicky Skopelitis & Raoul Björkenheim – Revelator – Review

February 22, 2002

Two talented and adventurous guitarists play with new sounds. Sometimes the songs devolve into sheer noise and feedback, sometimes an acoustic track emerges.

Lacuna Coil – Unleashed Memories – Review

February 22, 2002

Nope. I still find them gloriously-produced (Grip Inc’s Waldemar Sorycha) male/female-vocaled Goth metal fluff skating dangerously close to pop diva shit.