February 2002 – Page 38 – Lollipop Magazine

Judas Priest – Stained Class – Review

February 15, 2002

Sin After Sin, Stained Class, Hell Bent for Leather, and Unleashed In the East: The silver gleamed, the riffs rifled, and Halford was at his high-flying’ best.

Bows – Cassidy – Review

February 15, 2002

Lead singer of Long Fin Killie, violinist for Mogwai, Luke Sutherland is all about whispered, disturbed vocals and lush harmonies with pointilistic drums.

Atombombpocketknife – God Save the ABPK – Review

February 15, 2002

I’m tryin’ to figure who this clunky monikered combo reminds me of… Poster Children? House of Large Sizes, only not as “heavy?” I dunno, Jawbox?

The Royal Fingers – Wild Eleki Deluxe – Review

February 15, 2002

Do they surf in Japan? The Ventures hit the country about a decade and a half after the U.S. Pacific Command and the kids dug ’em lots more, surfers or not.

Benediction – Organized Chaos – Review

February 15, 2002

My love/hate relationship with Benediction continues. Love cuz I’ve been a fan since their debut, hate cuz they’ve been stagnant now for over half a decade.

Eisheilig – Review

February 15, 2002

There’s something somber and sexy about a deep voice singing German. Eisheilig opens and closes their debut strongly, and they brush good points along the way.

Scissorfight – Mantrapping For Sport and Profit – Interview

February 15, 2002

An Interview with vocalist Ironlung

Dexter Romweber – Chased by Martians – Review

February 15, 2002

He doesn’t mix “the hip-hop with the Southern rock” but mines a woozy out-of-time, out-of-space reality from the Eisenhower era with a similar black/white mix.

Deicide – In Torment In Hell – Review

February 15, 2002

With their seventh and final record for Roadrunner, Deicide whimpers across the finish line with barely any balls intact.

Dead Kennedys – Plastic Surgery Disaster – In God We Trust, Inc. – Review

February 15, 2002

While now folks have the formula and can mass produce it, back then, it was oddball, irritating, and jarring off-the-wall unrock like nothing anyone had heard.