March, 2002 | Lollipop Magazine

The Electric Hellfire Club – Electronomicon – Review

March 29, 2002

They mix modern technology with black metal, to an unusual effect. Their obsession with evil and all things Hell is well-founded, if a bit laughable at times.

Bane – Give Blood – Review

March 29, 2002

Bane spread the love by reminding us that everyday could be our last, and that you should “give blood” and whatever else you’ve got every moment.

Bad Astronaut – Armchair Martian – World’s IBC Heavyweight Championship: War of the Worlds – Review

March 29, 2002

Bad Astronaut (Joey [Lagwagon], Derrick [Lagwagon, Ataris], and Marko 72 [Sugarcult, Nerf Herder]) turn Armchair Martian’s whiskey tales into quivering dramas.

McRad – Absence of Sanity – Review

March 29, 2002

While I missed McRad at the time, they played with Minor Threat, JFA, Agnostic Front, Dag Nasty, Corrosion of Conformity, and plenty of others. Old but valid.

Ozma – Rock and Roll Part Three – Review

March 29, 2002

Pretty evenly split between mid-tempo Weezer rolling drone with falsetto highlights and dorky Nerf Herder reaching vocals and butt-wiggling powerpunk.

Jucifer – I Name You Destroyer – Review

March 29, 2002

Jucifer’s singer uses more personalities (not range) in her vocalizing; dreamy, heroin-soaked, noir foreboding, deathy growls/screeches, plain spoken “singing.”

As Friends Rust – Won – Review

March 29, 2002

As Friends Rust have moved away from the Hot Water Music-cum-Avail type of emo hardcore and into the more mature style of Dag Nasty, and all for the better.

Armchair Martian – Bad Astronaut – World’s IBC Heavyweight Championship: War of the Worlds – Review

March 29, 2002

Armchair Martian rework Bad Astronaut tunes into Ryan Adams on testosterone/liquor/depression.

Edguy – Mandrake – Review

March 29, 2002

The gutsy vocals give the often skippy classic heavy metal style a much-needed kick, but these Germans fill out the front of their tight trousers quite well.

Dogwood – Matt Aragon – Review

March 29, 2002

NOFXian drum thunder and neat production tricks don’t save predictable songwriting and the fact that the singer – husky voice or not – misses a lot of notes.