Lollipop Magazine

A Wilhelm Scream – Ruiner – Review

February 3, 2006

If you’re 16 and pissed at your parents, A Wilhelm Scream make sense. Anthemic, fist-pumping choruses? Metal as fuck riffs? Self-loathing lyrics? Check ’em all.

Anthrax – Anthrology: No Hit Wonders – Review

February 3, 2006

The veteran thrash band’s brightest moments during its fabled Belladonna era, no doubt to coincide with the reunification and touring cycles of said line-up.

Useless ID – Redemption – Review

February 3, 2006

They nailed the heartachy pop punk formula from the get-go, releasing two great records in the past few years to arrive at the excellence of Redemption.

Riddle of Steel – Got This Feelin’ – Interview

February 3, 2006

An interview with Jimmy Vavak (bass/vocals), Andrew Elstner (guitar/vocals), and Rob Smith (drums)

Nine Pound Hammer – Mulebite Deluxe – Review

February 3, 2006

Old school GTO drivin’, pissed off at your nowhere life, drinkin’ cheap beer and looking for a fight styled hick-core. Recorded back in the late ’80s.

Lagwagon – Resolve – Review

February 3, 2006

Melodically less stellar, Resolve’s main strength is in its words. As most know, original drummer Derrick Plourde took his own life earlier this year.

Iron Maiden – Death on the Road – Review

February 3, 2006

By no means essential with the plethora of available Maiden retrospectives and live albums, but if you’re a diehard, Death on the Road will serve you proudly.

Inquisition – Revolution: I Think It’s Called Inspiration – Review

February 3, 2006

Hard-hitting, but positive. Anthemic, but with bite. Modern, but unafraid to harken back to the golden age without sounding like riff plagiarists.

Idlewild – Warnings/Promises – Interview

February 3, 2006

An interview with vocalist Roddy Woomble

The Snow Prince – Review

February 3, 2006

I enjoyed the last two pages: A story he wrote for his niece when she was upset about moving. It hilarious and better by far than the rest of the book.