Cheater Slicks – Forgive Thee – Review March 1, 1998 A two-CD grab bag of warped rock’n’roll stylin’s, not all of it bein’ the bumpy power grind of their live set or the highlights of past releases.
Bratface – Attention Deficit Disorder – Review March 1, 1998 Perhaps buried somewhere in this authentically shitty-sounding recording is a great fuck-all punk band, but I’ll be damned if I can hear it.
TV Terror – Review March 1, 1998 36 industrial bands covering TV theme songs! The best thing about these tracks is that they’re usually only as long as the original themes.
Born For Bliss – Flowing with the Flue – Review March 1, 1998 The Goth pretension shtick wears pretty thin when the passion coursing through the melody is textbook, spider-scrawled or not.
Apollo Four Forty – Electro Glide in Blue – Review March 1, 1998 I’m sure a good number of you have heard the Van Halen-inspired “Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Dub” by Apollo Four Forty. The album it’s off is Electro Glide in Blue.
AFI – Shut Your Mouth and Open Your Eyes – Review March 1, 1998 From the more hardcore side of punk rock, AFI has a surprising number of hooks and harmonies amidst all the shouting and chugging guitars.
Adhesive – Sideburner – Review March 1, 1998 Swedish speed punk tripping over itself with singable melodies, harmonies, and thundering drums. Adhesive is thoughtful, genuine, and hard-working.
The Essential Pebbles Collection – Review March 1, 1998 The Essential Pebbles Collection – Volume One, a bargain-priced two-disc collection skimming the most exquisitely curdled cream of the circa-’66 crop.
The Saints – (I’m) Stranded – Review March 1, 1998 At the vanguard of the new punk explosion, even though the album that followed, named for the single, mined a fairly-pure vein of derived sound.
The Saints – Howling – Review March 1, 1998 Only Bailey remains from the original lineup and the modernized sound is a far cry from the enlightened primitivism of the Ed Kuepper days.