Lollipop Magazine

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.

Devotchkas – Live Fast…Die Young – Review

March 29, 2002

Devotchkas are like a female version of The Unseen, but without the ability to write dumb punk songs well.

Glasseater – 7Yearsbadluck – Review

March 29, 2002

Glasseater are one of those not-very-good punk bands that copped a different, not-very-imaginative style (in this case hardcore yelling) and still sucks.

River City Rebels – Playing to Live, Living to Play – Review

March 22, 2002

Ye olde punk’n’roll, as much pub rock ’76 as Clash ’76. I’d like to say “honest, unpretentious working class rock and roll,” but really .what does that mean?

The Casualties – Die Hards – Review

March 22, 2002

The Casualties are a complete punk package that exploits every conceivable mannerism the movement ever created.

Lonely Kings – Jetlag – Review

March 22, 2002

Santa Cruz represents! Newcomers Jetlag team up with Lonely Kings, who’ve been pounding the streets since ’94.

Leftöver Crack – Mediocre Generica – Review

March 22, 2002

If ya never understood what crusty punk was and how it related to grindcore, and where NYC ska worked into this grimy punk thing, check out Leftöver Crack.

Jetlag – Lonely Kings – Review

March 22, 2002

Santa Cruz represents! Both bands draw influence from hardcore, punk, and the Deftones. Sometimes jazzing it up, sometimes hanging from the heartstrings.

Bigwig – An Invitation to Tragedy – Review

March 22, 2002

Guitar riffs fly everywhere, drums speed up and slow down, the whole band stops and starts on a dime, and they even find time to give the bassist some.