Lollipop Magazine

The Living Daylights – Give Til It Hurts – Review

September 1, 1995

Snappily-dressing gents with a firm grasp on how to write a hook. The production lush and professional, yet still sounds like a wild live band.

The Hatters – You Will Be You – Review

September 1, 1995

Another cringe-laden pastiche of arena-metal-meets-Chili-Peppers-diarrhea.

Lint – “Too Few” – Review

July 1, 1995

Only one side, wrapped in pink cellophane. The other side was glued to a Tony Bennett 7″. “Too Few” sounds like a mellow Hole song.

Roadsaw – $1,000,000 – Review

July 1, 1995

Call it metal, call it hard rock, at its core, Roadsaw’s sound is like granite. They ain’t even afraid to throw in melody and cool hooks within the grooves.

For Love Not Lisa – Information Superdriveway – Review

July 1, 1995

Some tunes grab me by the ears and throw me around the room. Others sound like tunes from the Stone Temple scrap heap.

Popa Chubby – Booty and the Beast – Review

July 1, 1995

The New York-based Chubby played with punk god Richard Hell at one time, where he picked up some punk intensity to add to his spirited blues style.

Otis – Review

July 1, 1995

Chunky and full of rich guitar solos, Otis satisfies. Singer Kev O. Matic has been studying his Cobain with good results.

E. Coli – 0157H7- Review

July 1, 1995

Gorgeously slow and noisy. A trip through sub atomic landscapes with your host, Capt. Valium.

Marcellus Hall – 4-Track Recordings – Review

July 1, 1995

Psychedelic-tinged blues-stylings from the Railroad Jerk frontman. A friend of mine took one listen and termed it “hippie music;” I guess that’s pretty apt.

Bananocide – Express Your Overdose – Review

July 1, 1995

Well produced, metallish. Turns into Pearl Jam after a few songs. If you like it, get it.

The Good Life – Three Songs – Review

July 1, 1995

The lyrics are tight. The guitars are creepy, the drums wander around the set, and the solo rips in a classic rock/Black Crowes festival of music.

4 – The Past and the Present – Review

July 1, 1995

Zep-style guitars, weird and wild drum sound, distorted, dissident, and choppy everything else. Renews my faith in innovative rock.

Speyemusic – Review

July 1, 1995

A talented grunge-punk band. They’re tight, competent, and chock full of potential. I’d like to see them live.

Second Balcony Jump – Wired On Thought – Review

July 1, 1995

Catchy rock with good grooves and sharp hooks. Gonna be great live; there’s a lot of energy in here.

Thought Junkie – Review

June 1, 1995

When these guys get supported and go into a decent studio, they’ll be able to compete with the MTV “Collective Soul” crowd.

Special Head – “Mental Dam” / “Hag” – Review

June 1, 1995

Special Head have the disgruntled, butch-but-attractive tough chick-metal attitude of L7. They wear it well.

Swinging Steaks – Suicide at the Wishing Well – Review

June 1, 1995

Long necks on a sawdust floor, pedal steel guitars, jump up and dance to the upbeat rhythms of country rock.

Season To Risk – In A Perfect World – Review

June 1, 1995

The vocalist sings through an amped-up bull cone. They’ve opened up for Prong, Pain Teens, and Unsane. They’ve got a lot to live up to. They deliver.

Marshall Chapman – It’s About Time… – Review

June 1, 1995

Recorded live at the Tennessee State Prison For Women, this CD offers a pretty standard dose of bluesy rock with a distinct country flavor.

Love Battery – Straight Freak Ticket – Review

June 1, 1995

Their major label debut has a production quality to kill for, and the songs have enough hooks to make for a great album, but there’s something missing.

Laughing Hyenas – Hard Times – Review

June 1, 1995

With Hard Times, the Hyenas have extractiedthe thrashier parts, keeping the personal angst, but expressed it in slower music with more melody.

Jeff Dahl – Bliss – Review

June 1, 1995

NY glam or perhaps pre-hype LA trash rock. You’d never expect this from the Arizona desert, 1995. Raw, seedy, and balls-out honest.

Flesh – Review

June 1, 1995

Produced by Extreme’s Nuno Bettencourt. On tour with Extreme. ‘Nuff said.

Dripping Goss – “Blowtorch” / “Sisters Purple Chopper” – Review

May 1, 1995

Dramatic and choppy and heavy, but not too much to speak of song-wise. “Sister Purple Chopper” is kinda Clutchish vocally and has some big drums.

The Voluptuous Horror of Karen Black – The Anti-Naturalists – Review

May 1, 1995

Hear “vociferous,” “chlorophyll,” and “teutonic,” sung by a naked woman in blue body paint while a guitarist in a nurse’s outfit churns out old school rock.