Lollipop Magazine

Chemical Brothers – with Orb at Avalon – Review

July 1, 1997

Whereas Orb was essentially DJ-ing a club, the brothers were playing a rock ‘n’ roll show. They worked the crowd like it was just another knob on the board.

Skunk Anansie – with Rollins Band at Avalon – Review

July 1, 1997

Rollins Band had a hard act to follow in Skunk Anansie. Skin compels you to watch her, her motions intriguing, falling somewhere between sinewy and robotic.

Rollins Band – with Skunk Anansie at Avalon – Review

July 1, 1997

Rollins dances around like a prize fighter, crouching and leaning into the songs, constantly moving, feline and feral and ready to spring.

Orb – with Chemical Brothers at Avalon – Review

July 1, 1997

Orb starts throwing in some samples, sound tracks, mixing some very cool beats over them, and the I realize they’ve got quadraphonic sound going on.

Soul Coughing – with Firewater at Avalon – Review

May 1, 1997

The heavy funk and upright bass got the crowd moving and sweating, while Mark’s keyboards threw everyone into a frenzied state.

Firewater – with Soul Coughing at Avalon – Review

May 1, 1997

Tod A immediately launched into “Bourbon and Division,” a dark cha cha (no, really) which pulsed and throbbed under the hands of this wedding band gone bad.

Type O Negative – at Avalon – Review

December 1, 1996

They ran through their Goth dirge classics in a blur of lights, smoke, and seductive vocals. Steele’s voice, while soothing and tranquil, was making me sleepy.

The Showcase Showdown – with Rancid, Rocket From The Crypt at Avalon – Review

May 1, 1996

The Showcase Showdown are Boston’s best punk band, sounding like a hyper-kinetic cross between the Dickies and the Dead Kennedys.

Rocket From The Crypt – with Rancid, The Showcase Showdown at Avalon – Review

May 1, 1996

The two-man horn section fit right into place alongside the heavy percussion, loud guitars, and pounding bass. Festive, frat party psychobilly punk.

Rancid – with Rocket From The Crypt, The Showcase Showdown at Avalon- Review

May 1, 1996

Rancid blasted right into “Roots Radicals” and mass hysteria ensued. Although I didn’t want to like Rancid, I have to admit they were really fun and energetic.