Lollipop Magazine

Disarming Violence – Review

June 4, 2001

25 songs totaling more than an hour, all punk rock, all to benefit PAX, an anti-gun violence (not anti-gun) organization, what’s not to like?

A Punk Tribute to Metallica – Review

June 4, 2001

These two tributes? They’re terrible. Really half-assed versions of songs that mattered. Everyone involved should be scolded and pelted with rotting fruit.

Never Mind the Sex Pistols, Here’s the Tribute – Review

September 1, 2000

Punk bands covering Sex Pistols’ songs? Isn’t that what practically all punk records are anyway? Sheeeit…

Grease: The not so original Soundtrack from the motion picture – Review

April 1, 2000

Most of the bands here 1) aren’t very good, 2) don’t try very hard, 3) point out a whispered truth: Most of the songs in Grease were actually pretty lame.

Capitol Radio – Review

April 1, 2000

This is radio the way it should be: For the people, by the people, with no commercial motives embedded. Oh, and of course, great fucking tunes.

Boycott – Review

April 1, 2000

Stuff here steps outta the confines of fill-in-the-blanks punk, Oi!, and ska. Most kick in three songs, so you actually get a feel for what they’re about.

Anecdote: Stories from the Road – Rachael Almada – Review

January 1, 2000

Rachael Almada undertook the Herculean task of compiling thousands of tales, half-truths, and poignant remembrances from rock’n’roll bands touring the planet.

Blanks 77 – Tanked and Pogoed – Review

November 1, 1997

The punk rock is fairly typical. Most songs go unka unka unka unka unka or umPAumPAumPAumPAumPA.

Oi!/Skampilation Vol. #2: Skalloween – Review

February 1, 1997

Recorded live at the sold-out Oi!/Skalloween festival at Coney Island High, NYC in ’95, Skalloween combines old-time ska, ska/punk, and punk rock on one CD.

Blanks 77 – Killer Blanks – Review

December 1, 1996

Unabashed retro punk, a mixture of the “spirit of ’77,” along with the infectious UK and oi-inspired sounds of Cockney Rejects, Blitz, and GBH.