Brian Varney – Page 30 – Lollipop Magazine

Supersuckers – Electric Frankenstein – Welcome to Splitsville – Review

May 31, 2002

Supersuckers and Electric Frankenstein are two of the better and longer-lived bands playing punk & garage-derived rock and roll, though their approaches differ.

Black Moses – Emperor Deb – Review

May 31, 2002

Black Moses brings Jon Spencer Blues Explosion to mind, but with crisper playing and tighter grooves. And no one shouts “Black Moses!” every few minutes.

Quitter – Review

May 31, 2002

Quitter features three members of Roadsaw and an ex-member of Milligram, two of the finer bands to emerge from the area in recent times.

Gate 9 – Moon Ranger Gone Evil – Review

May 17, 2002

This is one of the most blatant slices of Sab worship I’ve heard since that last sHeavy album.

High On Fire – The Art of Self-Defense – Review

May 17, 2002

Produced by Billy Anderson, it’s loud and nasty, all sonic mud and the sick-sounding buzz of Matt Pike’s guitar, a Biblical instrument of destruction.

Supersuckers – Must’ve Been Live – Review

May 17, 2002

Must’ve Been Live, the first official live Supersuckers album, also marks the second recorded appearance of the band’s country alter ego.

Black Label Society – 1919 Eternal – Review

May 17, 2002

1919 Eternal find Black Label Society continuing their fusion of hard-drinking Southern rock and heavy metal.

Stoner Kings – Brimstone Blues – Review

May 17, 2002

Like Backyard Babies’ G’N’R-damaged debut and Total 13, Stoner Kings mix glammy preening (Hanoi Rocks/early Crüe) with heavy riffing and bursts of melodicism.

The Soundtrack of Our Lives – Behind the Music – Interview

May 17, 2002

An interview with vocalist Ebbot Lundberg

Thulsa Doom- The Seats are Soft but the Helmet is Way Too Tight – Review

March 22, 2002

I played a few tracks but it wasn’t very good. Oh Kyuss, what has thy wrought? And why put a bad hardcore shouter in front of a band playing stoner rock?