Lollipop Magazine

Sound Waves – Vol. 6 #12 – Review

December 1, 1996

If you think your hometown’s scene is the most dismal on the planet, try reading Sound Waves. And I stress the word try.

Pulley – Esteem Driven Engine – Review

December 1, 1996

Pulley is vocalist Scott (ex-Ten Foot Pole), guitarist Jim (bassist of Strung Out), drummer Jordan (of Strung Out), bassist Matt (ex-Face To Face), and Mike.

Floodgate – Penalty – Review

December 1, 1996

Floodgate lifted the distinct touches of Soundgarden and Alice In Chains, smashed them into bare-bones trudge rock, and are half as good as Clutch.

Jeff Dahl – French Cough Syrup – Review

November 1, 1996

Still punk after all these years, Jeff Dahl cranks out the raw, NY glam punk trash he’s been pumping out for years. From Arizona no less.

Foreskin 500 – Starbent But Superfreaked – Review

October 1, 1996

Wondered what Al Jourgensen would sound like crooning Bowie-style through a phaser over an early Beastie Boys beat and a Purple Rain synth? Keep wondering…

Desultory – Swallow The Snake – Review

October 1, 1996

Foot-to-the-floor angstfests so poundingly mixed, you barely notice they sound like pretty much every massively-produced song you’ve driven recklessly to.

Headcrash – Overdose on Tradition – Review

September 1, 1996

Remember how Drown was a third-rate NIN rip-off, but actually wasn’t bad? That’s about what Headcrash is to Rage ATM, Beasties, or KMFDM.

Space Walk – A Salute to Ace Frehley – Review

September 1, 1996

Probably the first employment most of these has-beens have had, aside from fast-food and quick cash reunions for retarded, stuck-in-the-’80s suburban saps.

Sons And Daughters of this Savage Land – Review

September 1, 1996

A comp of the rudest hard punk you’ll find. Sixteen tracks of brutal scum rock by seven of the most gloriously depraved degenerate bands I can think of.

Y&T – Musically Incorrect – Review

September 1, 1996

Twenty years after their first release on London Records, Y&T regroups to put out another mediocre rock record.