Lollipop Magazine

Adicts – Ultimate Addiction – The Best of… – Review

November 1, 1997

From chant-a-long, scarf-wavin’ oi to somethin’ akin to a punked-out Dexy’s Midnight Runners, to new-wave-punk fusion and back again. A nice one to have.

Switchblade Symphony – Bread and Jam for Frances – Review

November 1, 1997

“It’s a lot better produced, and stuff like ‘Situation #58,’ even though it’s Goth by proxy, is more like Tricky than anything else.”

Spahn Ranch – Architecture – Review

July 1, 1997

Athan’s vocals are great. He doesn’t use any effects and carries a tune like a champ. I think it’s the music. It’s not bad, it’s just lacking.

Leather Strip – Retrospective – Review

July 1, 1997

This CD has eleven classic tracks that probably leave out a lot of your personal favorites but keeps them dance hits coming.

UK Subs – Riot – Review

July 1, 1997

Did I mention that the UK Subs have released another album? The current Cleopatra yield, Riot, comes in hard and punk, and stays hard and punk.

Foetus – Null/Void – Review

June 1, 1997

For those of you who know who J.G. Thirlwell is, all I need to say is that Null and Void are being re-released as a two-disc set.

Sid Vicious – Never Mind The Reunion – Review

May 1, 1997

Done Sid’s way. Which is to say it’s incredibly badly recorded, the performances are sloppy as hell, and the audience sounds like a buncha drunken yahoos.

Reflections in the Looking Glass: A Tribute to Siouxsie and the Banshees – Review

February 1, 1997

I’m most taken with Collide’s “Obsession,” Sin’s “Skin,” and Ex-Voto’s “Monitor.” Their use of industrial elements add a whole new level of haunting madness.

Covered In Black: An Industrial Tribute to AC/DC – Review

February 1, 1997

Cleopatra’s latest excursion is Covered In Black. It features industrial bands that have somehow missed AC/DC’s tried and true formula.

Chrome – Chrome Box – Review

December 1, 1996

Chrome combined the motion of the rock backbeat with an otherworldly array of treatments and effects to make a noise that bridged psychedelia and industrial.