Lollipop Magazine

The Damned – Not of this Earth – Interview

October 1, 1996

An interview with vocalist Rat Scabies

Space Daze 2000 – Review

September 1, 1996

Cleopatra’s second epic space rock compilation succeeds both as an overview of a rich, esoteric history, and as something fun to listen to.

A Passion of Covers – Review

June 1, 1996

I’m surprised that it’s taken so long for like-minded gloom-mongers to pay homage to the Godfathers of Goth with a tribute album, but it’s here.

Die Krupps – Odyssey of the Mind – Review

June 1, 1996

The album is a heavy, growling, electrified, guitar-crunch fest. And Jurgen Engler’s got a great voice.

Good Courage – Old, Broken and Destroyed – Review

March 1, 1996

Other than the depressed euro-trash vocals, nothing makes this electronic garbage pile any different from the regular dance-floor fodder.

Anubian Lights – The Jackal and Nine EP – Review

March 1, 1996

Nik Turner has met up again with an old Hawkwind partner, Len Del Rio, and they have created Anubian Lights,

Psychic TV – Trip Reset – Review

February 1, 1996

Slightly more gentle than what I’m used to with Genesis P-Orridge, with the exception of “Mother Jack (A Children’s Story)”. Trip Reset will straighten you out.

Corpus Delicti – Sarabands – Review

February 1, 1996

Sarabands twists and weaves organically. From France – country of monuments, art, and underground crypts – a country known for its decadence.

Chaos UK – Floggin’ the Corpse – Review

December 1, 1995

Among the inventors of crust. This is a marginally listenable live recording from ’83, four unreleased studio tracks, and outtakes from the UK/DK soundtrack.

Noise Box – Nuffnutz – Review

December 1, 1995

They call this terror tech, and it blends shock culture samples from Ice T, every Tarantino quote ever, and anything else with the word “motherfucker” in it.