Craig Regala – Page 18 – Lollipop Magazine

Old Man Gloom – Christmas – Review

December 20, 2004

Old Man Gloom (I thought it was “Oh My Gawd” the first time I saw it abbreviated) drift and drone, hammer and drive through meta-metal language and not.

Gold Cash Gold – Paradise Pawned Vol. 1 – Review

December 15, 2004

Rock and roll writ large via ’70s scarf wearers Steve Tyler, the Dolls, as those fellas came to grips with the Stones, Faces, Free, early Rod Stewart.

Church Of Misery- The Second Coming – Review

December 13, 2004

This one is tighter, taunter, and truer to the brooding grit-doom of Carn or Rue’s ripping Black Flag bred attack dog rock.

Church Of Misery – Early Works Compilation – Review

December 13, 2004

The two discs are a buncha material recorded from 1997 to 2000, including Taste the Pain and Murder Company, a split with Sheavy, a Trouble cover, and more.

Blow Up Daisy – Stungun Sweetheart – Review

December 13, 2004

Mid-tempo’d hard rock that keeps the bottom moving and layers vocal melodies against well-arranged tunes. An affinity with bands typified as stoner rock.

Electric Frankenstein – We Will Bury You! – Review

December 1, 2004

EF didn’t move between the rocker/punk/metal split as post teens, they just steamrolled the damn thing into the same kick-ass ya-HOO-PLA! fuel.

Kylesa – No Ending/A 110 Degree Heat Index EP – Review

November 29, 2004

Follows a strong stream of powerful, twisting, visceral, punk ID’d metal chomping punk; covers a Nausea song, and throws a Pushead cover as signifier.

Hieronymus Bosch – Havin’ Fun, Soundin’ Good – Review

November 29, 2004

Surf-based band with nods to classic garage rock (un-ruined by duh punks or pop scammery) fuzz chime with kinda geeky vocals.

Some Action – Review

November 22, 2004

Five tunes of enervated garagist hum, circa now. I like it. The singer has the snot action “baby you don’t own me” thing nailed down.

Auf Der Maur – Review

November 1, 2004

Bass player from Hole and The Smashing Pumpkins. Players from Queens Of The Stone Age/A Perfect Circle. Chris Gross (Masters of Reality) prodes.