Craig Regala – Page 31 – Lollipop Magazine

The Spitfires – Three – Review

November 8, 2002

Less garagey than The Hives, less Detroit than Streetwalkin’ Cheetahs, and more big beat rock and roll than Tight Bro’s From Way Back When.

The Means – Vil/Viol – Review

November 8, 2002

Hissing, barking, drilling and sputtering cantankerousness splattershot through a hard-nose garage template that doesn’t ignore the past 20 years like many do.

Skin Yard – Start at the Top – Review

October 4, 2002

A tangent to the grunge big bang. They didn’t have that one big tune to get’m over. The guitar player was Jack Endino, just about the house producer at Sub Pop.

The Sabians – Beauty for Ashes – Review

September 20, 2002

After seven years at a Monastery in Alaska, ex-Sleep guitarist Justin Marler reunited with ex-Sleep drummer Matt Hakius and returns to the music world.

RC5 – American Rock ‘N’ Roll – Review

September 20, 2002

Hey, who misses Tight Bro’s From Way Back When? This sits its drunk ass right between that and, oh, say The Candy Snatchers fast rocker punk.

The Kills – Black Rooster – Review

September 20, 2002

Four songs, real no-bullshit actual songs with simple drums, harmonica and guitar. A Beefheart cover for all you old school indie hipsters.

Cherry Thirteen – Guilty as Sin – Review

September 20, 2002

Electric Frankenstein singer/guitarist Steve Miller leads this unit. Same general territory, but closer to ’70s arena rock (first Montrose rec and April Wine).

Hot Snakes – Suicide Invoice – Review

September 20, 2002

The groove is ropey and lightly held, closer to Queens Of The Stone Age than “punk rock,” just on the edge of jangling.

Bottom – Feels so Good When You’re Gone – Interview

September 20, 2002

An interview with guitarist/vocalist Sina, bassist Nila, and drummer Clementine

Brothers of Conquest – All the Colors of Darkness – Review

September 9, 2002

Rocker metal by guys who truly fed off jean jackets, shop class, Novas, and Eddie (you know, the Iron Maiden mascot).