Craig Regala – Page 35 – Lollipop Magazine

A Fistful of Rock – Vol. 7 – Review

February 22, 2002

This series is for anyone who gets cranked up by Motörhead, Agent Orange, AC/DC, pre-Beatles Redd Kross, early Kiss, The Runaways/first couple Joan Jett recs.

Season To Risk – The Shattering – Review

February 22, 2002

Season To Risk move through a territory of drone punch that may’ve shared space with the math rock mid-Western movement and tension release hard rock.

Astroqueen – Into Submission – Review

February 22, 2002

Into… is no embarrassment, but distinctly within “the known.”

Masters Of Reality – Welcome to the Western Lodge – Review

February 22, 2002

Ace producer Chris Goss (Kyuss, QOTSA, Fatso Johnson, Stone Temple Pilots) shows his lighter, psychedelically-inflected space-folk side. It’s great.

Karma To Burn – Almost Heathen – Review

February 22, 2002

A three-piece hard rock band who’ve worked with a singer once (to great effect), but ditched the role, not just a person.

American Dog – Six Pack: Songs about Drinkin’ & Fuckin’ – Review

February 22, 2002

Longhair, redneck boozehound, balls-on-fire rock and roll from guys turned on by a mix of Foghat, the Godz, AC/DC, Nazareth, and biker bar shenanigans.

Jucifer – The Lambs – Review

February 22, 2002

The first four tunes are all titled “Lambs,” from dreamy doom to thrash to piano ballad and back. Like a two-piece Melvins with Lori from Acid King singin’.

Hangnail – Clouds in the Head – Review

February 22, 2002

These guys ride a rocking horse between stompin’ “punk” like Electric Frankenstein and Zeke, and the kickass “stoner” like Nebula and The Mushroom River Band.

Ted Nugent – Full Bluntal Nugity – Review

February 22, 2002

68 minutes of Ted Nugent’s greatest hits live. No overdubs, plenty of Nuge swearing, a shout out to opener (?) Sammy “fucking” Hagar, as the Nuge tags him.

Stinking Lizaveta – III – Review

February 22, 2002

Nothing too busy or cluttered, the time signatures avoid the jerk-on-a-chain switcheroo that shatters the groove, and that’s OK by me.