Hollywood Rocks! – Review

October 21, 2005

A lot of your favorite ’80s metal, both cool and embarrassing, and a lot of the bands you hated then and now. But they’re demo versions of the songs.

Y2K – 1999: Metal’s Final Year? – Column

January 1, 2000

Maybe some of these bands will release their greatest work in the new millennium. They’ve tried the grunge thing, and they can only rehash their old tunes so many times before even the-stuck-in-the-’80s-fans realize they’re being duped.

Dokken – Erase The Slate – Review

September 1, 1999

The production is inspiring and combative, guitars and drums bashing it out for supremacy, while the band figures out how to be rockers straddling old hair.