Lollipop Magazine

Thumb – Exposure – Review

January 1, 1999

Skateboard jock Claus Grabke’s powerful voice rages with a speed, intensity, and emotion that belies the German scene’s penchant for conceptual grunting.

Nine – Listen – Review

November 1, 1998

Spoiled by the likes of Final Exit and 59 Times the Pain, I’d come to expect something more than the usual heavy metal tripe from Swedish hardcore.

Logical Nonsense – Soul Pollution – Review

November 1, 1998

Originally released in 1995 on New York’s Tee Pee, the sampling so evident on Expand the Hive is hidden beneath Soul Pollution’s more straightforward onslaught.

Speak 714 – Knee Deep in Guilt – Review

November 1, 1998

Featuring ex- and current members of Ignite, No for an Answer, and SlapShot, it would be easy to dismiss this as some sort of hardcore supergroup,

SlapShot – Old Tyme Hardcore – Review

November 1, 1998

SlapShot, a fixture on the Boston hardcore scene since the mid-’80s, has (according to various reports) released Old Tyme Hardcore as their final album.

Danko Jones – Review

November 1, 1998

This is punk, this is soul, this is R&B, this is an aphrodisiac. If you want to wake up with your virginity intact, avoid all contact with Danko Jones.

Buzzoven – At A Loss – Review

November 1, 1998

Buzzoven flirts with just about every style of heavy music known to someone from North Carolina whose primary influence probably comes from eating Ring-Dings.

N17 – Trust No One – Review

September 1, 1998

It came as no small surprise to slip Phoenix, AZ’s N17 Trust No One into my CD player and find myself rewarded with an impeccable impersonation of Ministry.

Final Exit – Umeå – Review

September 1, 1998

Final Exit embraces the hard and fast ethos of NYHC bands such as Youth of Today, Gorilla Biscuits, and Fit for Abuse.

Final Exit – Teg – Review

September 1, 1998

Final Exit embraces the hard and fast ethos of NYHC bands such as Youth of Today, Gorilla Biscuits, and Fit for Abuse.