Lollipop Magazine

The Spandex Experiment – Punk Bands Reviving 80’s Metal Sweetness – Review

December 1, 1996

With very few exceptions, the bands here don’t even perform their cover with competence, and most are not even close. Most just play the song a bit faster.

Halcion – Lemongrass – Review

September 1, 1996

Singer Dorit Chrysler could turn even the sternest heterosexual woman into a lesbian. She’s so damn cute that I hate her already for stealing my boyfriend.

Ultra Bidé – with Halcion, Foetus at Mama Kin – Review

September 1, 1995

The Japan-cum-New York trio weaved between ambient drone, punk, and all-out noise rock, and somehow made it work.

Halcion – with Foetus, Ultra Bidé at Mama Kin – Review

September 1, 1995

Midway through the set, I realized that I was enjoying them. By the time they took off, the music had turned noisy and intense, and hate had turned to love.

Foetus – with Halcion, Ultra Bidé at Mama Kin – Review

September 1, 1995

Thirwell strode onstage amid a wash of lights and the Debussy-in-a-blender intro to “Godboy” playing at two hundred decibels.