Lollipop Magazine

Fifteen – Lucky – Review

September 1, 1999

They speak in no-bullshit, clear-as-day verses about how we can help each other out, how justice should be served, and how one must utilize one’s voice.

Nobodys – Generation XXX – Review

June 1, 1999

Like Short Songs for Short Attention Spans and The Smell of Victory before it, Generation XXX has many, many 30-60 second rants set to a couple chords.

Funeral Oration – Survival – Review

January 1, 1999

A different vocal style (a kinda lilting, heavily-vibratoed voice kinda like Morrissey) to add to the otherwise interchangeable punk songs. Worthy.

The Queers – Punk Rock Confidential – Interview

January 1, 1999

An interview with Joe Queer

88 Fingers Louie – Back On The Streets – Review

January 1, 1999

Melodic without being whiny pop sissies, hard without being judgmental, gnashing-teeth dorks, 88 Fingers rampage through catchy-yet-not-shit tunes.

Hopelessly Devoted to You too – Review

November 1, 1998

With ten unreleased songs and a slew of good bands, at $4, this sampler is definitely worth the bucks.

Nobodys – Greatasstits – Review

November 1, 1998

Greatasstits takes all the comp tracks, demo tracks, 7″ tracks, unreleased outtakes, and everything else and puts it all on one very, very long CD. It’s tits.

The Queers – Everything’s OK – Review

November 1, 1998

Joe’s voice sounds as good as ever – mellow and stoned-sounding yet not apathetic, melodic and yummy bubblegummy and the lyrics aren’t completely inane.

Dillinger Four – Midwestern Songs of the Americas – Review

November 1, 1998

From Minneapolis, play some of the noisiest melodic punk this side of somewhere, with scratchy soundbite intros, and yelling-through-a-bullhorn vocals.

Digger – The Promise of an Uncertain Future – Review

November 1, 1998

Blenda rock and punk, a kinda Goo Goo Dolls lead vocal (but less enunciated), a lot of group choruses, and a surprising amount of leads wandering throughout.