Jon Sarre – Page 22 – Lollipop Magazine

The Insects – Return to the Foreign Legion – Review

January 1, 2000

They play not-very-interesting mid-tempo rock with a halfway decent sense of hooks and frequent obliging nods to Lennon/McCartney, Lou Reed, and Tom Verlaine.

Bell – A New Kind of Rome – Review

January 1, 2000

At their best, they resemble X with two Exenes. At their most neutral, they toss off an okay alt-country jangle. At their worst, they’re AOR radio schmucks.

The Heroine Sheiks – Review

January 1, 2000

Ex-Cows front guy Shannon Selberg returns, and he’s peopled with assorted refugees from Foetus, Triplehammer, Grand Mal, and Sixteen Deluxe.

Outrageous Cherry – Out There in the Dark – Review

January 1, 2000

Sounds a lot like Sell-Out era Who, ‘specially when they dump in the very John Entwistle-esque trumpet and piped in keys.

The Flaming Sideburns – It’s Time to Testify… Brothers and Sisters! – Review

January 1, 2000

I’m glad they’ve got rock bands up in Finland like The Flaming Sideburns, but is it really necessary to flood this side of the North Sea with ’em?

The Country Teasers – Destroy All Human Life – Interview

January 1, 2000

A summarized interview with singer Ben Waller

The Bulemics – Old Enough to Know Better – Interview

January 1, 2000

An interview with Gerry Atric, Gabe Bulemic, Craig Merrit, Wes Texas, and Hell “Jay” Sancho

The Blood Drained Cows – Review

January 1, 2000

With The Blood Drained Cows, Mr. Greg Turner picks up where the Samoans last and most garagy record, STP Not LSD, left off.

Mike Ness – Under the Influences – Review

January 1, 2000

Ness does a credible job of rockin’ the pre-Big E jukebox selection of hard country and hillbilly music. Credit for not pickin’ out the obvious selections.

Supersuckers- The Evil Powers of Rock’n’Roll – Review

January 1, 2000

The ‘Suckers spawned a sub-genre of Les Paul wieldin’, Stetson wearin’, sideburn sportin’ hayseed/grease-monkey hipster Rock.