Lollipop Magazine

Stone Temple Pilots – No. 4 – Review

January 1, 2000

They’ve cooked up the “Stone Temple Pilots’ sound,” which, despite not being terribly original, is better than imitating whatever’s popular at the moment.

MC5 – ’66 Breakout! – Review

January 1, 2000

At one time, the legendary MC5 were just another somewhat wholesome pimply adolescent garage band playin’ junior high dances, BBQs, and bar mitzvahs.

Speedealer – Here Comes Death – Review

January 1, 2000

Loud, fast’n’aggro music is always gonna have a place as long as teen misfits feel a need to beat each other up. Speedealer is all about that, no shit.

Skull Control – Deviate Beyond All Means of Capture – Review

January 1, 2000

When Chris Thomas gets into his frequent, bratty Ian Mackaye imitations, and bass-fumbler Kim Thompson backs up with moany harmonies, all’s pretty good.

Richmond Fontaine – Lost Son – Review

January 1, 2000

Sorta something special – literate without bein’ boring, authentic without really tryin’ too hard at it, and accessible while transcending mainstream shit.

Bomp! Records – An interview with Greg Shaw – Interview

January 1, 2000

An interview with Greg Shaw

Ultra Swank – Review

January 1, 2000

Cacophone Records, outta Albany, NY, has assembled their Ultra Swank sampler. If trashy, degenabilly punk is something you like, maybe you’ll buy more.

Sarre-Chasm – Don’t Get Too Excited, It’s Only Y2K Rock’N’Roll – Column

January 1, 2000

It ain’t nothin’ but pre-teen toilet-training fake rebellion, something best practiced by cretins who don’t know any better who, in turn, get aped by assorted Europeans and pariah Asians who learned American culture from sitcom re-runs.

Start Your Engines – Review

January 1, 2000

Gaza Strippers, Custom Made Scare, Teen Idols, Los Infernos, Speedealer, Nobodys, Hai Karate, Hayride to Hell, and the Hellbillys show up on Start Your Engines.

Old Skars and Upstarts – Review

January 1, 2000

A punk rock party record with, as the title implies, favorite oldsters and young bucks, near thirty tracks in all, cuz someone thought it was a good idea.