Lollipop Magazine

The Shams – Take Off – Review

March 1, 2002

The Shams kick ass pretty alright, they got this real primitive stripped-down sound, not really fuzzy or anything, more of a pre-psychedelic limey deal.

Alpha Motherfuckers – A Tribute to Turbonegro – Review

February 22, 2002

Three years later, the Turbojugend is still growin’, and that’s a testament to somethin”, seein’ as most bands can’t get anyone to care they’re around NOW.

Silver Tongued Devil – Red-Eyed and Tongue-Tied – Review

February 22, 2002

Pretty okay stuff in that Motörhead to Zeke to Nashville Pussy stripbar strip-mined vein. Supersonic whoop-ass is what these guys are all about.

Scared Of Chaka – Crossing with Switchblades – Interview

February 22, 2002

An interview with Ron Skrasek and Dave Hernandez

Rocket 455 – Go to Hell – Review

February 22, 2002

Altho’ ex-Gorie and future Demolition Doll Rod Dan Kroha was a foundin’ member, as a band they turned their noses up at anything retro.

Robert Pete Williams – Review

February 22, 2002

Robert Pete Williams passed away back in 1980, wasted by cancer; an original talent pretty much ignored by the market and most of his contemporaries.

R.L. Burnside – Mississippi Hill Country Blues – Review

February 22, 2002

The newish Mississippi Hill Country Blues material has been available in Europe since the mid-’80s and was recorded between 1980 and 1984.

Reducers SF – Crappy Clubs and Smelly Pubs – Review

February 22, 2002

Sing along if ya really care, but sometimes ya can’t help it. Singin’ along, I mean. I usually think this stuff is just plain ol’ played out…

Radio Birdman – The Essential (1974 – 1978) – Review

February 22, 2002

These Auzzie scuzzrockers pretty much begat all the other Auzzie scuzzrockers (The Saints, Feedtime, Cosmic Psychos, etc.) and plenty of non-Auzzies, too

Mad Daddys – The Age of Asparagus – Review

February 22, 2002

Four weird-lookin’ guys from Jersey who traffic in Lux’n’Ivy’s good ideas without embarassin’ themselves, which is a hard trick to pull off.