Jon Sarre – Page 46 – Lollipop Magazine

Sham 69 – Kings and Queens – Review

June 1, 1997

The songs collected on this disc, recorded between 1976 and 1978, hold up today. Actually, better than most first- and second-generation U.K. punk.

Sarre-Chasm – May Flowers Killed My Dog – Column

May 1, 1997

The Heartbreakers L.A.M.F. : The Lost ’77 Mixes – I don’t know quite how lucid Thunders and Nolan were at the time, but they sure fake it well.

Sarre-Chasm – Calling the Kettle Black – Column

April 1, 1997

Don’t be fooled, Gibby Haynes woulda sold his soul to sniff the pussy of an MTV VJette a decade ago if only one woulda given him half a chance.

The Humpers – Plastique Valentine – Review

April 1, 1997

Not only is this record full of cool hate songs, but said hate songs are pretty believable, as well as funny as hell.

Nipper! – Review

April 1, 1997

Has a lot in common with the first coupla Silver Jews records (except there’s more Malkmus and less Berman) and pre-“Cut Your Hair” Pavement in general.

Les Secretaires Volantes – Thermoplastique – Review

April 1, 1997

Like any great punk rock record, the lyrics come second to the physical qualities – the sweat, the smoke, the blood and the puke breath.

Zeke – Flat Tracker – Review

February 1, 1997

These Seattlites froth and curse like white trash, whiskey drinkin’, drug usin’, hard livin’, hard fuckin’, hot rod racin’, law hatin’, fight startin’ cretins.

Steel Miners – Irony – Review

February 1, 1997

Blue-collar throwbacks to the guys who slaved in the mills and pits all day and then threw back shots all night. They’re characters in Springsteen songs.

Sarre-Chasm – All Punked Out in ’97 – Column

February 1, 1997

So, what’s in store for 1997? Glam resurrection? Goth resurgence? Prog explosion? A sudden unexplained interest in Eastern European folk forms?

Moistboyz – Moistboyz II – Review

February 1, 1997

Whitey puts on his Al Jolson act and kicks it, but substitutes the funk for Biohazardcore and Beastie-thrash and the raps go on about lawn-jobs and drugs.