Jon Sarre – Page 49 – Lollipop Magazine

Jayne County – Deviation – Review

June 1, 1996

Jayne doesn’t have any new tricks up his/her skirt, but the band is solid, especially the Johnny Thunders-esque crunch power chord guitar player.

Bristle – Won’t Die For You – Review

June 1, 1996

Fast, grubby, gritty and gleefully kickin’ the snot outta the old punk war-horse, as if that’s gonna make it get back up and run the Kentucky Derby and win!

Planet Minivan – Review

May 1, 1996

As an added bonus to all you Illinois scene enthusiasts, Jerkwater, International Hoodwink, Shift, and Gaffle also appear on this compilation. Not too shabby.

The Fixx – In Concert – Review

May 1, 1996

The Fixx play a set, perform all the songs they made videos for (plus some other ones), talk to the audience, the audience cheers, and everybody goes home.

Kiss – MTV Unplugged – Review

May 1, 1996

KISS was one big cash-flow juggernaut. They staged bread-and-circus-style spectacles to bilk millions of suckers out of their allowances.

Steel Miners – All Hopped Up – Review

May 1, 1996

You hear Steel Miners for the first time and immediately you wanna go out and smash all the windows in the upscale, yuppified clothing store up the street.

Buttsteak – Men Who Pause – Review

May 1, 1996

So quirky they’re bewildering, except all the songs sound the same. Nonsensical dadaist lyrics, spiffy harmonies, knowin’ how to work the same song structure.

Mason Dixon Mayhem – Review

April 1, 1996

It’s good we have hardcore, because it’s the perfect release for youngsters who, otherwise, would be robbing 7-11s and driving their cars into telephone poles.

The Incinerators – with The Dickies, Magnolia Thunder Finger, 90 Proof at Satyricon, Portland, OR – Review

April 1, 1996

Make-up, heels, fishnets, patent leather French maid get-ups (keep in mind that 3/4 of the band are guys). Raise your hand if you like the New York Dolls!

Magnolia Thunder Finger – with The Dickies, The Incinerators, 90 Proof at Satyricon, Portland, OR – Review

April 1, 1996

These guys take the primal rock ‘n’ roll approach to their punk, although it’s via England, not Memphis.