Lollipop Magazine

Adrenalin O.D. – Sittin’ Pretty – Review

March 1, 1996

You get your money’s worth with this greatest non-hits compilation, too. There’re 44 songs crammed into 75 minutes. The sound’s not too bad, either.

25 Ta Life – Review

March 1, 1996

The message is laudable, but the music gets buried in a swamp of sub-heavy metal riffs, and the production reduces the vocals to a barely intelligible growl.

Limblifter – Review

March 1, 1996

It’s like Oasis, only louder. Hell, they even sound English (but they’re Canadian)! It gives me goosebumps every time the singer wails out nonsensical lyrics.

Armed and Hammered – Review

February 1, 1996

16 songs by eight bands. Three of these bands are top-notch. Three are pretty damn good and two… well, I squeezed ’em and didn’t like what came out.

The Suspects – Review

February 1, 1996

The Suspects pull it off, which is more than I can say for a lot of bands, it’s just as far as new ideas go, hardcore, as a genre, is well… suspect.

White Cross – Deaf Dumb and Blind – Review

December 1, 1995

41 tracks of old-time hardcore: Grinding guitar riffs, drums and bass struggling to keep the rhythm going, and a singer growling out paeans of negativity.

Boss Hog – Review

November 1, 1995

Boss Hog lies somewhere between Jon Spencer’s former and current projects, Pussy Galore, and the Blues Explosion’s fuzz-tone Stones-flavored funk grooves.

Show Business Giants – Let’s Have A Talk With The Dead – Review

November 1, 1995

Show Business Giants are a “supergroup,” with former or current members of NoMeansNo, DOA, the Hanson Brothers, Hissanol, and some guy named Sam.

1000 Mona Lisas – The EP – Review

November 1, 1995

Mediocre oh-so trendy pop punk dreck by three L.A. musicians, who, five years ago, would’ve been a lipstick and spandex faux metal scam called Wyld Hairdeux.

Bikini Kill – “Anti-Pleasure Dissertation” – Review

October 1, 1995

The greatest screaming ranters and Ramones riffs thieves this side of Shonen Knife are back and as sloppy as ever.