Lollipop Magazine

Enduro – Shiva Speedway / Enduro split “Moonshine” / “Sister” – Review

February 1, 1997

I can do without Enduro’s schmaltzy indie ballad on side b.

Pernice Brothers – “Jimmy Coma” / “Monkey Suit” – Review

February 1, 1997

The Pernice Brothers play lazy jangle pop, like a hybrid of Scud Mountain Boys and Beck fighting his way through a Xanax stupor.

Red Red Meat – “There’s a Star Above the Manger Tonight” – Review

February 1, 1997

Side One, “There’s a Star Above the Manger Tonight,” is a low key banjo fest with unintelligible slacker vocals.

Motorhead – Overkill – Review

February 1, 1997

Overkill was the album that showed their potential to be one of the loudest, nastiest bands of all time.

Motorhead – No Sleep ‘Til Hammersmith – Review

February 1, 1997

Over-the-top speed metal was essentially pioneered by Detroit’s MC5 and brought to the level of a science by England’s Motorhead.

Motorhead – Iron Fist – Review

February 1, 1997

After 1980’s Ace of Spades, 1982’s Iron Fist was a bit of a let down, followed by arguably their best album of the period, Another Perfect Day.

Motorhead – Bomber – Review

February 1, 1997

Overkill was the album that showed their potential to be one of the loudest, nastiest bands of all time. The follow up, Bomber, was somewhat weak in comparison.

Motorhead – Another Perfect Day – Review

February 1, 1997

The hyperdrive insanity of Ace of Spades was preserved, with a melodic element brought in by guitarist Fast Eddie’s replacement, Thin Lizzy’s Brian Robertson.

Motorhead – Ace of Spades – Review

February 1, 1997

Motorhead bounced back with what is still considered their definitive album, 1980’s Ace of Spades, whose title track is an unparalleled thrash masterpiece.

Oi! Greatest Hits – Volume One – Review

December 1, 1996

Documented here is England circa the late ’70s and early ’80s, a time when the statement “oi! oi! oi!” really meant something.