Lollipop Magazine

Foetus – Nail – Review

September 1, 1995

Nail explored the extremes that Hole hinted at, with classical samples, jarring noises of scraping metal and human pain, and guitar blasts.

Foetus – Hole – Review

September 1, 1995

Using electronic percussion, sheet metal, and pop culture destruction, Jim Thirwell produced an album as humorous as it was self-destructively nihilistic.

Ultra Bidé – with Halcion, Foetus at Mama Kin – Review

September 1, 1995

The Japan-cum-New York trio weaved between ambient drone, punk, and all-out noise rock, and somehow made it work.

Halcion – with Foetus, Ultra Bidé at Mama Kin – Review

September 1, 1995

Midway through the set, I realized that I was enjoying them. By the time they took off, the music had turned noisy and intense, and hate had turned to love.

Foetus – with Halcion, Ultra Bidé at Mama Kin – Review

September 1, 1995

Thirwell strode onstage amid a wash of lights and the Debussy-in-a-blender intro to “Godboy” playing at two hundred decibels.

Eisenvator – III – Review

July 1, 1995

Drop-tuned guitars, growled vocals, ten parts to every song, all of them unrelentingly brutal.

Amrep Motors 1995 Models – Review

June 1, 1995

AmRep is rather (in)famous for putting out music for the noise-conscious. This sampler is more straight-ahead punk rock. But there’s some good shit on here.

Season To Risk – In A Perfect World – Review

June 1, 1995

The vocalist sings through an amped-up bull cone. They’ve opened up for Prong, Pain Teens, and Unsane. They’ve got a lot to live up to. They deliver.

The Voluptuous Horror of Karen Black – with the Peecocks at the Rat – Review

June 1, 1995

Near-naked females in blue body paint and black teeth. Cardboard-cutout props. Lots o’ glitter. An Oriental guitarist named Samoa in a nurse’s outfit.

The Peecocks – with The Voluptuous Horror of Karen Black at the Rat – Review

June 1, 1995

Pure old-style glam at its finest, with songs like “We’re Here, We’re Queer, Get Used To It” and a reworked Jim Carrol tune called “All the Animals Died.”