Lollipop Magazine

Crucified Barbara – In Distortion We Trust – Review

August 25, 2006

Four gals logically next in line after Girlschool, Phantom Blue, Nashville Pussy, Kittie, and Lullacry, sounding safely like a mash-up between all of those.

The Illuminati – Review

March 17, 2006

The songs are so cool, this whole hillbilly Thin Lizzy thing making sense, if you heavy it up with the Sabbath to make mod stoner rock loud enough to be heard.

The Hellacopters – Rock & Roll Is Dead – Review

March 3, 2006

The band journeys yet further into the annals of classic rock history, now virtually indistinguishable from progenitors such as KISS, Foghat, and the Stones.

Backyard Babies – Live Live In Paris – Review

January 1, 2006

Kings of Swedish sleaze glam, this live release draws from Total 13 (as song-by-song great as Appetite for Destruction) and two CDs never released in America.

American Heartbreak – Review

January 1, 2006

If rock doesn’t swagger, it’s Loverboy, and if we wanted neo-Loverboy, we’d turn to Waltham, cuz they write far better songs than these guys.

The Hellacopters – Rock and Roll is Dead – Review

January 1, 2006

They write originals that sounds like the kinda stuff you’ve heard all yer life. It’s solid, like hearing the Stones when they were still vital and pure.

Crash Kelly – Penny Pills – Review

June 13, 2005

A couple good tunes, some great guitar parts, and the ability to rock harder live (one hopes) should lead to wherever.

Dirty Americans – Strange Generation – Review

May 26, 2005

There HAVE to be better bands in Detroit they coulda signed. It’s not too glammy, too stoned stupid, or too vintage: It’s not too anything. It’s just bland.

The Thieves – The White Line – Review

May 9, 2005

“You Get it Easy” is a catchy tune based on Bowie’s “Heroes,” which is a good one to lift when using “new wavy” rock vocals and a stripped-down nu-garage push.

The Hellacopters – Cream of the Crap! – Review

May 9, 2005

Aimed mainly at hardcore fans and completists. Volume 2 contains a disproportionate number of covers, which have always been the band’s Achilles heel.