Lollipop Magazine

The Queers – A Day Late and a Dollar Short – Review

April 1, 1996

As great as Love Songs For the Retarded was, it was the earlier output from The Queers that got you pumped up to be as useless a moron as you could be.

Sludgeworth – Losers of the Year – Review

April 1, 1996

After Screeching Weasel broke up for the first, not the last, time in ’89, Dan Vapid and Brian Vermin hooked up with three other guys to form Sludgeworth.

The Mr. T. Experience – Love is Dead – Review

March 1, 1996

After multiple break-ups and bandmates, Mr. T Experience has finally pulled their shit together. MTX has never sounded so upbeat, alive and kickin’.

The Hi-Fives – Summer Games – Review

March 1, 1996

Fast, fun punk loaded with catchy lines and cute voices that’ll drive you into a teen-hop frenzy.

Pansy Division – Wish I’d Taken Pictures – Review

March 1, 1996

The flaming princes of queercore are back! Jon Ginoli has taken singing lessons, or has been smoking a lot. I love this music, and I’m not ashamed of it.

Pansy Division – Valentine’s Day – Review

March 1, 1996

The queer punk kingpins remind us, on red vinyl, why Valentine’s Day is the holiday from Hell.

Squirtgun – Review

February 1, 1996

Bassist Mass Giorgini comments, “We wanted something that had an energetic sound, something that captured the brattiness of a little kid.”

A Slice Of Lemon – Review

November 1, 1995

If you enjoyed the comps Kill Rock Stars, Stars Kill Rock, or Rock Stars Kill, then you’ll be into this double CD as well. There are 39 bands, one track each.

The Wynona Riders – J.D. Salinger – Review

October 1, 1995

Fast, thrashy, fuzzy, distortion-heavy, feedback-laden guitar, speed of light timekeeping, and snarly, sneering, screaming vocals.

Mr. T. Experience – “Alternative is Here to Stay” – Review

October 1, 1995

It’s pepped up, pumps it out, and you don’t even care that you’ve heard it a million times before. 1-2-3-4 let’s go!