Lollipop Magazine

Cub – Cub/The Potatomen split – Review

October 1, 1995

Cub have punk guitars baked with brown sugar and female vocals that snuggle up to you like your cat on a cold winter night.

Citizen Fish – Millennia Madness – Review

October 1, 1995

Imagine contemplating the cold, hard, truth about technology, government, and media brainwashing as your feet dance happily on.

Bomb Bassets – Dress Rehearsal – Review

October 1, 1995

The Denery brothers (Hi-Fives) step into your living room with Dr. Frank, Jim Pittman (MTX) and Kevin Army. Makes your living room sound like their garage.

The Potatomen – Cub/The Potatomen split- Review

October 1, 1995

The Potatomen would make a fun instrumental surf band, but I have trouble getting into the melancholy “I godd a stufd ub dose” vocals.

The Mr. T. Experience – Everybody’s Entitled to their Own Opinion – Review

September 1, 1995

A re-issue of their self-released punkpop classic. Recorded in ’86, Mr. T. Experience were one of the first wave of mid-’80s junk rock.

Worst Case Scenario – Review

September 1, 1995

Zero melody, sloppy crunch guitars that chug punk rock riffs like a ’78 Trans Am whose engine is still going strong long after the frame has rusted out.

The Invalids – Punker Than Me – Review

July 1, 1995

Again, very Screeching Weasel-esque. Fast and furious, with whoa-whoa harmonies and songs about how stupid people are.

Squirtgun – Shenanigans – Review

July 1, 1995

Far from tired punkpop, this is so fast and catchy you may hurt yourself. Clever lyrics to boot.

Screeching Weasel – Kill The Musicians – Review

June 1, 1995

31 songs. Some are covers. Some were written to sound like other bands. Some songs were changed so many times, you might not even recognize the originals.

Riverdales – “Back to You” / “I Can’t Pretend” – Review

June 1, 1995

Riverdales are a post-Screeching Weasel project, with Ben Weasel singing on the B-side (“I Can’t Pretend”) and Dan Vapid on the A-side.