Mercury Records – Page 3 – Lollipop Magazine

United States of Poetry – Review

April 1, 1996

With a generous 37 tracks , this disc is like a table laden with swollen delicious fruits, steaming main dishes, whole grains, and rough proteins.

Limblifter – Review

March 1, 1996

It’s like Oasis, only louder. Hell, they even sound English (but they’re Canadian)! It gives me goosebumps every time the singer wails out nonsensical lyrics.

Klover – Feel Lucky Punk – Interview

September 1, 1995

An interview with singer Mike Stone

Catherine Wheel – Happy Days – Review

July 1, 1995

Gone are the gray old days of shoegazer pop; say hello to ballsy, impassioned, not-too-self-absorbed, straight-ahead rock.

Circle Jerks – Oddities, Abnormalties and Curiosities – Review

June 1, 1995

Circle Jerks are back. They’re loud, want to destroy everything and they still have that endearingly crappy recording quality. You’re punk, here’s your check.

Catherine Wheel – Happy Days – Review

May 1, 1995

Happy Days is as mesmerizing and rolling as ocean waves and as subtly powerful as an undertow.

Bruce Dickinson – Balls to Picasso – Review

December 1, 1994

This is no Maiden album. This is nostalgia rooted in the present, a surprising piece of work by one of the heavy metal gods himself.

Downset – Review

October 1, 1994

he band blasts like a rhythmic double barrel shotgun, damaging by bulldozer force rather than speedbag tempo. The comparisons to Rage ATM are for a reason.

Kiss My Ass – Classic Kiss Regrooved – Review

September 1, 1994

This compilation does little in the way of tribute to this genre-defining band.

The Mighty Mighty Bosstones – Question the Answers – Review

September 1, 1994

The release does have some sparkling moments, but either Dicky opens his mouth, or they commercialize the songs into pasteurized soon-to-be classic rock.