Lollipop Magazine

Punkzilla – Review

August 2, 2002

Nitro saddles the punk genres pretty effortlessly on Punkzilla.

The Turbo A.C.’s – Fuel for Life – Review

June 4, 2001

Turbo A.C.’s gained notoriety on Blackout! and Cacophony and now rev their duel carbs (one greaser, one hard surf) with the Nitro sticker on the bumper.

Son of Sam – Songs From the Earth – Review

June 3, 2001

A familiar style built upon the classic Misfits/Samhain tradition, slightly more modern, with AFI vocalist Davey Havoc’s impenetrable voice.

AFI – The Art of Drowning – Review

April 1, 2001

A lot less melodramatic and self-centered than their last full-length, perhaps realizing that all the posturing in the world can’t save a bad song.

The Vandals – Look What I Almost Stepped In – Interview

September 1, 2000

An interview with guitarist Warren Fitzgerald

Sloppy Seconds – Garbage Days Regurgitated – Review

June 1, 2000

Sloppily covering tunes by those who influenced ’em, but these version are bad. They shoulda picked better songs, more songs, and done a better job playin’ ’em.

30 Foot Fall – Ever Revolving, Never Evolving – Review

January 1, 2000

30footFall is picking up where Guttermouth left off. They’re fast, they’re irreverent, and they make fun of themselves as much as everything around them.

Guttermouth – Gorgeous – Review

September 1, 1999

The same manic energy, but the rhythms sound familiar and the lyrics just aren’t as funny as they useta be. But there are a few soon-to-be classics.

AFI – Black Sails in the Sunset – Review

September 1, 1999

No matter what musical genre you play, bad songs are bad songs. And here’s an album full of them.

One Hit Wonder – Who the Hell is – Review

April 1, 1999

Good time whoa-whoa punkpop rampages mixed with mid-tempo rockers that coulda been early Rancid tunes.