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Amanda’s Dirty Secret – with Holy Smokes, Heavens to Murgatroid, Scissorfight, The Hellions in Kittery, Maine – Review

September 1, 1995

At times, Amanda’s Dirty Secret sounded like Hole, at times like some DC post-punk band, and by this time, I was getting pretty drunk.

The Hellions – Holy Smokes, Amanda’s Dirty Secret, Heavens to Murgatroid, Scissorfight in Kittery, Maine – Review

September 1, 1995

Alas, they ran out of beer before The Hellions took to the stage, and we had been sitting and standing in the sun for about five hours.

Scissorfight – Holy Smokes, Amanda’s Dirty Secret, Heavens to Murgatroid, The Hellions in Kittery, Maine – Review

September 1, 1995

These guys are heavy. Intense, screaming, post-punk anger, low and churning, and a singer who looks like he’d be more comfortable on a tractor than a stage.

Holy Smokes – with Amanda’s Dirty Secret, Heavens to Murgatroid, Scissorfight, The Hellions in Kittery, Maine – Review

September 1, 1995

Light-hearted, fun-loving; all the songs are about girls they used to go out with who later rejected them. Except two.

Heavens to Murgatroid with Holy Smokes, Amanda’s Dirty Secret, Scissorfight, The Hellions in Kittery, Maine – Review

September 1, 1995

Heavens to Murgatroid did play power pop – and did it in such a way that I was immediately bored.

The Tunnel Rats – Run For Your Life – Review

July 1, 1995

The Tunnel Rats turn out hate punk at its finest. Fucking sheep, getting loaded, tipping cows, and kicking hippie ass all along the drug-crazed Gonzo trail.