Lollipop Magazine

Groove Radio – Review

November 1, 1998

Half the fun (the other is dancing vertically, horizontally, or bouncing around like a pinball in your car) is trying to peg the origin of the samples.

Congo Norvell – The Dope The Lies The Vaseline – Review

September 1, 1996

Not without its finer points, but overall, the dope has too many seeds and not enough resin, and the lies aren’t big enough to lengthen Pinocchio’s proboscis.

X-Members – Down With The Average Joe – Review

June 1, 1996

This is so-so So Cal skate thrash which attempts to pull off a genuine early ’80s hardcore blur, but ends up sounding like a sped-up version of the Offspring.

Magnapop – Rubbing Doesn’t Help – Review

May 1, 1996

13 edgy pop tunes filled with driving bass, crunchy, raspy guitars, and jittery lyrics. Luminous lead vocals skim over the top of everything else.

The Rugburns – Taking The World By Donkey – Review

December 1, 1995

I wrote with a black grease pencil in a crabbed and illegible script the lyrics to the first three songs I heard. It filled both sides of the sheet.

Notes From the Underground – Review

November 1, 1995

A carefully chosen selection of would-be hits from the vast sea of guitar rock bands who reside just below the surface of the American mainstream.

Buccinator – The Great Painter Raphael – Review

March 1, 1995

Sound bites are chopped ‘n’ blended with screwy geetars ‘n’ the usual rock gear, plus some shortwave radio and Moog action.

Sons of Elvis – Review

March 1, 1995

Robert Plant vocals, Journey harmonies, maybe a bit of Van Halen. Boston drums. An Aerosmith riff now and again.

Milk Cult – Burn or Bury – Review

March 1, 1995

Incorporating dance beats, sound effects like the winged terror Rodan, and a guest appearance by Faith No More’s Mike Patton, every song takes on its own style.

Foreskin 500 – Manpussy – Review

November 1, 1994

While duh-rock guitars plod and solos rip, there are preachers prophecizing, porno stars humping, and warbling horns that sound like elephants with indigestion.