Lollipop Magazine

Junkie XL – Saturday Teenage Kick – Review

April 1, 1998

Studio guru Tom Holkenborg enlisted the aid of Fear Factory’s Dino Cazares and Urban Dance Squad’s Rude Boy to transform the club scene into a clubbing scene.

Deicide – Serpents of the Light – Review

March 1, 1998

A bunch of long-haired metal roarers attacking self-righteous Christians again and again? What’s not to like? But that’s when their music gets in the way.

Front Line Assembly – Reclamation – Review

December 1, 1997

Reclamation is not a new album, it’s a “best-of” collection that documents most of their 11 year career, starting with their singles circa ’89 .

Fear Factory – Remanufacture (Cloning Technology) – Review

September 1, 1997

Remanufacture is a bloated 60+ minutes of remixes of practically all eleven songs on Demanufacture, a monstrous, futuristic metal album to begin with.

Obituary – Back From the Dead – Review

September 1, 1997

With a genre throwback album and classic zombie cover art by Bernie Wrightson of Swamp Thing fame, they fill the emaciated Obituary fan’s plate.

Machine Head – The More Things Change – Review

June 1, 1997

Machine Head have learned to write dynamically, and while The More Things Change… seems to drag at times, it’s an action-packed blockbuster..

Coal Chamber – Interview

April 1, 1997

An interview with Meegs Rascon, Rayna Foss, Mike Cox, and B. Dez Fafara

Floodgate – Penalty – Review

December 1, 1996

Floodgate lifted the distinct touches of Soundgarden and Alice In Chains, smashed them into bare-bones trudge rock, and are half as good as Clutch.

Make ‘Em Mokum Crazy – Review

October 1, 1996

Gabba’s dark side, documented by Mokum’s Battlegrounds, has given way to the brighter sound of popcore, which plays like a colorful, freakish carnival sideshow.

Madball – Demonstrating My Style – Interview

June 1, 1996

An interview with bassist Hoya Roc