Scott Hefflon – Page 123 – Lollipop Magazine

John Doe – Forever Hasn’t Happened Yet – Review

March 16, 2005

Ex-X member John Doe needs no introduction. This slab of blues and roots music needs no padding. Even the bad songs are decent.

Index For Potential Suicide – Sex Violence Whatever – Review

March 16, 2005

Retrospective of a prolific screamcore band formed in 1998, broke up in 2002. 39 songs, compiled from 7″s, split 7″s, and comps, plus a few unreleased tracks.

Hammerfall – Chapter V: Unbent, Unbowed, Unbroken – Review

March 16, 2005

Swedish power metal, but a glance at the cover shoulda made that clear. Anyone into power metal or falsetto-layered heavy metal knows who these guys are.

Greyscale – Discord For the Dead Kid – Review

March 16, 2005

From Long Island, moved to Reno to get away from scene bands. System of a Down is a reference: Weird and choppy metal with vocals ya don’t expect in metal.

Funeral Diner – The Underdark – Review

March 16, 2005

Part miserable screamo rampage, part dark, howling stumble with blackout lapses. Kinda cool, if you can get past the one note the guy likes to scream.

Dash Rip Rock – Recyclone – Review

March 16, 2005

A best-of collection of a 20-year vet of Southern party rock/rockabilly. Get this CD, sell the portion of yer collection this replaces on eBay, and buy a keg.

Civet – Massacre – Review

March 16, 2005

Four-piece girl punk band, sounds like early Distillers, before Brody started writing like rock like Hole. Young, hot, raw, and play trashy, honest stuff.

Billy Idol – Devil’s Playground – Review

March 16, 2005

With a voice this smooth, it’s no surprise he goes Vegas crooner, but he’s still got the rock, and guitarist Steve Stevens still has the chops.

Bazerk – I Heard Ya’ll Like Violence – The Rage Album – Review

March 16, 2005

The problem is, I think he’s serious… Indiana-born Zookeyne (Zoo, for short) likes Fishbone, rap, and metal, and this is what happens if no one stops you.

Andrew James – Review

March 16, 2005

Solo recording of a guy in a Boston pop band I’ve never heard of. Three songs, all quite pleasant, and he’s got a voice like Erasure and Depeche Mode.