Scott Hefflon – Page 139 – Lollipop Magazine

Bombshell Rocks – From Here and On – Review

June 20, 2003

Bombshell Rocks shed the Rancid-clone pigeonhole (but keep the great-sounding bass), and explore both Bad Religion-style Calipunk and their Swedish rock roots.

Stratovarius – Elements Pt. 1 – Review

June 13, 2003

If you can’t handle thrashy vocals and prefer the kinda faggy clear-as-a-(tinker)bell vocals, well, power metal doesn’t get much better than Stratovarious.

Manda and the Marbles – More Seduction – Review

June 13, 2003

There’s plenty of John Hughes soundtrack influence here, so somewhere between Josie and the Pussycats and, like, “Be My Baby” is where this falls.

Lanterna – Sands – Review

June 13, 2003

Its caress is like a blossoming smile on a child’s face, or a car commercial showing a carload of people glad to be together, each lost in their own thoughts.

Pissing Razors – Live in the Devil’s Triangle – Review

May 30, 2003

Pissing Razors are from Texas, they sound a lot like Sepultura (Pantera, Skinlab, and Machine Head, per the bio). This is their fourth record, a live album.

Lamont – Thunder Boogie – Interview

May 30, 2003

An interview with singer/guitarist Pete Knipfing

Tiger Army – Early Years EP – Review

May 30, 2003

Six out-of-print or unreleased tracks from Tiger Army’s early days, including Eddie Cochran’s “Twenty Flight Rock” and the Misfit’s “American Nightmare.”

Big D And The Kids Table – The Gipsy Hill EP – Review

May 30, 2003

I like ska punk as much as a cold sore, but Big D And The Kid’s Table are fun and energetic and they hung in there long after ska punk became unfashionable.

The Donnas – Spend the Night – Interview

May 16, 2003

An interview with guitarist Allison Robertson

Thyrfing – Vansinnesvisor – Review

May 16, 2003

While not as old world as Vintersorg, there are glorious nostalgic moments of the days of wilderness, tribe, and mystery.