Scott Hefflon – Page 144 – Lollipop Magazine

Heat Slick – Review

January 3, 2003

L.A.-style rock, in all its glammy, swaggering glory. Production is less monster cock rock than it used to be, but pre-funded ’80s hair “metal” was often thin.

Acid Bath – Double Live Bootleg – Review

January 3, 2003

Before black depression poet extraordinaire Dax Riggs sobbed so eloquently for Agents of Oblivion or Dead Boy and the Elephantmen, he screamed for Acid Bath.

Iced Earth – Tribute to the Gods – Review

January 3, 2003

This here’s a cover album. Some swagger, some crank metal loud’n’proud, and some bow before the alter of hard rock. It’s pretty damn cool.

Andy Dick – Andy Dick and The Bitches of the Century – Review

January 3, 2003

Andy Dick has appeared in movies, does voice-overs, has been on network and cable TV shows, and now he’s got a musical CD out. Is the band any good? Yeah!

Hammerfall – Crimson Thunder – Review

January 3, 2003

Part guilty pleasure, part just goofy-doofy heavy metal, there are moments here that swell the breast, some that make you strut like a bad-ass thru the mall.

Halo Friendlies – Get Real – Review

January 3, 2003

Another chick punkpop band that bucks most of the pitfalls. Sure, they’re cute, sure, they rock pretty well, sure they write pretty lil’ peppy pop gems.

Agalloch – The Mantle – Review

January 3, 2003

There’s a real chilly, sparse beauty here. Mostly acoustic, with very few vocals (which is good: the vocals are echo-drenched blah when they surface).

The Crush – Here is Where I Cross My Fingers – Review

January 3, 2003

Adeline enters the lucrative and often laughable world of emo-punk, but they do so with a band from Minneapolis, so they won’t get slapped.

The Beautiful Mistake – Light a Match for I Deserve to Burn – Review

January 3, 2003

The Beautiful Mistake’s first full-length is warmly-produced by Ed Rose, and combines the noodly stuff with passionate/reaching vocals that are the highlight.

Dropkick Murphys – Live on St. Patrick’s Day – Review

January 3, 2003

Pretty much a no-brainer here, it’s a live Dropkick Murphys record, recorded in the band’s hometown of Boston over St. Patrick’s day weekend.