Scott Hefflon – Page 157 – Lollipop Magazine

Honest Don’s Dirty Dishes – Review

April 19, 2002

If you think punkpop has driven every worthwhile idea into the ground, there are songs here so catchy and peppy you can’t help but dance around like a fool.

Heavy Metal – Geomatrix – Review

April 19, 2002

Seeing as there are mostly big names here, this is a good chance to see how the old metal dudes are doing without having to buy their latest release.

Don’t Be Scared – It’s Only a Fearless Records Sampler – Review

April 19, 2002

Bit of the old, bit of the new. Some old-style poppunk, a bit of the new-style emopunk, a touch of shouting hardcore punk, and, um, At The Drive-In.

Sevendust – Animosity – Review

April 12, 2002

Aaron Lewis of Staind sings on “Follow,” so you get that whole heartfelt trip, ya know? The harmonies are detached, haunting and quaveringly eerie.

The Queers – Live in West Hollywood – Review

April 12, 2002

These 31 songs (including a handfulla covers) hit most of the hits, and a lot of the goodies that woulda been hits if the world didn’t suck so much.

Reign of Erebus – Humanracist – Review

April 12, 2002

A crack of thunder opens, and then a bunch of demons roar and choirs sing and whammy bars cause Slayerized guitar screeches to warble and tremble and cackle.

Lit – Atomic – Review

April 12, 2002

Lit are modern rock radio posterboys, compete with a string-assisted ballad and rebel-lite lyrics about drinking, making out with girls, and tattoos.

The Eyeliners – Sealed with a Kiss – Review

April 12, 2002

Three tough ’50s-style chickies who look good in leather pants and leopard prints and crank out 12 tracks in 27 minutes of classic Ramones three-chord-punk.

Kittie – Oracle – Review

April 12, 2002

Kittie have moments of gleaming beauty amidst the predictable, useless, aren’t-they-going-anywhere-with-this? trudge metal. Fashionable, yes, talented, no.

Kekal – The Painful Experience – Review

April 12, 2002

The band’s from Indonesia and combine black, thrash, and melodic death metal with traditional galloping heavy metal in a way that, uh, ya just can’t summarize.