Scott Hefflon – Page 160 – Lollipop Magazine

Dogwood – Matt Aragon – Review

March 29, 2002

NOFXian drum thunder and neat production tricks don’t save predictable songwriting and the fact that the singer – husky voice or not – misses a lot of notes.

Devotchkas – Live Fast…Die Young – Review

March 29, 2002

Devotchkas are like a female version of The Unseen, but without the ability to write dumb punk songs well.

Heavenly – Sign of the Winner – Review

March 29, 2002

These guys began as a classic rock cover band called Satan’s Lawyer. That’s kinda funny. They thunder and spiral and cascade and zip and sizzle and all that.

Glasseater – 7Yearsbadluck – Review

March 29, 2002

Glasseater are one of those not-very-good punk bands that copped a different, not-very-imaginative style (in this case hardcore yelling) and still sucks.

Toilet Boys – Review

March 29, 2002

I’ve never understood the fuss about these guys… They aren’t nearly as good as Pretty Boy Floyd were, and they’re not as good as the Backyard Babies are.

Lonely Kings – Jetlag – Review

March 22, 2002

Santa Cruz represents! Newcomers Jetlag team up with Lonely Kings, who’ve been pounding the streets since ’94.

Jetlag – Lonely Kings – Review

March 22, 2002

Santa Cruz represents! Both bands draw influence from hardcore, punk, and the Deftones. Sometimes jazzing it up, sometimes hanging from the heartstrings.

Blind Guardian – And Then There Was Silence – Review

March 22, 2002

This two-song, 18-minute EP took four months to record, the 14-minute title track required over 128 tracks, including 50 for the vocals and 30 for the guitars.

Devin Townsend – Terria – Review

March 22, 2002

Devin Townsend’s solo material ranges from sonic landscapes to delicate noodlings to brutal bashings, and all are top-notch, cuz the guy is borderline genius.

Zeke – Death Alley – Review

March 22, 2002

Metal is as metal does, and Death Alley pounds yer ass like yer the new pretty boy on the cell block.