Scott Hefflon – Page 178 – Lollipop Magazine

Teen Machine – After School Special – Review

June 3, 2001

Teen Machine cover “Yummy Yummy Yummy” and ABBA’s “Does Your Mother Know?” and paraphrases Cheap Trick (among others) just to let ya know they know.

Swallowing Shit – Review

June 3, 2001

Swallowing Shit is Anal Cunt. 30 seconds of blasted hate, similar to sticking your face in a furnace for as long as you can stand it.

Swag – Catch All – Review

June 3, 2001

I’m getting Travelling Wilberrys flashbacks here. Swag is a supergroup no one’s ever heard of, and that’s OK cuz it’s not like anyone here’s starving to death.

Rhapsody – Dawn of Victory – Review

June 3, 2001

I must be a frilly-shirted fruitcake cuz I love this record! As songs like “Holy Thunderforce” roar and beat their chests, soloists like Yngwie run for cover.

Pseudo Heroes – Down By Law – Split – Review

June 3, 2001

More powerpop than punk, the five songs here are pretty solid, though not wholly remarkable. Their first released material aside from a couple comp tracks.

Primal Fear – Nuclear Fire – Review

June 3, 2001

What Judas Priest mighta been post-Painkiller, but while each individual aspect is top-notch, there’s something in the stitching that bugs me.

Of Montreal – Coquelicot Asleep in the Poppies: A Variety of Whimsical Verse – Review

June 3, 2001

Ever wonder what it woulda been like to hear Sgt. Pepper’s… without knowing that The Beatles were mad geniuses and you’re kinda supposed to just go with them?

Octinomos – Fuckhole Armageddon – Review

June 3, 2001

Anyone who thinks all the hateful black metal has pussied out and become symphonic suck-ass, check this misanthrope out.

Niblick Henbane – Go Away – Review

June 3, 2001

So many street punk/Oi! bands reference Niblick Henbane, but I’ve never really gotten a good grip on what “the originators” sounded like. Gruff.

Mumble And Peg – All My Waking Moments in a Jar – Review

June 3, 2001

Dark, sinister rock, rolling in the muck of the mind, bleeding from a thousand pinpricks of self-loathing. Disturbing and painfully honest.