Scott Hefflon – Page 259 – Lollipop Magazine

Heavy Water Factory – Remixes of Pain – Review

April 1, 1998

I have no basis for not liking these remixes other than they’re boring. Everyone says they’re creating electronic music with organic sound. Most fail.

Guillotine – Under the Guillotine – Review

April 1, 1998

Snakespit vocals, ripping guitarwork, wild fretboard flailings (meaning they play solos), and ump-pa, ump-pa drumming the likes of which we’ve come to expect.

Gonkulator – Satan’s Burial Ground – Review

April 1, 1998

Turn on the blender, shuffle your silverware drawer, and grunt like a pig for 40 minutes to achieve the same effect.

Edge of Sanity – Cryptic – Review

April 1, 1998

Dan Swäno is producing and doing solo work instead of impressing us with shredding riffs, dazzling solos, and scalpel-sharp production in Edge of Sanity.

Dropkick Murphys – Do or Die – Review

April 1, 1998

Combining a boisterous Irish pub vibe with working class punk rock, Dropkick Murphys have a style that’ll either work or flop miserably.

Diesel Boy – Venus Envy – Review

April 1, 1998

These goofy, self-effacing melodic punks tip the hat to fellow Fat-sounding punk bands as well as ’80s sit-calms, Faster Pussycat, and Taco Bell.

Cranium – Speed Metal Satan – Review

April 1, 1998

Cranium roar and yelp and jackhammer and shred and scream their way through the ages to the (good) old days of speedcore.

Garbage Pail – Communication Breakdance 2 – Column

March 1, 1998

Kids milled around for hours outside the sold-out show muttering “Oh, man” until their parents came to pick them up.

The Cooties – Let’s Play House – Review

March 1, 1998

A side project of Washington punk posterboys MxPx and upcoming talents, 90lb Wuss. Combines the best and worst elements of both groups.

Side Order Of Flies – Fiction

March 1, 1998

Your innermost self wanted to express itself, and, nothing personal bub, but I think your innermost self oughtta shut the fuck up.