Scott Hefflon – Page 293 – Lollipop Magazine

Dio – Angry Machines – Review

June 15, 1996

Despite tackling such topic as isolation, divorce, paranoia, and insanity, Dio still sounds like he’s singing “Look out! The sky is falling down!”

Axehandle Punk Compilation – Review

June 1, 1996

For their fourth release, Axhandle releases a broad-ranging compilation of punk from coast to coast and Canada.

Tangerine Dream – Book of Dreams – Review

June 1, 1996

A mixture of windpipe cheese, and driving synth beats, Book of Dreams is filled with dramatic highs, sorrowful lows, and longing glances out the window.

Only Living Witness – Innocents – Interview

June 1, 1996

An interview with vocalist Jonah Jenkins

Prelude to a Lick – The Editor’s Rant – Column

June 1, 1996

Our THIRD ANNIVERSARY ISSUE. We put it on the cover, wrote long-winded essays about the trials and undulations, and even reprinted some of our best quotes.

Lollipop – The Wonder Years – Fiction

June 1, 1996

Job: Write a fluffed-up article about The Lollipop Kids, the colorful munchkins of the magazine biz, and the trials and tribulations they’ve experienced.

Ninety Pound Wuss – Review

June 1, 1996

Dirty guitar sound and throaty vocals similar to Chad of ALL, NPW sounds like “I Don’t Wanna Hear It” and “Reaganomics,” song after over-caffeinated song.

Misery Loves Co. – Happy? – Review

June 1, 1996

Its haunting, Alice In Chains-esque chorus, blended with mournful, distorted diary-reading verses, combine to make a beautifully depressing dirge.

Malevolent Creation – Joe Black – Review

June 1, 1996

What I thought was one of those tide-me-over EPs turns out to be one of the most black-hearted batteries of brutality to assault these ears in some time.

Guttermouth – Teri Yakimoto – Review

June 1, 1996

If I wanted social/political commentary, I’d watch pretentious panel discussions, out-shout-your-opponent talk shows, or listen to hardcore. Guttermouth rocks.