Scott Hefflon – Page 302 – Lollipop Magazine

Battershell – Beautiful Princess of Spit – Review

February 1, 1996

I can get into Battershell. Noisy underproduced pop that’s got true NY grit in the nooks and crannies.

Beyond – Reassemble – Review

February 1, 1996

Chicago’s demented Ted gets a facelift. With programming assistance by Acumen’s Jamie Duffy, Beyond now sounds like Skrew, Fear Factory, and reheated Pantera.

At The Gates – Slaughter of the Soul – Review

February 1, 1996

Slaughter of the Soul combines all that is mean riffing and vocally shredding with all that’s melodic and beautiful.

Zia – with Ultraviolence, Cubanate at The Rat – Review

February 1, 1996

I guess they went funk pop. I’m going to need more exposure to see if I like the new style. To be fair, it seems much of the crowd was totally into it.

Ultraviolence – with Cubanate, Zia at The Rat – Review

February 1, 1996

Donning dark sunglasses and short, spiky hair, Johnny let the strobe light freeze-frame his manic figure as the techno-opera began to wind its twisted tale.

Cubanate – with Ultraviolence, Zia at The Rat – Review

February 1, 1996

Vocalist Marc Heal is similar to a psycho queen techno-Lemmy with a frog in his throat. That’s good, by the way.

Agnostic Front – Raw Unleashed – Review

December 1, 1995

I considered myself a solid Agnostic Front fan until I listened to the same songs with various levels of crappy recording for an hour straight.

The Wives – Ask Me How – Review

December 1, 1995

These girls rampage through simple and balls-out tunes with great lyrics. Metaphors and curb-side story-telling abound, loving set to furious beats.

Noise Box – Nuffnutz – Review

December 1, 1995

They call this terror tech, and it blends shock culture samples from Ice T, every Tarantino quote ever, and anything else with the word “motherfucker” in it.

My Own Victim – Burning Inside – Review

December 1, 1995

Beginning in ’90 as Human Remains, becoming Crawlspace in ’92, and finally maturing into My Own Victim in ’94/’95.