Lollipop Magazine

Hopeless Records Reaches Milestone – News

May 4, 2011

Hopeless Records is excited to announce that three of its releases…

Metal=Life Volume II – Review

March 2, 2007

Exclusively from Hot Topic, Metal = Life 2 features some of the best and worst metal and hardcore acts of today. The two CDs pack a bulky 38 tracks.

Jeff Ott – Will Work for Diapers – Review

June 28, 2004

Be it Fifteen’s visceral, melodic punk, or his own solo acoustic material, Jeff Ott uses his creativity to help fight poverty, violence, and injustice.

Plea For Peace Take Action – Volume 2 – Review

January 3, 2003

Second disc from the highly-successful tour that benefits The National Hopeline Network and Kristin Brooks Hope Center. A who’s who of underground artists.

Hopelessly Devoted to You – Vol 4 – Review

November 11, 2002

Newer Hopeless/Sub City band are of two distinct schools: The Weakerthans and Jeff Ott go the acoustic route, Thrice and Avenged Sevenfold are heavy.

Thrice – The Illusion of Safety – Review

October 28, 2002

Thrice execute the goose bumps-givin’ minor shred riffs like closet Exodus fans and convey a flood of raw emotion seldom achieved with technical arrangements.

Plea for Peace Take Action – Review

April 19, 2002

This comp and the tour that supported it brought some of the biggest names in underground music across the nation, raising donations and spreading good music.

Thrice – Identity Crisis – Review

February 22, 2002

Thrice go beyond NOFX drumming, they enter full-on Metallica “Battery” territory. A re-issue of a sold-out earlier pressing meant to simply wet yer whistle.

Against All Authority – Nothing New for Trash Like You – Review

February 22, 2002

18 out-of-print/hard-to-find songs from 1992-2000. You either love/admire these guys or ya hate preachy ska-punk in general, these guys in particular.

Fifteen – Survivor – Review

June 1, 2001

Survivor is what everybody loves and expects from Jeff Ott and co.: More Gilman St. pop-punk set to Everyman’s Tales of Life on the Streets.