Lollipop Magazine

The Bouncing Souls – with SNFU at The Rat – Review

September 1, 1995

The singer, Greg, had the goofiest facial expressions allowed by law in a public place. Fast, tight, melodic and brimming with good feeling for all.

SNFU – with The Bouncing Souls at The Rat – Review

September 1, 1995

Vocalist Mr. Chi Pig is definitely one wacked-out human. Leaping everywhere with them dread/braid things. His fellow SNFUers played and sang along tightly.

Lunachicks – at The Rat – Review

September 1, 1995

Destroyed baby-doll outfits and disarray. Good, sloppy, old-fashioned punk. They tore through songs with energy that the CD just can’t convey.

Gwen Mars – at the Rat – Review

September 1, 1995

It’s tight, accessible heavy rock that combines the sounds of Seattle and L.A., for people who are long over the “grunge” thing.

Forty – with Fifty Lashes, Bëowülf at the Rat – Review

September 1, 1995

These local boys impressed me so much that I climbed out of the cellar and up into the muggy Kenmore air to smoke cigarettes and watch Mr. Butch panhandle.

Fifty Lashes – with Forty, Bëowülf at the Rat – Review

September 1, 1995

Fifty Lashes hit the stage like four drunken baboons all cranked up on some government-sanctioned amphetamine that the military is no doubt secretly testing.

Swank- with Combine, Heretix (last show) at the Rat – Review

July 1, 1995

Maybe I’m tired of power trios, or I’m suspicious of bands who write letters to ‘zines complaining of sexism and then make jokes about their hairdressers on stage.

Riverdales – with The Queers at the Rat – Review

July 1, 1995

Riverdales keep it simple: No excessive harmonies, no tricky time changes, and few variations in tempo, key, and beat. Yet the songs are instantly catchy.

Pet UFO – at The Rat – Review

July 1, 1995

Singer Souci Broskowitz is a woman-in-rock to keep an eye on. She’s vicious. She’s a victim. She’s hurt, but she ain’t gonna whine for your sympathy.

Heretix – (last show) with Combine, Swank at the Rat – Review

July 1, 1995

I had to leave before the Heretix, being too drunk for a funeral.