Lollipop Magazine

Nocturne – Guide to Extinction – Review

April 13, 2005

Nocturne have never been metal enough to grab, not industrial enough to be interesting, so I’ve just always dismissed them, as I will again.

Nocturne – Welcome to Paradise – Review

February 22, 2002

Kinda sexy-sounding female writhing to amateur industrial sounds and boring beats with plodding, been-done-to-death guitar chugs.

Gaza Strippers – Electric Bible: The New Testament – Review

June 2, 2001

Electric Bible plus a Five Fingers… track, two unreleased tracks from the Laced Candy sessions, and a souped-up cover of Elvis Costello’s “Lipstick Vogue.”

Stephen Pearcy – Before and Laughter – Review

April 1, 2001

Life’s too short to spend much time here: I had no idea Stephen Pearcy had been writing songs since 1976 yet only gets it right a few times.

Vicious Delite – Review

April 1, 2001

Only in L.A. would releasing a full-length by Stephen Pearcy’s new band, Vicious Delight, seem like a good idea.

Jeff Dahl – Pancake 31 – Review

April 1, 2001

Pancake 31 doesn’t have much goin’ on. A limp punk rock version of some 40-year-old guy down-at-the-plant yakin’ about his high school football days.

Johnny Thunders – In the Flesh – Review

September 1, 2000

Before he died, Johnny Thunders played lotsa live shows which were, like this one, duly bootlegged whether they were any good or not.

Billy Bacon and the Forbidden Pigs – Pig Latin – Review

September 1, 2000

The guy may not be Mex, but he sure as hell is TexMex and this comp of his stuff since the mid-’80s is built up on all that stuff that came before.

The Five Fingers of Dr. X – Review

September 1, 2000

Three to five choice cuts o’ rock’n’roll tenderloin from The Streetwalkin’ Cheetahs, Tricky Woo, The Gaza Strippers, ADZ and The Black Halos.

Exxxile on Main St. – Review

June 1, 2000

The label’s a lucky 13 years old, so why the hell not issue a comp to mark the occasion? Highlights outnumber the lows.