Lollipop Magazine

Punch Drunk V – Review

September 20, 2004

In previous incarnations of this series, there’ve been a few stinkers that snuck past security, but Volume V is a pure winner.

The L.A. Shakedown! – Review

July 23, 2003

Some will be too “street punk” or “mod/garagey” for ya, but it’s just cool to hear bands on TKO and Hellcat back-to-back with Estrus/Bomp!/In the Red bands.

Punch Drunk – III – Review

August 2, 2002

A grouchy reviewer might grumble that TKO’s latest sampler is mostly filler, but an astute music historian would point out it’s merely carrying on the legacy.

Give ‘Em the Boot – III – Review

August 2, 2002

More interesting than the average label sampler; but once you get to the third mediocre side project, it starts to feel like an inside joke.

Sarre-Chasm – You Can’t Fire Me… – Column

September 1, 2000

I’m goddamned sick and tired of battlin’ writer’s block to once again arrive at a frustrated first step, y’know, leave me alone and let me go back to bed. I say that every issue, and now I quit.

Punch Drunk – Review

January 1, 2000

If you’re a fan of good ol’ punk, the kinda snarling, rawkus rock that makes you lock arms with yer mates in merry roughhousing, Punch Drunk is just the thing.

Old Skars and Upstarts – Review

January 1, 2000

A punk rock party record with, as the title implies, favorite oldsters and young bucks, near thirty tracks in all, cuz someone thought it was a good idea.

U.S. Bombs – The World – Review

September 1, 1999

Good, old-fashioned, thick-voiced, mid-tempo barroom anthem punk sway, but the Bombs don’t come across as wild on CD as they do in their shows.

U.S. Bombs – War Birth – Review

March 1, 1998

U.S. Bombs are the saving grace of punk rock in the late ’90s. Never mind the Pistols, U.S. Bombs are street punk the way it oughtta be.

U.S. Bombs – Never Mind The Open Minds… – Review

June 1, 1997

Look at a picture of U.S. Bombs and you’ll see five guys in their mid-thirties who dress like they’re roadies for the Clash right around Combat Rock.