Lollipop Magazine

L.A. Guns – Man in the Moon – Review

February 22, 2002

Man in the Moon was to be a return to the classic style of the early and most-loved material. It’s not quite full circle, but it’s a start.

Gigantor – Back to the Rockets!!! – Review

February 22, 2002

Back to the Rockets!!! is Gigantor’s fifth record in a ten year span that’s seen them rise among the many prized German punk rock acts.

The Impotent Sea Snakes – Everything in Excess – Review

February 22, 2002

Blasphemy meets burlesque in a futuristic, exotic sort of way. These guys (and girls) put the “X” in sex and then come back for sloppy seconds.

The Business – No Mercy for You – Review

February 22, 2002

Loud, proud and more Oi than ever. One of the forerunners of early English street punk, The Business have been tooling around for over twenty years.

Stereomud – Perfect Self – Review

February 22, 2002

Members of the band migrated from Stuck Mojo and Life of Agony, so there’s little surprise the prevailing musical elements here are of an advanced stage.

Queensrÿche – Live Evolution – Review

February 15, 2002

Live Evolution spans their twenty years together, and every fan they’ve picked up along the way will quickly appreciate it.

Moonspell – Darkness and Hope – Review

February 8, 2002

Maintaining power with a fixture of progression, Moonspell’s latest effort is highly emotive and wrought with minor-key melody and deft mood swings.

Virgin Steele – The House of Atreus Act II – Review

June 4, 2001

Its 23 tracks combine savagery with sensuousness, Manowar with Rainbow, and sensitivity with rage in an enchanting tale of tragedy and triumph.

Thornspawn – Empress From the Realms of Blasphemy – Review

June 4, 2001

Thornspawn brings their hammer down in a show of force of such magnitude, the entire state of Texas itself may be cast into the lower depths of Hell.

Son of Sam – Songs From the Earth – Review

June 3, 2001

A familiar style built upon the classic Misfits/Samhain tradition, slightly more modern, with AFI vocalist Davey Havoc’s impenetrable voice.