Lollipop Magazine

The Collectors Guide To Heavy Metal – Vol. 3: The 90s – Review

March 1, 2008

Herein, you get about 3100 reviews, the stuff you expect in the metal genre/gene-splice spiced with heavy aggressive music tangential to metal.

Boneyard – Vol 3 – Review

June 13, 2005

Instead of a dark, evil fiend scaring the wits out of helpless, sexy teenagers, the IRS is coming after a guy and his slew of cute monster friends.

Slipknot – Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses) – Review

November 15, 2004

Patented heart-busting punk rock nü metal death, but there are choruses, melodic vocals, very musical touches, many more than on previous albums.

In Our Lifetime – Vol. 3: The Revenge of Boston – Review

January 3, 2003

Ex-Grand Royal (oh, how we miss you!) honcho Mark Kates presents two volumes of urban, hip, eclectic-but-never-lost gems that mine surprise after surprise.

Happy Meals – Vol. 3: Songs to Run Away From – Review

August 2, 2002

Leaning significantly more toward delicate indie rock and alt-country, there’s less of the sugar(lip)smacking punkpop Santa Barbara became famous for.

RAFR – Vol 3 – Review

April 19, 2002

This comp is the aural equivalent of invitin’ all yer rowdy friends over for an eviction party, but with the security of not bein’ homeless the next day.

Metal Dreams – Vol. 3 – Review

February 22, 2002

I’m an admitted speed freak (the verb, not necessarily the drug), and while Goth metal tickles my brooding dark side, I’m just not a fan of ballads.

Punk Chartbusters – Vol. 3 – Review

June 4, 2001

Punk bands cover top 40 songs throughout the ages. Two CDs, 50 tracks, ranging from shitty bands I’ve never heard of to shitty bands I HAVE heard of. I kid…

Songs from the Penalty Box – Vol 3 – Review

January 1, 2000

Original, well-crafted (instrumentally and vocally) fast music from the likes of Dogwood, Shorthanded, and Craig’s Brother make pop-punk as enriching as ever.

Planetary Pebbles – Vol. 3 – SurfBeat behind the Iron Curtain – Review

September 1, 1999

Most of the glorious, socialistic primeval rock’n’roll sounds more like game show themes or a low rent Mancini mangled approximation of the Monkees.