by Gail Pop | 1998 | Music Reviews - B
Brother Cane – Wishpool – CD (Virgin Records) I actually like this album a lot. Brother Cain isn’t going to receive any points for creativity from me, but they play basic rock well, which few bands can really claim. The title track and “I Lie...
by Johnny Death | 1998 | Music Reviews - E
Enthroned – Towards the Skullthrone of Satan – CD (Metal Blade Records) Black Metal at it’s finest here. 55 minutes of satanic bliss with songs about Satan, Armageddon, the downfall of humanity/ Christianity, and those cold dark Nordic forests. Pull...
by Grog Mutant | 1998 | Music Reviews - H
Jeremy Hepp – Demo – Cassette Well, I probably should have let Mite review this, but I’m at the wire. Jeremy plays some great songs on a baby grand and a synth. The songs are really well done and very relaxing, yes something that can get Grog to...
by Grog Mutant | 1998 | Music Reviews - M
Migraines – Juvenilia – CD (Onefoot Records) A great Midwestern punk-pop release from a band that is really fun to see live. I don’t have the whole story on these guys, but even though this release shows them as a three piece at their CD release...
by Grog Mutant | 1998 | Music Reviews - R
Ruination – Visionary Breed – CD (Goldtrack Records) I’m sorry. I tried to listen to this but it’s fuckin’ pitiful. It has lame vocals which are wimply sung out with an occasional growl, light guitar wanking, a vaguely metal sounding...
by Mite Mutant | 1998 | Music Reviews - T
Toxic Narcotic – Damn Near Killed ‘Em – CD (Rodent Popsicle Records) Coming in under 5 minutes, this 8-sng assault on the senses is hard-core punk angst at its best. Toxic Narcotic is sick of everything. From people who suck to corporations that...
by Grog Mutant | 1998 | Music Reviews - V/A
V/A – Shreds Volume 5 American Underground 90-92 – CD (Shredder Records) I really love this CD, but hey I’m really biased since my old band (The Oxymorons!) is the first band on this comp. I will say that we were powerful energetic punk-pop. The...
by Grog Mutant | 1998 | Music Reviews - B
Bugattitype 35 – Bugattitype 35 – CD (Jollydog Records) I was a bit biased when I went to review this since I saw BT35 and had lunch with them the next day. They are very cool, have a real road van, are from Wisconsin (my adopted home) and are just plain...
by Grog Mutant | 1998 | Music Reviews - E
Esoterics – The Lick – CD (Olive Records) This is a pretty short CD, 9 songs in just under 20 minutes. However, they get their point across and don’t waste your time with boring extended jams. Yeah, so what Grog, what do they sound like? Well, they...
by Grog Mutant | 1998 | Music Reviews - H
The Hunger – Cinematic Superthug – CD (Universal Records) The Hunger sounds like any number of hard rock acts from the eighties trying their hand sounding like a nineties hard rock alternative band with tinges of industrial rock blended in. It’s like...
by Johnny Death | 1998 | Music Reviews - M
Mithotyn – In the Sign of the Ravens – CD (Metal Blade Records) Now this is one killer cd. I would still classify this as black metal, but with some originality behind it ! Lots of variety on these tracks with acoustic guitars, keyboards and other effects....
by Mite Mutant | 1998 | Music Reviews - S
The Saboteurs – Espionage Garage – CD (American Pop Project) A surf pop spaghetti spy trio who call Japan home. A nice sounding cd that has a steady slow surfy sound. Lacks the bite that local surf band The Mulchmen has me accustomed to, but a good listen...
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