Articles by Matt McMillan

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  Mondo Generator

  A Drug Problem That Never Existed

  PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2003

  It was 1997 when Nick Oliveri, whose rap sheet includes stints in Kyuss, Dwarves, and Queens of the Stone Age, first shat out his wild-eyed...

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  Liquidaires

  Lookin' Up

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2003

  Since the mid-‘90s, the Liquidaires have been Toronto’s pre-eminent (if criminally underappreciated) ska-jazz ensemble. In that time they’v...

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  Illuminati

  The Illuminati

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2003

  Conspiracy nuts know that the Bavarian Illuminati was formed May 1, 1776, by Adam Weishaupt but went underground shortly after that. Eventu...

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  Acid Ape

  Fleshspa

  PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2003

  Sweden, Sweden, Sweden, the hype is reminiscent of what swirled around the late ’80s Seattle scene. And, here’s a Swedish band that sounds...

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  Ox

  Movements

  PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2003

  "Crushing” is one of Sons Of Otis front-man Ken Baluke’s favourite adjectives. And, appropriately it applies to OX, which finds him going i...

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  VALIS

  Vast Active Living Intelligence System

  PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2003

  VALIS are a super-group of sorts including members of two of the heaviest bands to come out of the Seattle scene of the late '80s (in pure...

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  Various

  Rebirth Of The Heavy

  PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2002

  Here it is, 16 tracks by the heaviest underground rock'n'rollers out there, dipping into such "genres" as stoner rock, doom metal, doom blu...

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  Bluebird

  Hot Blood

  PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2002

  The names attached to Hot Blood might suggest that this is a pummeller of a record: a guest appearance by the MC5's surviving guitar panthe...