(en) Raggett, Ned, «Plays for Lovers - Beefeater - Review», AllMusic (consulté le ) : «Drawing from funk as much as punk, Beefeater cooks up a groovy combination on their debut album.»
(en) Foster, Patrick, «Gray Matter - Biography», AllMusic (consulté le ) : «The recordings, which revealed the influence of early-D.C. punk ('Gray Matter', 'Caffeine Blues'), also warned about the dangers of punk nostalgia ('Retrospect') and featured a surprising cover of the Beatles' 'I Am the Walrus' was the first hint of the band's strong pop streak.»
Jonathan Gold, «Spins: Platter Du Jour - 7 - NOFX - Heavy Petting Zoo», Spin, Camouflage Associates, vol.12, no1, , p.113 (lire en ligne, consulté le ).
(en) Prindle, Mark, «Guy Picciotto interview», Markprindle.com, (consulté le ) : «Well, first of all, I don't recognize that attribution. I've never recognized 'emo' as a genre of music. I always thought it was the most retarded term ever. I know there is this generic commonplace that every band that gets labeled with that term hates it. They feel scandalized by it. But honestly, I just thought that all the bands I played in were punk rock bands. The reason I think it's so stupid is that - what, like the Bad Brains weren't emotional? What - they were robots or something? It just doesn't make any sense to me.»
(en) Ira Robbins et David Sprague, «Saccharine Trust», TrousserPress.com (consulté le ) : «Too early to be post-hardcore but too uncommon for any simple classification, this Southern California quartet doesn't try to create a blizzard of noise — they go at it more artfully, but with equally ear-wrenching results. [...]».
