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Review

Page: sweet75
Reviewer:  Robert Brooks
Date: March 09, 1999

Introduction

Sweet75, from our understanding, is Krist's new band.  As far as that goes, that's pretty much all we know about the band.   No music videos, no airplay on the radio, or much of anything to support the band.   Regardless of that, if someone wants to put something on the internet, they can.   Even Sweet75 fans.

Graphics

About the test:

  • Matrox Millenium G200 8MB used.

  • ASTVision 4I monitor used at 16-bit color and 800x600 pixels.

  • Browsers tested: IE Beta 5/Netscape Navigator 4.01/NeoPlanet 2.0

The graphics one the page show the author's taste in frames.   Since there are a lot of frames, the page tends to feel a bit "crowded."   Some of the frames are not useful, particularly the top center and top left frame.   The background is black, and the main choice for text is the color white.  In the top left pane, there is a logo for DGC, in the lower left pane are the sections for the site.  The resolution for the page is a bit out of the ordinary.  Far beyond a 800x600 resolution or a 1028x768 resolution. However with Netscape, all of that changes -- it looks a lot better.   All of the browsers tested seem to work fine with the page.

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Recommended resolution: 1028x768 [Netscape only]
Recommended browser: IE, Netscape, or Neoplanet.

Connectivity Test

About the test:

  • All browsers were closed before the test.

  • Order of testing: Internet Explorer Beta 5.0, Netscape Navigator 4.01, NeoPlanet 2.0.  One browser was tested at a time, all other browsers were closed during a browser's test.

  • Address for the main page, or page that consists of contents, or the page that was viewed in the screenshot was pasted in the testing browser.

  • Time was ended when the icon in the top right hand corner stopped.

  • U.S. Robotics Pratical Winmodem 56k installed during test.

  • Time shown in minute/second format.

Internet Explorer - 00:27 seconds
Neoplanet -  00:14 seconds
Netscape Navigator - 00:13 seconds

Disclaimer: The connection test was done on a 56k Winmodem connected at 44,000 bps.  Remember download times will vary depending on your modem speed, browser, server of the page, telephone line activity, and your internet service provide (ISP).  This will not guarantee that the page will download at the same rate on your computer as it does mine, this is just an estimate.

Information

Here are the sections and a description, if available:

  • Sweet75 - Want to know how the band got started?   All of that information is found in this section.  This is mainly an article, but it does provide the information.
  • Tabs - Well, this is no comparison to Nirvana tabs.   Why?  Sadly, they [Sweet75] are not as "popular" as Nirvana, so its kind of hard to have the tabs distributed.  There are tabs for four songs, three out of those four are guitar tabs.
  • Lyrics - All of the songs for their debeut album are listed.  It also says 'who-did-what' for each song. 
  • Interviews - Only two reviews available.  One with Krist alone and one with Krist and Yva.
  • Articles - With Krist in a new band, you can bet there are a couple of articles out there.  Indeed, there are...eight of them.
  • Old Tours - Find out when Sweet75 played, where they played, and who they played with.
  • Biography - You might consider this a discography rather than a biography.  It includes interview, bootlegs, and what not.  It provides the length of the tape, the grade for quality, and the setlist or information.
  • History - This is a brief description of how they met.   The only difference is that it is not in an interview.
  • Links - A few links to Nirvana pages and places that sells CDs.
  • Krist - A little bit of information about Krist and his background.
  • Timeline - This page has the Nirvana timeline, which provides thorough information about Krist.
  • Krist's Equipment - The equipment he used while in Nirvana.

Multimedia and Other

A list of each section under this topic and, if available, a description:

  • Pictures - Twenty-three pictures from his Nirvana days and a few from the present.
  • Guestbook - Sign or View the guestbook this page has.

Conclusion

This is, as far as I am concerned, a decent Sweet75 page.   Since there are not a lot out there, I really can not compare it to anything.   Hopefully it will provide more information, and perhaps some more multimedia on the way.

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