From Profane Existence, Minneapolis, Minnesota, July, 1997:
"Cooters "Invasion of The Cooters" CD
There may be a few readers of this magazine who remember our band Pissed, or remember Newt from when he co-edited several issues of Profane Existence, or even remember his zine Assault With Intent To Free. Well, it was a long time ago that Newt moved back to Mississippi and disappeared from the scene for a while.  With renewed energy, and probably a product of sheer boredom, Newt and ALL the other punks in his town got together and started the Cooters shortly afterwards. After years of jamming, the Cooters produced a 7" and now a full length CD (having both tracks from the 7" recorded better!). Musically, this runs the spectrum of punk, crust, fusion jazz and just plain chaos, with twice as many instruments as members of the band! Lyrics are political and personal, and often have a fuck-shit-up attitude towards life in the Bible Belt - including a cover of "Breakin' The Law" which gets a regular airing in our office. The music tends to jump between styles for song to song, or even during the songs and some of the best parts are the hilarious sound bites, including their own prank calls, liberally spaced throughout the disc. Obviously there was quite a lot of effort put into this release, so check it out! (Dan)"

From Less Than One, Wilmas, California, January, 1996:
"The Cooters 2 song 7" record. Here's a little taste of a band I've never heard of until now, The Cooters. Side one is similar to Buzzoven and Fudge Tunnel burning tortillas and then fighting over it. Good bass line too! Side two is a track called "I Don't Know." It follows in more or less the same style with perhaps a bit of a groove intrusion not unlike the free flow of early Primus or mid-70's Zeppelin. Maybe I'm using some not so good comparisons, but this cool band is definitely on their own crusade of punk. Whatchu talkin' 'bout, Willis?!!? I'm talkin' 'bout the Cooters, Arnold!!"