Apparently this actually happened and the review was printed in this month’s Maxim magazine. Gawker has the coverage of the review, the band’s’ response and the magazine’s response to the band’s response. After a few months in the publishing industry I understand how frustrating trying to get review copies of big releases can be, but this is kind humorous. They reviewed the record as being of moderately good quality but less than excellent (my definition of 2.5 out of 5).
I wonder if they would have given a shit if Maxim reviewed it with a four out of five or a five out of five.