A CHAT WITH THE CREATOR OF THE LEMMY AND THE DAMNED DOCUMENTARIES!
I recently watched director Wes Orshoski's highly rated, gold certified, documentary simply titled, Lemmy on Netflix.
Amy Haben
THE FUNNIEST, GROSSEST AND MOST LURID STORIES FROM ‘PLEASE KILL ME!’ (NME)
PKM 20th in the NME!! - -
"Please Kill Me, the oral history of punk written by Legs McNeil and Gillian McCain, was published 20 years ago this year. It's credited as the book that popularised the oral history format, but, more than that, it's an essential read for anyone with even the slightest interest in the movement. "
‘PLEASE KILL ME,’ 20 YEARS LATER! (NOISEY)
Please Kill Me made its way into my life 13 years ago, when I was 14. I used to hang out at a record store in South Florida, where I'm from, and at one point the store clerks decided to take me under their wing. One of the clerks, Chris, ripped out a tiny slip of paper from behind the counter. He wrote the words “Please Kill Me” on it and handed it to me. "Go to the bookstore and get that book," he said. Music nerd in training that I was, I did as I was bidden without question. And so I entered the world of punk from its very beginning, told by the people who lived it.
GILLIAN MCCAIN AND LEGS MCNEIL ON THE INDY CAFE RADIO SHOW WITH HOLLY STEPHEY AND SPENCER DRATE!!
Please Kill Me is the first oral history of the most nihilist of all pop movements. Iggy Pop, Danny Fields, Dee Dee and Joey Ramone, Malcom McLaren, Jim Carroll, and scores of other famous and infamous punk figures lend their voices to this definitive account of that outrageous, explosive era. From its origins in the twilight years of Andy Warhol’s New York reign to its last gasps as eighties corporate rock, the phenomenon known as punk is scrutinized, eulogized, and idealized by the people who were there and who made it happen.
SHE’S BEAUTY, SHE’S GRACE, SHE’S PUNK ROCK: PATTI SMITH CONCERT REVIEW!
The event was called “A Night of Words and Music with Patti Smith, Lenny Kaye, and Tony Shanahan,” and it kicked off what is to be the three-week long Lincoln Center Out of Doors Festival. The festival, which is one of the oldest and totally free summer fests in the country (yes, I saw Patti Smith for absolutely FREE), boasts a loaded lineup that focuses heavily on influential women artists belonging to various mediums such as music, dance, and spoken word.
LEGS MCNEIL AND GILLIAN MCCAIN BRING THE ORIGINS OF PUNK RIGHT TO YOUR FINGERTIPS! (BUST)
Please Kill Me is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year with a re-release and a series of readings (well, more like parties with music, alcohol, and Michael Des Barres hosting). BUST spent some time with Legs and Gillian and talked about the book, the evolution of punk, and how the show Vinyl got it all wrong.
PATTI SMITH REFLECTS ON HER RESIDENCY AT THE CHELSEA HOTEL!
Patti Smith recalls her days living at the legendary Chelsea Hotel. Highlights include living under the same roof as Janis Joplin and running into William S. Burroughs at the bar across the street. Patti may not have had much money in her younger years, but she lived a very culturally rich lifestyle.
GILLIAN MCCAIN IS THE PUNK POET BEHIND THE CRAZIEST HISTORY BOOK EVER WRITTEN! (i-D)
As seminal punk saga 'Please Kill Me' gets a 20th anniversary rerelease, we speak to co-author Gillian McCain about why the antiestablishment genre deserves to be preserved just like any other piece of history.
IGGY POP TAKES ON HECKLER WHO TELLS HIM TO “GO F**K BOWIE!”
Iggy Pop takes on a man who tells him to "Go fuck Bowie", at a show in 1981. This is pretty much the best stage fight I've ever seen.
20TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR: GILLIAN AND LEGS APPEARING AT THE ACE HOTEL PITTSBURGH JULY 18TH!
Please Kill Me 20th anniversary tour hits Pittsburgh July 18th!
GILLIAN MCCAIN: THE FEMALE BARD OF PUNK! (LENNY LETTER)
Please Kill Me is the punk-history Bible, and poet Gillian McCain is the woman behind it. McCain coauthored the influential book, which was published in 1996, with music critic Legs McNeil.
THE WORLD’S SEX SYMBOL: BRIGITTE BARDOT DOCUMENTARY!
“I used to live a libertine life. I’ve changed husbands, lovers . . . quite often.” ...
AN EXTENDED CONVERSATION WITH GILLIAN MCCAIN, CO-AUTHOR OF PLEASE KILL ME! (PITTSBURGH CITY PAPER)
As the authors mark its 20th anniversary, with an edition that includes a new afterword, they will visit Pittsburgh for a reading at the Ace Hotel on Monday, July 18. City Paper spoke to McCain, before a reading in London two weeks ago.