MODERN LOVERS BASSIST ERNIE BROOKS ON RECORDING THEIR CLASSIC ALBUM
Ernie Brooks, bassist and founding member of The Modern Lovers, talks to Legs McNeil about the origins of...
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JELLO BIAFRA TALKS H. R. GIGER, THE RAMONES AND THE MELVINS
Jello Biafra of the Dead Kennedys talks to Legs McNeil about the JonBenét Ramsey murder, meeting H. R. Giger,...
WAR PIGS: OZZY OSBOURNE IN NUREMBERG, GERMANY
Legs McNeil has a bizarrely profound experience with Ozzy Osbourne in Nuremberg, Germany, in the same stadium where...
96 TEARS: QUESTION MARK & THE MYSTERIANS
Bobby Balderrama is a wonderful guy who started one of the greatest punk bands ever: Question Mark &...
SINÉAD O’CONNOR – A CAPTIVATING CONTRADICTION
Most people remember Sinéad O’Connor for her shocking Saturday Night Live performance and her cover of Prince’s Nothing...
WILLIAM BURROUGHS TARGET PRACTICE
by Legs McNeil – Photos by Jim Tynan For a few years, back in the late 1980’s when...
ALAN VEGA, SUICIDE’S MAIN MAN
An Oral History of Punk By Alan Vega as told to Legs McNeil & Gillian McCain. - Quite simply, Alan Vega revolutionized rock & roll. Along with his long-time collaborator, Marty Rev, their two-piece combo, Suicide was a band about thirty years ahead of their time.
Close to the Ledge with Crispin Glover
We’ve opened the vault to bring you Legs’ interview with Crispin, which originally appeared in a 1987 issue...
JOHNNY ROTTEN: NO MORE MR. NICE GUY!
When Punk magazine writer, Mary Harron, went to England to interview Johnny Rotten in the autumn of 1976,...
Legs McNeil Reading in Washington DC Saturday March 25
Legs McNeil will be reading at Slash Run in Washington DC this Saturday night March 25. Show starts at 8pm. Special guest reader will be PKM's own Amy Haben.
ELVIS COSTELLO JOINS THE CIRCUS: A FANTASY!
Story and drawings by Legs McNeil. Originally published in the Nov 78 issue of Hit Parader “Ah,...
LEGS MCNEIL’S TOP 10 PUNK MOVIES!
1. Over The Edge (1979) -- Matt Dillon's first movie about kids in some suburban California town that rebel against the cops is fantastic, though it didn't really get much attention when it came out.
“IT’S SLADE” DOCUMENTARY!
From their meager start as The N' Betweens to Ambrose Slade, and finally becoming just Slade, the four boys from Walsall, England made it to #1. Best known for songs like 1972's, "Mama Were All Crazee Now," which was later covered by The Runaways, and "Cum On Feel The Noize," which was turned into a hit by Quiet Riot. This band was majorly influential and yet have a Spinal Tap quality to them. With their ridiculous outfits, hair, and absent minded comments, you expect Christopher Guest to walk into frame.
JOHN LENNON AND GEORGE HARRISON RECORDING “OH MY LOVE!” (1971)
The recording of a very sweet song, "Oh my love." John Lennon is singing and playing piano with George on guitar. Phil Spector is also listening in with groovy shades on.