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LINK WRAY, INVENTOR OF THE POWER CHORD, SNUBBED AGAIN

Deke Dickerson·February 1, 2018

Guitar maestro Deke Dickerson pays homage to ‘the Godfather of the Power Chord’ and shames the Hall of Fame in the process Most of you reading this are probably already aware that Link Wray—godfather of the power chord, progenitor of...

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LEONARD COHEN INTERVIEWED BY DANNY FIELDS AT THE CHELSEA HOTEL, 1974

Danny Fields·January 18, 2018

Leonard Cohen sat down for a wide-ranging interview with Danny Fields on November 6, 1974, at the Chelsea Hotel, New York City. They discuss how Leonard got into show business, his experiences living in Montreal and Greece, touring Europe, Canadian...

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RICHARD HELL, MAN OF LETTERS

Alan Bisbort·January 9, 2018

Though known as a punk rock pioneer, Richard Hell picked up the pen long before he picked up the bass guitar. Richard talks to PKM about his upcoming retrospective at White Columns in New York, documenting his 50-year career in...

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PUNK ROCK WAS NOT A BOYS’ CLUB, PART 2

Sharon M. Hannon·January 3, 2018

PKM profiles 10 more women who left their mark on punk, including a club owner, a photographer, a zine editor, a bandleader/bodybuilder, songwriters, musicians, and singers. The first installment of PUNK ROCK WAS NOT A BOYS’ CLUB featured only ten...

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UNDER PRESSURE: GAIL ANN DORSEY ON PLAYING BASS FOR DAVID BOWIE

Robert Gourley·December 20, 2017

Gail Ann Dorsey shared stages with Charlie Watts, Lenny Kravitz, Jane Siberry and Olivia Newton-John, but she was there for Bowie for nearly 20 years Disillusioned early on by working with record labels as a solo artist, bassist/vocalist Gail Ann...

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DANNY FIELDS RECALLS: DAVID CASSIDY’S (Very Bad) NIGHT-TO-REMEMBER

Danny Fields·December 11, 2017

At 24, the former teen idol wanted to grow, but then the White City tragedy happened. At a show of 30,000+ fans, panic and pandemonium resulted in over 800 people requiring medical attention and led to the death of a...

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Jim Morrison's mugshot Dec 10, 1967 in New Haven, CT

WHAT REALLY HAPPENED THE NIGHT JIM MORRISON WAS ARRESTED ON STAGE 50 YEARS AGO?

Alan Bisbort·December 8, 2017

50 years ago, The Doors’ singer was maced backstage by the cops and then arrested while performing – we take a look at the events that led to the arrest, including new details that have come to light The reasons,...

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THE LOST STOOGE: CHASING THE GHOST OF DAVE ALEXANDER

Todd McGovern·November 9, 2017

Dave Alexander was one of the founding members of the Stooges. He was full of contradictions: shy and mysterious, with a fast car and an unquenchable thirst for cheap beer and liquor. Ron Asheton described him as “way ahead of...

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RAY DAVIES NEVER WANTED TO BE A SINGER

Legs McNeil·November 7, 2017

Former head Kink waxes eloquent about his mom and dad, Village Green Preservation Society, the Beatles, Keith Richards, “Madame” Jagger, Rod Stewart and the Queen Mother’s teeth by Legs McNeil and Stacey Asip-Kneitschel In 2009, Ray Davies toured America to promote...

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PUNK ROCK WAS NOT A BOYS’ CLUB

Sharon M. Hannon·November 2, 2017

Women played major roles as musicians, writers, photographers, artists, clothing designers…and still do By Sharon M. Hannon A picture of a woman got me into punk. As I stood there, holding a copy of Patti Smith’s just-released Horses album—the one...

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EVERYTHING IS COMBUSTIBLE: A CONVERSATION WITH TELEVISION’S RICHARD LLOYD

Todd McGovern·October 28, 2017

On the eve of the release of Richard Lloyd’s memoir, Everything Is Combustible, he talks to PKM about faith, drugs, mental illness, his years in Television and how Tom Verlaine’s controlling nature affected the band’s success To say that Television built...

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The Pretenders-Sire Records 1979 Promo photo

PRETENDERS DRUMMER MARTIN CHAMBERS REMEMBERS GUITARIST JAMES HONEYMAN-SCOTT

Valerie Simadis·October 17, 2017

Interview with The Pretenders’ Drummer Martin Chambers on the early years of the band, their late guitarist James Honeyman-Scott and original bassist Pete Farndon. James Honeyman-Scott was a founding member and original lead guitarist of the band The Pretenders. He...

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HOW JACK KEROUAC SAVED WESTERN CIVILIZATION

Alan Bisbort·September 27, 2017

On The Road, published 60 years ago, freed young (and young at heart) Americans to trust their guts for the first time As the anniversaries of major events pile up—world wars, assassinations, pop festivals, terror attacks, etc.—we often neglect those...

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VAMPIRA ACTRESS MAILA NURMI: THE LAST INTERVIEW – PART 2

Stacey Asip-Kneitschel·September 14, 2017

In Part 2 of her final interview, Vampira actress Maila Nurmi discusses her friendships with James Dean and Jack Simmons, the day Dean died, the devastating aftermath and seeing Dean’s ghost. Plus more inside-Hollywood tales about Clifford Odets, Nicholas Ray,...

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Jack Kerouac based his muse/lover “Mardou Fox” in The Subterraneans on Alene Lee, a mixed race (Black/Cherokee) bohemian writer and intellectual who was a part of the NYC Beat circle of Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso and Lucien Carr. Despite her intimate connection to these writers, the real Alene Lee is nowhere to be found in most accounts and biographies—partly due to her own reticence to speak. Erika Blair did some digging and presents a more rounded portrait of this fascinating woman. Read more!

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SAM CUTLER: LIFE WITH THE STONES, THE DEAD & OTHER WONDERFUL REPROBATES

ALL THE RAJ: HOW ‘NORWEGIAN WOOD’ UNLEASHED THE ‘INDIAN INVASION’

THE KNACK … AND HOW TO GET IT: AN INTERVIEW WITH PRESCOTT NILES

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WALT WHITMAN: THE FIRST AMERICAN PUNK POET?

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LINK WRAY, INVENTOR OF THE POWER CHORD, SNUBBED AGAIN

LEONARD COHEN INTERVIEWED BY DANNY FIELDS AT THE CHELSEA HOTEL, 1974

RICHARD HELL, MAN OF LETTERS

PUNK ROCK WAS NOT A BOYS’ CLUB, PART 2

UNDER PRESSURE: GAIL ANN DORSEY ON PLAYING BASS FOR DAVID BOWIE

DANNY FIELDS RECALLS: DAVID CASSIDY’S (Very Bad) NIGHT-TO-REMEMBER

WHAT REALLY HAPPENED THE NIGHT JIM MORRISON WAS ARRESTED ON STAGE 50 YEARS AGO?

THE LOST STOOGE: CHASING THE GHOST OF DAVE ALEXANDER

RAY DAVIES NEVER WANTED TO BE A SINGER

PUNK ROCK WAS NOT A BOYS’ CLUB

EVERYTHING IS COMBUSTIBLE: A CONVERSATION WITH TELEVISION’S RICHARD LLOYD

PRETENDERS DRUMMER MARTIN CHAMBERS REMEMBERS GUITARIST JAMES HONEYMAN-SCOTT

HOW JACK KEROUAC SAVED WESTERN CIVILIZATION

VAMPIRA ACTRESS MAILA NURMI: THE LAST INTERVIEW – PART 2

SAM CUTLER: LIFE WITH THE STONES, THE DEAD & OTHER WONDERFUL REPROBATES

ALL THE RAJ: HOW ‘NORWEGIAN WOOD’ UNLEASHED THE ‘INDIAN INVASION’

THE KNACK … AND HOW TO GET IT: AN INTERVIEW WITH PRESCOTT NILES

POLY STYRENE: BREAKING DOWN THE BONDAGE

WE NEVER LEARN: GUNK PUNK IN THE 1990S