UNMASKED: THE PHANTOM SURFERS’ JOHNNY BARTLETT HANGS TEN Anthony Petkovich·May 26, 2020San Francisco’s longest surviving (and only masked!) instrumental surf band, The Phantom Surfers, have been riding the various...All Please Kill Me PostsInterviewsMusicians·1 Comment
ALL THE YOUNG DROOGS: MONKEY FROM THE ADICTS SPEAKS Amy Haben·May 25, 2020Part of the first wave of punk bands in the U.K., the Adicts hit their stride in the...All Please Kill Me PostsAmy HabenInterviewsMusicians·0 Comments
JOHN DOE: X MARKS THE SPOT Robert Gourley·May 21, 2020One of the breakout bands from L.A.’s original punk scene, X has just released ALPHABETLAND, its first album with...All Please Kill Me PostsCool PeopleInterviewsMusiciansRobert Gourley·1 Comment
SAVAGE IMPRESSIONS: BRUCE LICHER & INDEPENDENT PROJECT RECORDS Richie Unterberger·May 13, 2020Bruce Licher’s rise to the top of post-punk graphic design began in 1980 as a means to package...All Please Kill Me PostsArtInterviewsRecord LabelsRichie Unterberger·2 Comments
AN ORIGINAL LOUNGE LIZARD & ‘STRAY MAN’: STEVE PICCOLO Eric Davidson·May 11, 2020The Lounge Lizards, an uncategorizable musical assemblage that formed in 1978, blazed a trail parallel to, but separate...All Please Kill Me PostsEric DavidsonInterviewsMusicians·0 Comments
MORE COWBELL!: JOE BOUCHARD TALKS BLUE ÖYSTER CULT AND BEYOND Anthony Petkovich·May 5, 2020Singer/songwriter/guitarist Joe Bouchard was an essential part of Blue Öyster Cult, the quintet from Long Island that, along with Alice...All Please Kill Me PostsHeavy MetalInterviewsMusicians·3 Comments
THE CHARLATANS’ TIM BURGESS IS THROWING A PARTY Crispin Kott·April 29, 2020To lift spirits and lessen isolation during this dark time, Tim Burgess of Manchester’s Charlatans has invited the...All Please Kill Me PostsCrispin KottInterviewsMusicians·0 Comments
BEYOND 2-TONE WITH FISHBONE AND ANGELO MOORE Zack Kopp·April 21, 2020Fishbone was one of the most eclectic bands to come out of the LA punk scene, drawing on...All Please Kill Me PostsCool PeopleInterviewsMusiciansZack Kopp·1 Comment
THE COCKETTES: CONJURING MAGICK IN SAN FRANCISCO AND TAKING IT ON THE ROAD TO NYC Fayette Hauser·April 20, 2020The Cockettes were a “hippie theater group” formed in 1969 and based in and around Haight-Ashbury. The group...All Please Kill Me PostsBooksHistoryInterviews·1 Comment
REBEL WITH A CAUSE: A DAUGHTER’S TAKE ON THE LEGEND OF NICHOLAS RAY Benito Vila·April 13, 2020As a film director, Nicholas Ray made some memorable films, like They Live by Night, In a Lonely...All Please Kill Me PostsBenito VilaFilmHistoryInterviews·1 Comment
JOHN LEE HOOKER: THE KING OF THE BOOGIE Cree McCree·April 9, 2020Born in the Mississippi Delta, the son of a sharecropping pastor, John Lee Hooker absorbed the blues of...All Please Kill Me PostsCool PeopleHistoryInterviewsMusicians·0 Comments
THE SOUND OF PHILADELPHIA: RIDING THE CAMEO PARKWAY WITH JOE RENZETTI Richie Unterberger·April 1, 2020Philadelphia’s relatively short-lived (1956-1967) Cameo-Parkway label never got the attention of contemporaneous labels like Motown, Chess, Stax, Scepter/Wand...All Please Kill Me PostsHistoryInterviewsMusiciansRichie Unterberger·2 Comments
CHIP TAYLOR: THE HAPPY GAMBLER Michael Shelley·March 26, 2020Chip Taylor followed an unorthodox path to late-career musical success. Though born and raised in tony Westchester County,...All Please Kill Me PostsCool PeopleHistoryInterviewsMichael Shelley·1 Comment
FREDERICK WISEMAN: THE DIRECTOR WHO MAKES THE ORDINARY EXTRAORDINARY Benito Vila·March 25, 2020At age 90, Frederick Wiseman is one of those living American masters who would, in a better world,...All Please Kill Me PostsBenito VilaDocumentary FilmInterviews·2 Comments