PENELOPE SPHEERIS: FILMING ROCK & ROLL Nora Novak·February 5, 2020Penelope Spheeris jolted the cinema world with her debut feature The Decline of Western Civilization in 1981, a...All Please Kill Me PostsBest OfFilmInterviewsNora Novak·2 Comments
DEMOLITION DOLL RODS: HIGH ENERGY DETROIT MUSCLE FOR HARD TIMES Todd McGovern·February 4, 2020The garage rock trio Demolition Doll Rods take their Detroit roots seriously. Citing the Stooges and MC5 as...All Please Kill Me PostsInterviewsMusiciansTodd McGovern·1 Comment
LISA FANCHER: STEERING PUNK’S FINAL FRONTIER IN LA Tony Mostrom·February 3, 2020Often overlooked by punk history’s gatekeepers, Lisa Fancher’s venerable Frontier Records label is celebrating 40 years of important...All Please Kill Me PostsAnthony MostromBest OfHistoryInterviews·1 Comment
OUR FAVORITE PLAYGHOUL: VAMPIRA RISES AGAIN Eric Davidson·January 29, 2020Maila Nurmi, come on down! Mike Decay has turned his deep and abiding love for the now-iconic actress...All Please Kill Me PostsEric DavidsonHistoryInterviews·3 Comments
CAN’T FIND MY WAY HOME: OUR DRUG APOCALYPSE Benito Vila·January 28, 2020Punk’s holy trinity, if it has one, would be sex, drugs and rock & roll. For the past...All Please Kill Me PostsBenito VilaCrimeHistoryInterviews·1 Comment
JAYNE COUNTY: I DON’T FIT IN ANYWHERE Jen B. Larson·January 27, 2020Jayne County set a pre-punk standard for outrageous rock & roll stage antics and regalia with her then...All Please Kill Me PostsArtCool PeopleHistoryInterviewsJen B. Larson·4 Comments
DAVE FAULKNER WAS A VICTIM BEFORE HE WAS A HOODOO GURU Eric Davidson·January 23, 2020Punk from Down Under too often gets short shrift in chronicles from the 1970s. One of the punkest...All Please Kill Me PostsEric DavidsonInterviewsMusicians·0 Comments
HIT LIST: ROCK & ROLL AS A GRAPHIC NOVEL Alan Bisbort·January 21, 2020We love rock & roll, but learning how it’s produced, marketed and compromised for mass consumption is a...Alan BisbortAll Please Kill Me PostsBooksInterviews·0 Comments
KINKY 101: LIFE ADVICE FROM DOMINATRIXES Fiona McQuarrie·January 20, 2020Financial journalist Lindsay Goldwert saw parallels between the work of dominatrixes and how all the rest of us...All Please Kill Me PostsBooksFiona McQuarrieInterviews·0 Comments
CITY OF CORNERS: A CONVERSATION WITH NYC POET JOHN GODFREY Stacy Szymaszek·January 8, 2020John Godfrey has been a poetic presence in the East Village of New York City for the past...All Please Kill Me PostsInterviewsPoetryStacy Szymaszek·0 Comments
CHARLEY PLYMELL: OUTLAW POET & ORIGINAL PUNK Benito Vila·January 6, 2020Poet, publisher, provocateur and people-connector, Charley Plymell is, like fellow Midwesterner Ed Sanders, a floater among contingents of...All Please Kill Me PostsBenito VilaBest OfInterviewsPoetry·4 Comments
EVERYTHING YOU WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT ‘SHOWGIRLS’…BUT WERE AFRAID TO ASK Jeffery Conway·December 18, 2019Jeffrey McHale’s You Don’t Nomi, a documentary about his obsession with the 1995 Paul Verhoeven film Showgirls, was...All Please Kill Me PostsFilmInterviewsJeffery Conway·0 Comments
MIDGE URE: FROM RICH KIDS TO ULTRAVOX TO SAVING THE WORLD Robert Gourley·December 12, 2019Co-founder (with Bob Geldof) of Band Aid and Live Aid, the multi-talented Glaswegian Midge Ure once turned down...All Please Kill Me PostsCool PeopleHistoryInterviewsRobert Gourley·0 Comments
ESP-DISK’: THE MOST OUTRAGEOUS RECORD LABEL IN AMERICA Alan Bisbort·December 10, 2019ESP-Disk’, a record label started in New York in 1963 by Bernard Stollman, unleashed a sonic blast of...Alan BisbortAll Please Kill Me PostsHistoryInterviewsRecord Labels·1 Comment