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STEVE STEVENS: INTERVIEW WITH THE GRAMMY AWARD-WINNING BILLY IDOL GUITARIST

Robert Gourley·February 28, 2018

Billy Idol’s longtime guitarist Steve Stevens talks about the 80s punk scene in NYC, his experiences working with a diverse cast of musicians including Michael Jackson, Matt Sorum and Billy Gibbons, and his 35-year career with Billy Idol Best known as...

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THE GREATEST ROCK & ROLL MOVIE NEVER MADE

Alan Bisbort·February 27, 2018

In 1966, the Rolling Stones and Marianne Faithfull were set to create the soundtrack for and play youth gang members in a movie based on the novel Only Lovers Left Alive. Nicholas Ray was going to direct, Andrew Loog Oldham and Allen...

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BOB GRUEN’S EARLY DAYS IN ROCK PHOTOGRAPHY

Bob Gruen·February 26, 2018

Bob Gruen kicks off his column for Please Kill Me with the story of how he got his start as a rock photographer, and a selection of photos from his book ‘The Photography of Rock’ – featuring Ike & Tina Turner, Chuck...

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THE KID WHO RECORDED THE FIRST PUNK ROCK RECORD (AND INFLUENCED SURF GUITAR)

Deke Dickerson·February 22, 2018

Deke Dickerson charts the path of the energetic & talented 13-year-old hillbilly named Larry Collins, who recorded the first punk rock record in 1958, and influenced Dick Dale with his invention of surf guitar It’s always a little pretentious when...

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TEMPLES GO INSIDE THE VOLCANO

Ian Holubiak·February 21, 2018

British, guitar-driven rock foursome Temples talk to PKM about how they survive the Age of Trump and Spotify There isn’t much room in today’s climate to toil in one’s own unique musical vineyard. The same is true about finding commercial...

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MARK E. SMITH: RENEGADE

Amy Haben·February 20, 2018

The late Fall singer Mark E. Smith held nothing back in his autobiography, Renegade My boyfriend rang me one afternoon in January, saying, “Did you hear the news? Mark E. Smith is dead.” Those words hit me like a ton...

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THE ADS THAT ATE DEMOCRACY

Alan Bisbort·February 19, 2018

“We must either love each other, or we must die.” In 1964, two 60-second political TV spots forever changed the tone of American politics, pointing the way toward today’s madness We all get the jitters when the current White House...

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GUT TERK: THE COOLEST OF THE COOL

Benito Vila·February 15, 2018

Gut Terk – the legendary outlaw biker, Merry Prankster, Blue Cheer manager, poster and album cover artist and Acid Test graduate now rides in paradise Allan “Gut” Terk, a legendary outlaw biker, Merry Prankster, graphic artist, and an original mainstay...

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HARRY HOUDINI’S QUEST TO CONTACT HIS MOTHER ON THE OTHER SIDE

Erika Blair·February 14, 2018

The Harry Houdini Séances: The world-famous magician was fixated on trying to contact his dead mother. After he died, his wife held annual séances to try to contact him. On June 17, 1913, after learning of Cecilia Weiss’s death from...

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DUNCAN HANNAH LOOKS BACK AT THE 1970s

Michael Friedman·February 13, 2018

The celebrated painter Duncan Hannah talks about his experiences during the punk rock era in New York and the characters in his circle, including Jim Carroll, Ray Johnson, Eric Li, and Rene Ricard Duncan Hannah’s paintings of pin-ups, starlets, race...

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POOP TALK: A HILARIOUS DOCUMENTARY ABOUT A TABOO SUBJECT

Crispin Kott·February 12, 2018

In Poop Talk, a new documentary featuring comedians the Sklar Brothers, Kumail Nanjiani, Nicole Byer, Adam Carolla, Rob Corddry and more – taboos against talking about the obvious subject are flushed down the toilet Everyone poops. Taro Gomi’s classic children’s...

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DEAD MOON STILL RISING

Amanda Sheppard·February 8, 2018

The legendary Portland, Oregon band Dead Moon’s Fred and Toody Cole and Andrew Loomis were hugely influential in Portland’s ‘90s punk scene. PKM talks to Fred and Toody’s son, Weeden Cole, and longtime friends Keith Bornzin and Greg Shadoan about their memories...

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SUNDANCE DIARY: A VIEW FROM THE SECOND-LOWEST RUNG

Lisa Janssen·February 7, 2018

If you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to actually attend and have a movie in consideration at Sundance, you’ll enjoy these dispatches from Sundance 2018 [Editor’s note: Lisa Janssen is one of the producers of Hal, a documentary about the...

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WATERBURY 1975: A PUNK ROCK REMEMBRANCE

Jamie McGann·February 7, 2018

The Night the Ramones Were Booed Off the Stage of the Palace Jamie McGann, the former vocalist for legendary Connecticut bands The Poodle Boys and The Forgotten Ones [punk name: James Methwreck], recalls the time he saw the Ramones play...

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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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STEVE STEVENS: INTERVIEW WITH THE GRAMMY AWARD-WINNING BILLY IDOL GUITARIST

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BOB GRUEN’S EARLY DAYS IN ROCK PHOTOGRAPHY

THE KID WHO RECORDED THE FIRST PUNK ROCK RECORD (AND INFLUENCED SURF GUITAR)

TEMPLES GO INSIDE THE VOLCANO

MARK E. SMITH: RENEGADE

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GUT TERK: THE COOLEST OF THE COOL

HARRY HOUDINI’S QUEST TO CONTACT HIS MOTHER ON THE OTHER SIDE

DUNCAN HANNAH LOOKS BACK AT THE 1970s

POOP TALK: A HILARIOUS DOCUMENTARY ABOUT A TABOO SUBJECT

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WATERBURY 1975: A PUNK ROCK REMEMBRANCE

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

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