PRIVATE SORROW: REMEMBERING PHIL MAY OF THE PRETTY THINGS Valerie Simadis·May 28, 2020Phil May was one of the originators of the British rock sound of the 1960s: equal parts R&B,...All Please Kill Me PostsCool PeopleMusiciansR.I.P.Valerie Simadis·1 Comment
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
LITTLE RICHARD: THE ORIGINAL PUNK Parke Puterbaugh·May 20, 2020Rock ‘n’ roll lost one of its true originals last week, when Richard Penniman, the incomparable Little Richard,...All Please Kill Me PostsCool PeopleMusiciansR.I.P.·0 Comments
THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW #4: BRIAN ENO Billy Hough·May 14, 2020When “Eno is God” started appearing in spray paint all over NYC in the 70’s, most people were mystified....All Please Kill Me PostsBilly HoughCool PeopleHistoryMusiciansThings You Should Know·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
SHOOTING STIV BATORS AND LORDS OF THE NEW CHURCH Chris Epting·May 7, 2020When he was a senior at Boston’s Emerson College in 1982, Chris Epting was enticed by members of...All Please Kill Me PostsBest OfFilmHistoryMusicians·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
BANG: A PRIMER ON RUSSIAN ROCK, FROM GORKY PARK TO VIKTOR TSOI Daniel Bowen·April 22, 2020Russia may seem like some distant, ominous land—largely due to unrelenting Cold War propaganda—but the popular music of...All Please Kill Me PostsHistoryMusiciansVIDEO·1 Comment
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
HAL WILLNER, AMERICAN VISIONARY John Kruth·April 16, 2020The coronavirus pandemic has killed thousands of people worldwide, each a tragedy to their friends and families. But...All Please Kill Me PostsCool PeopleMusiciansR.I.P.TV·0 Comments
WERE WE ALL BRAINWASHED BY THE CIA WITH SEX, DRUGS AND ROCK & ROLL? Joseph L. Flatley·April 14, 2020Did you know that LSD and hippies were invented by the CIA in the 1960s? No? Well, the...All Please Kill Me PostsBest OfHistoryJoseph L. FlatleyMusicians·15 Comments