MOOGS, THEREMINS, AND LSD: LOTHAR & THE HAND PEOPLE’S SUBVERSIVE PSYCHEDELIA Jim Allen·February 19, 2020While Hendrix, Morrison and Joplin were setting the musical tone for 1960s counterculture, Denver-based Lothar & The Hand...All Please Kill Me PostsHistoryInterviewsMusicians·3 Comments
THE KING OF FUH: BRUTE FORCE MEETS THE BEATLES Alan Bisbort·February 18, 2020Stephen Friedland began his music career in the early 1960s as an in-house songwriter for the BT Puppy...Alan BisbortAll Please Kill Me PostsHistoryMusicians·1 Comment
BRIAN JONES: A DEGREE OF MURDER Richie Unterberger·February 17, 2020Brian Jones, the Rolling Stones’ troubled but gifted guitarist and blues maven, made a few attempts to find...All Please Kill Me PostsFilmInterviewsMusiciansRichie Unterberger·1 Comment
CAROL KAYE: THE BOSS OF THE BASS GUITAR Michael Shelley·February 12, 2020Carol Kaye started as a jazz solo guitarist, working the club scene of 1950s LA, when she was...All Please Kill Me PostsBest OfCool PeopleInterviewsMichael ShelleyMusicians·16 Comments
MARSHALL CRENSHAW IS HAVING ANOTHER FIELD DAY Eric Davidson·February 11, 2020The master of power pop burst on the scene in 1982 with a debut album that turned heads...All Please Kill Me PostsBest OfEric DavidsonInterviewsMusicians·1 Comment
THE LATE JOHNNY STRIKE: ONE FROM THE HEART Anthony Petkovich·February 6, 2020A close friend and cohort in chaos, Anthony Petkovich remembers Crime founding member Johnny Strike (Gary John Bassett)....All Please Kill Me PostsHistoryMusicians·1 Comment
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
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
PETER AARON OF THE CHROME CRANKS CELEBRATES CINCINNATI’S ‘UNDERGROUND SOUNDS’ Eric Davidson·December 4, 2019Peter Aaron moved to Cincinnati (aka ‘the Queen City,’ ‘Cinci-tucky’) from New Jersey as a teenager and quickly...All Please Kill Me PostsEric DavidsonInterviewsMusicians·2 Comments
GARLAND JEFFREYS: THE KING OF IN BETWEEN Robert Gourley·December 3, 2019The talented singer, songwriter and performer was friends and collaborators with both Lou Reed and John Cale before...All Please Kill Me PostsCool PeopleInterviewsMusiciansRobert Gourley·2 Comments
SWANS DIVE AGAIN: MICHAEL GIRA, SACRIFICE AND TRANSCENDENCE Amanda Sheppard·November 27, 2019The legendary musical outfit Swans—a revolving cast of inspired players centered around Michael Gira—has resurfaced with a new...All Please Kill Me PostsAmanda SheppardInterviewsMusicians·1 Comment
MILES DAVIS: A CONCERTO OF CONVERSATION WITH DAVID AMRAM Paul Maher, Jr·November 21, 2019The public saw one Miles Davis (1926-1991) but his fellow musicians caught rare glimpses of the real person....All Please Kill Me PostsHistoryInterviewsMusiciansPaul MaherR.I.P.·0 Comments
DYLAN THOMAS MEETS JOHN CALE: A TALE OF TWO WELSHMEN Alan Bisbort·November 19, 2019Dylan Thomas died 66 years ago last Saturday. The Welsh poet is known as much for the theatrical...Alan BisbortAll Please Kill Me PostsCool PeopleMusiciansPoetry·1 Comment
ROGER C. REALE & RUE MORGUE: PUNK-POP PIONEERS BACK FROM THE DEAD Jim Allen·November 18, 2019Forty years ago, punk/power-pop disciple Roger C. Reale enlisted the aid of guitar wizards G.E. Smith, Jimmy McAllister...All Please Kill Me PostsInterviewsMusicians·0 Comments