JULY 4th, 1976 – THE DAY THE RAMONES INVADED ENGLAND
On July 4, 1976 while the United States celebrated its Bicentennial, the Ramones flew across the pond and...
Please Kill Me
THE MOMENT JAMES OSTERBERG BECAME IGGY POP
Iggy Pop talks about getting his inspiration from the Blues – “You could play your own blues” Here’s a...
MARC MARON INTERVIEWS LEGS McNEIL AND GILLIAN McCAIN
"Legs McNeil and Gillian McCain wrote a book that changed Marc's life. On the 20-year anniversary of 'Please Kill Me: An Uncensored Oral History of Punk,' Legs and Gillian tell Marc why they wrote it in the first place and why it still resonates two decades later. "
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GILLIAN MCCAIN AND LEGS MCNEIL ON THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF PLEASE KILL ME! (DOWNTOWN MAGAZINE NYC)
As authors of Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History Of Punk, Gillian McCain and Legs McNeil influenced a lot of people on several levels. Now regarded as the best-selling book on punk rock of all time, Please Kill Me first and foremost described what the heyday of the New York City punk scene was like as according to people that were around it. It cleared up myths about key players in the scene, and also helped readers pick up on some of the era’s underappreciated characters.
20TH ANNIVERSARY OF PLEASE KILL ME – READING WITH LEGS MCNEIL THIS THURSDAY IN BROOKLYN!
Legs McNeil will be reading Please Kill Me at Desert Island in Williamsburg, Brooklyn this Thursday, Oct.13th at 7pm. Come out and celebrate the 20th anniversary of Please Kill Me by getting your book signed!
WHY ‘PLEASE KILL ME’ IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ROCK BOOKS EVER! (MAXIM)
Twenty years ago, Legs McNeil and Gillian McCain published Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk, a scabby inside-look at the wildly fun, incredibly seedy and at times terrifying underbelly of the 1970s New York City punk scene.
PODCAST: LEGS McNEIL and GILLIAN McCAIN GUESTS ON HOWARD THOMPSON’S RADIO PROGRAM – WPKN.ORG
Early this month Legs and Gillian were guests of Howard Thompson in Bridgeport, CT on his great radio program called "Pure" on 89.5 FM in the Fairfield County area, or WPKN.org online.
WPKN.ORG – PLEASE KILL ME: VOICES FROM THE ARCHIVES
TODAY Sept 2, from 1-4 pm EST WPKN in Bridgeport, CT will air both episodes of Please Kill Me: Voices from the Archives on Howard Thompson's show PURE.
Legs and Gilian will be LIVE in the studio at 3pm to talk and answer questions.
LEGS AND GILLIAN SPECIAL GUESTS AT THE GILMORE GIRLS BOOK CLUB!
The Gilmore Girls Book Club recently hosted Legs McNeil and Gillian McCain for a Discussion of Please Kill Me:...
PUNK’S NOT DEAD: LEGS MCNEIL AND GILLIAN MCCAIN AND ‘PLEASE KILL ME!’ (L.A. TIMES)
They came not to bury punk but to praise it. 20 years ago, Legs McNeil and Gillian McCain published “Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk” with Grove Press. The format was ingenious — no single person could lay claim to know the whole of the sprawling, anarchically creative, drug-riddled scene.
PLEASE KILL ME 20th: MONDAY NIGHT IN PORTLAND, OR
MONDAY NIGHT AUGUST 8 at ACE HOTEL PORTLAND - LEGS McNEIL AND GILLIAN McCain Book reading, signing and Q&A. With XRAY-FM DJs
SIX RULES FOR CREATING AN ORAL HISTORY! (LITERARY HUB)
via Literary Hub - The Original Chroniclers of Punk on How They Did It -
When Jean Stein and George Plimpton began compiling their book American Journey: The Times of Robert Kennedy, using the oral history format, little did they realize that they were inventing a revolutionary new literary genre that, ten years later, would land them on the best-seller list.
GILLIAN MCCAIN LITERALLY WROTE THE BOOK ON PUNK! (ELLE)
When Gillian McCain was in high school she took an aptitude quiz that told her she should consider a career in "writing with a sociological bent, especially about fringe groups." A decade or so later, she teamed up with writer and editor Legs McNeil for their seminal history of New York's '70s punk scene, Please Kill Me. Score one for the quiz, right?