Interview by Chris Ziegler
There’s no single definitive history of punk, just like there’s no single definitive punk record. (Although trying to find one is lots of fun!) But Leg’s McNeil’s book Please Kill Me has probably pulled in at lease as many people toward the Ramones and Iggy Pop as the music itself. Published with co-author Gillian McCain in 1997 Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk has become McNeil’s best-known work, a touchstone of music history that’s even taught in certain universities, where good students get to learn in detail just how depraved rock ‘n’ roll could be.
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