WILLIAM BURROUGHS TARGET PRACTICE Legs McNeil·June 1, 2017by Legs McNeil – Photos by Jim Tynan For a few years, back in the late 1980’s when...All Please Kill Me PostsBest OfEditors' PicksInterviewsLegs McNeilPKM Archive·1 Comment
SILK, SATIN AND VELVET: THE SECRET HISTORY OF GROUPIE CHIC BY PAMELA DES BARRES Pamela Des Barres·May 24, 2018Pamela Des Barres shares the origin story of her love of the thrift store treasure hunt, the goldmine...All Please Kill Me PostsFashionHistoryPamela Des Barres·7 Comments
WHEN GENE CLARK LEFT THE BYRDS’ NEST Richie Unterberger·June 5, 2018Former Byrd Gene Clark died in 1991, but a cache of new material has surfaced that will raise...All Please Kill Me PostsMusiciansRichie Unterberger·1 Comment
STUDENT TEACHERS’ DRUMMER LAURA DAVIS-CHANIN CHRONICLES HER LIFE WITH BOWIE, BLONDIE AND THE 70S NYC ROCK SCENE Richie Unterberger·June 19, 2018PKM talks to Student Teachers’ drummer Laura Davis-Chanin about her new memoir, The Girl in the Back: A Female...All Please Kill Me PostsBooksInterviewsMusiciansRichie Unterberger·2 Comments
THE ROAD FROM THE CATACOMBS TO ASTRAL WEEKS: VAN MORRISON’S LOST 1968 TAPE UNEARTHED Richie Unterberger·January 3, 2019A recently discovered tape, briefly released by Morrison on iTunes, may be a rock & roll Rosetta stone,...All Please Kill Me PostsBest OfHistoryInterviewsMusiciansRichie Unterberger·3 Comments
LYDIA LUNCH’S WAR IS NEVER OVER Amy Haben·November 26, 2019As part of the No Wave group Teenage Jesus and the Jerks, Lydia Lunch (nee Koch) made her...All Please Kill Me PostsAmy HabenCool PeopleFilm·2 Comments
REBEL WITH A CAUSE: A DAUGHTER’S TAKE ON THE LEGEND OF NICHOLAS RAY Benito Vila·April 13, 2020As a film director, Nicholas Ray made some memorable films, like They Live by Night, In a Lonely...All Please Kill Me PostsBenito VilaFilmHistoryInterviews·1 Comment
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
KEITH RELF: WHEN A YARDBIRD FLEW SOLO Richie Unterberger·June 4, 2020Though the guitarists for The Yardbirds got all the ink, the band’s other four members—bassist Paul Samwell-Smith, drummer...All Please Kill Me PostsCool PeopleHistoryMusiciansRichie Unterberger·1 Comment
TULI KUPFERBERG: THE RIGHT-NOW ART AND WORDS OF A FUG Benito Vila·October 19, 2020By the time Tuli Kupferberg formed the Fugs with Ed Sanders in 1964, he was already a longtime...All Please Kill Me PostsBenito VilaHistoryInterviews·3 Comments
DAMNED IF YOU DO: PAUL GRAY IS BACK INTO THE WORLD Eric Davidson·November 11, 2020The Damned have traveled far beyond their UK punk roots over the decades, fueled by humor and refreshingly...All Please Kill Me PostsEric DavidsonInterviewsMusicians·0 Comments
MEET THE BEATLES WITH MILES: AN INTERVIEW BY LEGS MCNEIL Legs McNeil·January 7, 2021Miles (aka Barry Miles) had a front-row seat to the London underground scene of the 1960s, as a...All Please Kill Me PostsCool PeopleInterviewsLegs McNeilPKM Archive·1 Comment
WAYNE KRAMER TALKS DRUGS, PRISON, MUSIC, SURVIVAL JP Olsen·April 6, 2021Wayne Kramer of the MC5 was sent to ‘The Narcotic Farm’ in 1975, the same federal facility—part hospital/part...All Please Kill Me PostsCool PeopleCrimeHistoryInterviews·1 Comment
THE MOTOR CITY IS BURNING: DETROIT 1967 Todd McGovern·August 3, 2017A look back at the racial tension that exploded in Detroit fifty years ago…and a selection of songs...All Please Kill Me PostsTodd McGovern·1 Comment