FOUR DEAD IN OHIO: GRAPHIC NOVELIST DERF BACKDERF REVISITS HIS LOCAL HISTORY Eric Davidson·December 23, 2020Derf Backderf, the Cleveland-based artist best known (until now) for his long-running strip “The City” and his graphic...All Please Kill Me PostsBooksEric DavidsonHistoryInterviews·0 Comments
RON AND RUSSELL MAEL: STILL SQUEEZING OUT SPARKS Tosh Berman·March 8, 2021After 50 years and 25 albums and collaborations with a who’s who of rock ‘n’ roll, pop and...All Please Kill Me PostsCool PeopleHistoryMusiciansTosh Berman·1 Comment
CREATION STORIES: ALAN MCGEE’S LIFE, LABEL, LEGACY COMES TO A THEATER NEAR YOU Amy Haben·May 3, 2021Glaswegian Alan McGee was the embodiment of the D.I.Y. spirit of the 1980s and 1990s, bringing Oasis, Primal...All Please Kill Me PostsBooksCool PeopleFilmInterviewsRecord Labels·0 Comments
BAT OUT OF HELL: THE REAL JIM STEINMAN Sylvie Simmons·May 17, 2021When Jim Steinman died in April, the only thing most people knew about him was Meat Loaf. Specifically,...All Please Kill Me PostsMusiciansR.I.P.Sylvie Simmons·2 Comments
KATHY VALENTINE: ALL SHE EVER WANTED Amy Haben·March 16, 2020Kathy Valentine was born with a rock ‘n’ roll heart, so it was no surprise to find herself...All Please Kill Me PostsAmy HabenBooksCool PeopleInterviewsMusicians·2 Comments
LEGENDARY AUSTRALIAN BAND, “SCIENTISTS” REVEAL THEIR SECRET FORMULA! Eric Davidson·September 20, 2018Scientists founder Kim Salmon on their first US Tour! Formed in 1978 and slow-burning their way out of...All Please Kill Me PostsEric DavidsonInterviewsMusicians·1 Comment
THE DEATH OF SUPERFLY Mark Jacobson·June 25, 2019Frank Lucas, the Harlem dope-dealer who Denzel Washington made famous in American Gangster, is remembered by his friend,...All Please Kill Me PostsCool PeopleCrimeHistory·0 Comments
BUCK OWENS: THE COUNTRY LINK TO CALIFORNIA TWANG Bob Pomeroy·September 22, 2021Buck Owens (1929-2006), legendary singer, guitarist and country music entertainer, has never really gotten his due as an...All Please Kill Me PostsBob PomeroyCool PeopleMusicians·1 Comment
THE GUN CLUB DOWN UNDER Patrick Emery·November 18, 2021Gun Club, led by the mercurial Jeffrey Lee Pierce, were booked for a month-long tour of Australia in late...All Please Kill Me PostsBooksCool PeopleMusicians·0 Comments
PINK FAIRIES: THE COSMIC ROCK FUZZ OF PUNK’S PIONEERS Adam Ganderson·February 15, 2021The story of the Pink Fairies is like a trip down a rabbit hole into a psychedelicized wonderland...All Please Kill Me PostsBest OfCool PeopleHistoryMusicians·2 Comments
WHEN AIM MET THE SLA: STARRING DENNIS BANKS AND PATTY HEARST Sandra Hale Schulman·January 31, 2022Patty Hearst’s kidnapping riveted the nation like few others in the 1970s. Equally riveting, but far less covered,...ActivismAll Please Kill Me PostsHistory·1 Comment
DECOUPAGE!: L.A. POST-PUNKS ON TV! SEALED WITH A KITSCH! Tony Mostrom·February 1, 2022In the late ’80s, L.A. performance artist and musician Craig Roose took his breezy, ‘60s-obsessed “drag” character “Miss Summer...All Please Kill Me PostsAnthony MostromComedyCool PeopleTV·1 Comment
SPOTIFY AND OTHER STREAMING DELIGHTS: MUSIC FOR THE PEOPLE OR SAME AS THE OLD BOSS? Paul Bisbort·February 15, 2022By Paul Bisbort and Alan Bisbort With Spotify in the crosshairs following Neil Young’s exodus from the music...Alan BisbortAll Please Kill Me PostsMusiciansNews·1 Comment
‘THE SINGER’S LABORER’: BARRY REYNOLDS ON WORKING WITH MARIANNE FAITHFULL, GRACE JONES & OTHERS Valerie Simadis·February 21, 2022Songwriter and musician Barry Reynolds has lived an itinerant life. By age 15, in the mid-1960s, he’d left...All Please Kill Me PostsMusiciansValerie Simadis·0 Comments