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
THE STORY BEHIND DINO VALENTI’S HEY JOE AND LET’S GET TOGETHER Alan Bisbort·June 10, 2020This is a story about singer-songwriter Dino Valenti and two songs for which he has songwriting credit that...Alan BisbortAll Please Kill Me PostsCool PeopleHistoryMusicians·2 Comments
THE GHASTLY ONE: JIMMY MCDONOUGH TALKS ABOUT ANDY MILLIGAN AND HIS TRANSGRESSIVE CINEMA Eric Davidson·July 30, 2020Jimmy McDonough is best-known for his exhaustive bios of Neil Young (Shakey), Tammy Wynette (Tragic Country Queen) and...All Please Kill Me PostsBooksEric DavidsonFilmInterviews·2 Comments
ROD EVANS: DEEP IN THE PURPLE Fiona McQuarrie·September 17, 2020Rod Evans, original lead singer of hard-rocking Deep Purple, walked away from the music business in the late...All Please Kill Me PostsFiona McQuarrieHistoryMusicians·0 Comments
CARLA BLEY: LIFE GOES ON, SO DOES MUSIC John Pietaro·September 29, 2020Composer, pianist and activist Carla Bley was, from an early age, a rebel, turning her back on music...All Please Kill Me PostsArtCool PeopleHistoryInterviewsJohn PietaroMusicians·0 Comments
MALCOLM MCLAREN: JEWISH MANAGER AS PROFESSIONAL TROUBLEMAKER Gary Lucas·October 13, 2020A new doorstopper-sized (900+ pages) biography of Malcolm McLaren by Paul Gorman got musician Gary Lucas thinking about...All Please Kill Me PostsBooksHistory·3 Comments
ASTOR PIAZZOLLA-THE TANGO ASSASSIN AT 100 John Kruth·February 10, 2021The Argentine musical master Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992) was a disrupter, in the manner of Stravinsky, the Dadaists, Bob...All Please Kill Me PostsJohn KruthMusicians·0 Comments
JONI MITCHELL: THE FIRST FIVE YEARS Richie Unterberger·February 11, 2021Despite being regarded as one of her generation’s greatest singer-songwriters, Joni Mitchell labored in relative obscurity for years...All Please Kill Me PostsInterviewsMusiciansRecord LabelsRichie Unterberger·0 Comments
FRED NEIL: THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS LIFE Scott Schinder·March 18, 2021In 1969, as his most famous song, ‘Everybody’s Talkin’”, was dominating pop charts, Fred Neil (1936-2001) was working...All Please Kill Me PostsCool PeopleHistoryMusiciansScott Schinder·0 Comments
RICHARD HELL: THE PAST AND PRESENT OF DESTINY STREET James Marshall·March 24, 2021Richard Hell and the Voidoids are best-known for their debut album, the masterful Blank Generation (1977). Before completely...All Please Kill Me PostsCool PeopleInterviewsJames MarshallMusicians·4 Comments
MILES COPELAND: HIS LIFE IN THE MUSIC BUSINESS Eric Davidson·May 12, 2021Miles Copeland III was already a veteran music promoter and manager when the punk scene exploded in London....All Please Kill Me PostsBooksEric DavidsonHistoryInterviewsRecord Labels·0 Comments
DAVID WOJNAROWICZ: LIFE INSIDE HIS BURNING HOUSE Eric Davidson·May 18, 2021David Wojnarowicz (1954-1992), multimedia artist, musician, AIDS activist and provocateur, brought a punk sensibility to NYC’s downtown gallery...All Please Kill Me PostsArtDocumentary FilmEric Davidson·0 Comments
DENNIS HOPPER & DORIS DAY: THE ODDEST COUPLE Cree McCree·September 30, 2021In 1989, journalist Cree McCree had the unusual, almost surreal, experience of conducting face to face interviews—within a...ActivismAll Please Kill Me PostsCool PeopleCree McCreeFilmHistoryInterviews·0 Comments
EARL SLICK: SIDEMAN AND SOLO ARTIST Robert Gourley·October 5, 2021When guitarist Mick Ronson left David Bowie’s band, Earl Slick was summoned to fill that role, as best...All Please Kill Me PostsCool PeopleMusiciansRobert Gourley·0 Comments