MARTIN ATKINS: BREAKING OUT OF PIL’S METAL BOX Robert Gourley·September 24, 2019Joining Public Image Ltd during the making of Metal Box, drummer Martin Atkins stayed through three albums and...All Please Kill Me PostsCool PeopleInterviewsMusiciansRobert Gourley·2 Comments
FREDERICK WISEMAN: THE DIRECTOR WHO MAKES THE ORDINARY EXTRAORDINARY Benito Vila·March 25, 2020At age 90, Frederick Wiseman is one of those living American masters who would, in a better world,...All Please Kill Me PostsBenito VilaDocumentary FilmInterviews·2 Comments
SAVAGE IMPRESSIONS: BRUCE LICHER & INDEPENDENT PROJECT RECORDS Richie Unterberger·May 13, 2020Bruce Licher’s rise to the top of post-punk graphic design began in 1980 as a means to package...All Please Kill Me PostsArtInterviewsRecord LabelsRichie Unterberger·2 Comments
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
DIVINE HORSEMEN RIDE AGAIN: CHRIS D & JULIE CHRISTENSEN SPEAK TO PKM Eric Davidson·July 15, 2020A hot new single, ‘Mystery Writers,’ by Divine Horsemen arrives this Friday. Chris “D” Desjardins, formerly of L.A....All Please Kill Me PostsEric DavidsonInterviewsMusicians·1 Comment
BADFINGER: THE TRIUMPH AND TRAGEDY OF ‘THE NEXT BEATLES’ Scott Schinder·October 1, 2020Signed to Apple with direct hands-on help from all of the Beatles, particularly Paul (who gave them “Come...All Please Kill Me PostsBest OfHistoryMusiciansScott Schinder·4 Comments
FREAK POWER!: WHEN HUNTER S. THOMPSON RAN FOR SHERIFF Gregory Daurer·November 3, 2020In 1970, Hunter S. Thompson ran for sheriff of Pitkin County, Colorado and came within 300 votes of...All Please Kill Me PostsDocumentary FilmGregory DaurerHistoryInterviews·0 Comments
WHEN CAN I FLY?: MICHAEL BELFER, THE SLEEPERS AND TUXEDOMOON Richie Unterberger·April 1, 2021Michael Belfer and his Bay Area-based bands the Sleepers and Tuxedomoon were mainstays, along with Crime, of the...All Please Kill Me PostsMusiciansRichie Unterberger·4 Comments
VISUALIZING ROKY & THE 13TH FLOOR ELEVATORS Eric Davidson·June 3, 2020The music of the Texas garage band 13th Floor Elevators needs little introduction to PKM readers. They were...All Please Kill Me PostsEric DavidsonInterviewsMusicians·0 Comments
BREAKIN’ THE LEVER OFF WITH HASIL ADKINS Bob Pomeroy·March 17, 2022The amazing West Virginian Hasil Adkins (1937-2005) was a one-man band (guitar, drums) who took rock ‘n’ roll,...All Please Kill Me PostsCool PeopleMusicians·1 Comment
PETER NOONE IS THE BIGGEST SEX PISTOLS FAN EVER! AND OTHER STARTLING REVELATIONS FROM THE HEAD HERMIT Valerie Simadis·October 4, 2018The former child TV star was part of the British Invasion that conquered America, chums with Keith Moon,...All Please Kill Me PostsBest OfInterviewsMusiciansValerie Simadis·2 Comments
LOU REED’S ARCHIVE HOLDS SIX HUNDRED HOURS OF MOSTLY UNRELEASED AUDIO, AND OTHER REVELATIONS FROM HIS ARCHIVIST Michael Shelley·October 17, 2018Don Fleming, rock musician (Gumball, Dinosaur Jr, Velvet Monkeys) and producer (Sonic Youth, Teenage Fanclub, Hole, Alice Cooper,...All Please Kill Me PostsBest OfHistoryInterviewsMichael ShelleyMusicians·2 Comments
INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT: THE FACTS ABOUT WAX TRAX! RECORDS Robert Gourley·March 28, 2019Not many record stores had their own label, and not many stores could have touched the lives of...All Please Kill Me PostsCool PeopleDocumentary FilmFilmInterviewsRecord LabelsRobert Gourley·0 Comments
EVERYTHING YOU KNOW IS WRONG: ROCK & ROLL WAS INVENTED IN WILDWOOD, NEW JERSEY! – BY DEKE DICKERSON Deke Dickerson·June 12, 2019Deke Dickerson charts the birth of Rock & Roll music—as we know it—to the early 1950s, and a...All Please Kill Me PostsBest OfDeke DickersonHistory·11 Comments