JAYNE COUNTY: I DON’T FIT IN ANYWHERE Jen B. Larson·January 27, 2020Jayne County set a pre-punk standard for outrageous rock & roll stage antics and regalia with her then...All Please Kill Me PostsArtCool PeopleHistoryInterviewsJen B. Larson·4 Comments
BRIAN JONES: A DEGREE OF MURDER Richie Unterberger·February 17, 2020Brian Jones, the Rolling Stones’ troubled but gifted guitarist and blues maven, made a few attempts to find...All Please Kill Me PostsFilmInterviewsMusiciansRichie Unterberger·1 Comment
JOHN LEE HOOKER: THE KING OF THE BOOGIE Cree McCree·April 9, 2020Born in the Mississippi Delta, the son of a sharecropping pastor, John Lee Hooker absorbed the blues of...All Please Kill Me PostsCool PeopleHistoryInterviewsMusicians·0 Comments
THE COCKETTES: CONJURING MAGICK IN SAN FRANCISCO AND TAKING IT ON THE ROAD TO NYC Fayette Hauser·April 20, 2020The Cockettes were a “hippie theater group” formed in 1969 and based in and around Haight-Ashbury. The group...All Please Kill Me PostsBooksHistoryInterviews·1 Comment
THE CHARLATANS’ TIM BURGESS IS THROWING A PARTY Crispin Kott·April 29, 2020To lift spirits and lessen isolation during this dark time, Tim Burgess of Manchester’s Charlatans has invited the...All Please Kill Me PostsCrispin KottInterviewsMusicians·0 Comments
AN ORIGINAL LOUNGE LIZARD & ‘STRAY MAN’: STEVE PICCOLO Eric Davidson·May 11, 2020The Lounge Lizards, an uncategorizable musical assemblage that formed in 1978, blazed a trail parallel to, but separate...All Please Kill Me PostsEric DavidsonInterviewsMusicians·0 Comments
LITTLE RICHARD: THE ORIGINAL PUNK Parke Puterbaugh·May 20, 2020Rock ‘n’ roll lost one of its true originals last week, when Richard Penniman, the incomparable Little Richard,...All Please Kill Me PostsCool PeopleMusiciansR.I.P.·0 Comments
TORI AMOS ON RESISTANCE: CREATIVE OPPOSITION Amy Haben·June 22, 2020From her earliest days as a child piano prodigy and lounge player in Washington D.C. clubs, Tori Amos...All Please Kill Me PostsAmy HabenBooksCool People·1 Comment
FAT WHITE FAMILY’S LIAS SAOUDI ON BLM AND FINDING A MUSICAL WAY FORWARD Ingrid Marie Jensen·June 24, 2020The multi-ethnic South London-based Fat White Family has been called the ‘sonic equivalent of society coming unhinged.’ Their...All Please Kill Me PostsIngrid JensenInterviewsMusicians·0 Comments
LOUD FAST WORDS WITH SOUL ASYLUM’S DAVE PIRNER Todd McGovern·July 15, 2020Soul Asylum was part of a contingent of Minneapolis bands, with the Replacements and Hüsker Dü, that altered...All Please Kill Me PostsInterviewsMusiciansTodd McGovern·2 Comments
CHRIS FRANTZ: REMAINS IN LOVE Richie Unterberger·July 22, 2020The subtitle to Remain in Love, the new memoir by Chris Frantz, is “Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club,...All Please Kill Me PostsBooksCool PeopleInterviewsMusiciansRichie Unterberger·0 Comments
SAN FRANCISCO PUNK PRANKSTERS: PINK SECTION, INFLATABLE BOY CLAMS Richie Unterberger·August 19, 2020Influenced by the punk scene centered at Mabuhay Gardens, and the fun, bohemian spirit of a city that...All Please Kill Me PostsHistoryInterviewsMusiciansRichie Unterberger·3 Comments
STEVE EARLE: GHOSTS OF WEST VIRGINIA AND THE JOB OF EMPATHY Noah Lekas·September 1, 2020Steve Earle has charted his own path, musical and otherwise, since he arrived in Nashville at age 19....All Please Kill Me PostsInterviewsMusicians·0 Comments
TINA BELL’S HIDDEN LEGACY: THE BLACK WOMAN WHO CREATED THE SOUND OF GRUNGE Jen B. Larson·September 3, 2020In 1983, the Seattle band Bam Bam, fronted by a talented, elegant Black woman named Tina Bell, created...All Please Kill Me PostsBest OfCool PeopleHistoryJen B. LarsonMusicians·26 Comments