I sent Bob Gruen a PKM t-shirt to France, cause he was on tour with Green Day. It was when we were first launching the website. I sent a note in the package that read, "Bob, take the shirt out of the package, put the t-shirt on Billie Joe, now take the fucking picture!" Bob handed the note to Billie Joe, who said,
"I guess we'd better do what he says..."
-Legs McNeil
Book Review by Gillian McCain of "The First Rock ‘n’ Roll BODYGUARD" by Alf Weaver with Robert Ashton - If Alf Weaver was still with us (R.I.P) he would be the guy I would want watching my back. Because he’s watched them all, and had “a few good laughs” doing so. Growing up in London, he was friends with the Kray Twins, and kind of fell into the rock & roll business when he started working for a limousine company.
No offense to twins, or the parents that spawned them, but sometimes they give off the creepy vibe of having just done something evil, or at the very least devilish. The subjects of a couple of these photos look benign, but the others… by Gillian McCain