PLEASE READ ME: THE BEST OF 2020, PART I PKM Editor·December 28, 2020Put another log on the fire, top that tankard of coffee, and kick back with Please Kill Me’s...All Please Kill Me PostsBest OfPKM Archive·1 Comment
PLEASE READ ME: THE BEST OF 2020, PART II PKM Editor·December 30, 2020Keep that tankard of coffee warm because here’s another bracing batch of 2020’s top stories on Please Kill...All Please Kill Me PostsBest OfPKM Archive·0 Comments
THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER: THE HOTTEST OF COLD CASES Tony Mostrom·January 13, 2021On January 15 1947, the body of a murder victim was found in a weedy, vacant lot in...All Please Kill Me PostsAnthony MostromCrimeHistory·0 Comments
SYLVAIN SYLVAIN: SLEEP BABY DOLL James Marshall·January 20, 2021Sylvain Sylvain was the secret weapon of the New York Dolls, the diplomat and cheerleader who held the...All Please Kill Me PostsCool PeopleJames MarshallR.I.P.·2 Comments
SKULL FORMING: TIM WRIGHT AFTER PERE UBU Elliott Sharp·February 8, 2021Years ago, the celebrated composer and multi-instrumentalist Elliott Sharp got to know and perform with Tim Wright, the...All Please Kill Me PostsInterviewsMusiciansR.I.P.·2 Comments
SOMETHING BETTER CHANGE: DOA’S JOEY KEITHLEY ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL Amy Haben·February 19, 2021Against all odds, Joey “Shithead” Keithley, DOA frontman and longtime activist, won election to city council in his...ActivismAll Please Kill Me PostsAmy HabenCool People·1 Comment
MARATHON LENS: PHOTOGRAPHER STEVE RAPPORT ON JOE STRUMMER, STYLE COUNCIL, LITTLE RICHARD AND MORE Amy Haben·March 23, 2021British photographer Steve Rapport returned to London in 1980 and played “catch up” on the exploding rock ‘n’...ActivismAll Please Kill Me PostsAmy HabenPhotography·2 Comments
WAYNE KRAMER TALKS DRUGS, PRISON, MUSIC, SURVIVAL JP Olsen·April 6, 2021Wayne Kramer of the MC5 was sent to ‘The Narcotic Farm’ in 1975, the same federal facility—part hospital/part...All Please Kill Me PostsCool PeopleCrimeHistoryInterviews·1 Comment
THE ZONE IN BETWEEN: A HIDDEN ROCK & ROLL GENRE Ben Merlis and Daniel Weizmann·April 15, 2021Ben Merlis and Daniel Weizmann are mad musical scientists who, while staying late one night in their lab,...All Please Kill Me PostsHistoryMusicians·2 Comments
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
ARE WE NOT DEVO? Benny Munday·April 5, 2018DEVO creator, multi-instrumentalist, performance artist and conceptual genius Gerald Casale’s ideas about human de-evolution, which grew out of...All Please Kill Me PostsBenjamin MundayBest OfHistoryInterviewsMusicians·6 Comments
UNSANE: RENOWNED POWER TRIO GET A BELATED DEBUT Jordan Mamone·May 11, 2021Unsane, the noise-rock power trio, created music straight out of the abyss of NYC in the late 1980s...All Please Kill Me PostsInterviewsMusicians·1 Comment
LINK WRAY, INVENTOR OF THE POWER CHORD, SNUBBED AGAIN Deke Dickerson·February 1, 2018Guitar maestro Deke Dickerson pays homage to ‘the Godfather of the Power Chord’ and shames the Hall of...All Please Kill Me PostsBest OfCool PeopleDeke Dickerson·31 Comments
MISS PAMELA: BEATLEMANIAC Pamela Des Barres·May 13, 2021The Beatles had no greater fan than a 14-year-old from Reseda, California, named Pam Miller. Young Pam was...All Please Kill Me PostsGirl PowerHistoryPamela Des Barres·0 Comments