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THE HEARTBREAKERS WITH MEMBERS OF MC5, BLONDIE, AND THE REPLACEMENTS!

Amy Haben·December 19, 2016

It was a tight squeeze for the Heartbreakers, L.A.M.F. show featuring original member Walter Lure, Tommy Stinson of the Replacements, Wayne Kramer of the MC5, Clem Burke of Blondie and guest stars jumping on stage.

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HILARIOUS VIDEO OF ROB TYNER SINGING ‘GRANDE DAYS’ WHILE PLAYING AUTOHARP!

Amy Haben·September 8, 2016

I bet you’ve never seen the MC5’s singer Rob Tyner playing an autoharp, have you? This piece...

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NIAGARA: DETROIT ROCK ROYALTY ON MUSIC, ART, & RON ASHETON!

Todd McGovern·July 22, 2016

NIAGARA: DETROIT ROCK ROYALTY ON MUSIC, ART, & RON ASHETON! - The True Story of Niagara, Destroy All Monsters & the Desecration of Detroit

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STEVE HARRIS: THE PLEASE KILL ME INTERVIEW!

Gillian McCain·January 10, 2016

This is PART 1 of an interview Legs did in 1994 with Steve Harris, former VP at Elektra. Steve has one of my favorite quotes in Please Kill Me: "I was a big supporter of Iggy's everywhere." In this interview, The Doors get huge. Danny Fields gets hired by Elektra. John Sinclair gets busted. Gloria Stavers gets pissed that the death of Martin Luther King takes Jim Morrison off the front pages. This is one of many interviews that are going to be pulled from the PKM archive. - Gillian

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GAIL HIGGINS: THE PKM INTERVIEW! -PART 1

Gillian McCain·December 14, 2015

This is Part One of the original interview that Legs did with Gail Higgins for Please Kill Me: The...

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Wayne Kramer – Monday Morning Meditation

PKM Editor·September 14, 2015

From The PKM Archives...

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STEVE HARRIS: THE PKM INTERVIEW – PART 2

Gillian McCain·December 20, 2014

BY LEGS McNEIL - This is Part Two of an interview Legs did with record industry veteran Steve Harris for Please Kill Me. Read how the MC5 fucked up their promising career, how Iggy was always misunderstood, and how Danny Fields lost his job… and more...

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Jack Kerouac based his muse/lover “Mardou Fox” in The Subterraneans on Alene Lee, a mixed race (Black/Cherokee) bohemian writer and intellectual who was a part of the NYC Beat circle of Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso and Lucien Carr. Despite her intimate connection to these writers, the real Alene Lee is nowhere to be found in most accounts and biographies—partly due to her own reticence to speak. Erika Blair did some digging and presents a more rounded portrait of this fascinating woman. Read more!

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