When Jenny Lens took her camera into the heart and soul of the Los Angeles punk scene, she felt like she was riding on a comet. During that time, her photograph...
The Ramones planted the seeds for a rock & roll revolution in a country that had been for too long in the grip of military dictators. Their fans became know...
Founding WURM member and Black Flag bassist Chuck Dukowski talks to Eric Davidson about the California punk rock scene in the 70s and 80s, the recent reissue of...
The party never stopped for the legendary LA punk rocker, and drug companion of John Belushi. Though warned off Derf by John Densmore of the Doors, Nora Novak j...
Johnny Strike was a San Francisco punk pioneer and leader of the band Crime. A fixture at Mabuhay Gardens who once performed at San Quentin prison dressed in a ...
In his incendiary new book Burning Down the Haus, Tim Mohr documents the “secret history of punk rock under the dictator” and inspires hope in the hearts of all...
Scientists founder Kim Salmon on their first US Tour!
Formed in 1978 and slow-burning their way out of Perth, Australia, and through the 1980s underground, the...
On what would have been The Clash and Mescaleros frontman Joe Strummer’s 66th birthday, Margo Tiffen recollects a notable evening in Boston with Joe and friends...
Rat Scabies, longtime drummer for The Damned (real name: Chris Millar), has continued pounding the skins while also teaching at universities. PKM spoke to him a...
The Sire Records founder, who discovered and/or signed a Who’s Who of Rock & Roll, including the Ramones, Dead Boys, Talking Heads, Replacements, Smiths, an...
Deke Dickerson charts the path of the energetic & talented 13-year-old hillbilly named Larry Collins, who recorded the first punk rock record in 1958, and i...
In the 70's and 80's, the B-Girls toured with the Clash and played with Iggy Pop, Blondie, Elvis Costello, Sham 69, and many more. PKM interviews Cynthia Ross a...
Blondie's Clem Burke on touring with Iggy Pop, his favorite NYC clubs of the ‘70s, and his personal love of music and pop culture.
In the second half of my con...
