MARATHON LENS: PHOTOGRAPHER STEVE RAPPORT ON JOE STRUMMER, STYLE COUNCIL, LITTLE RICHARD AND MORE
British photographer Steve Rapport returned to London in 1980 and played “catch up” on the exploding rock ‘n’...
The Clash
The Clash
JENNY LENS: AN L.A. PUNK PIONEER
When Jenny Lens took her camera into the heart and soul of the Los Angeles punk scene, she...
INTERVIEW WITH CYNTHIA ROSS OF THE ‘B’ GIRLS!
In the 70’s and 80’s, the B-Girls toured with the Clash and played with Iggy Pop, Blondie, Elvis Costello,...
JOHNNY ROTTEN: NO MORE MR. NICE GUY!
When Punk magazine writer, Mary Harron, went to England to interview Johnny Rotten in the autumn of 1976,...
TOP TEN LIST OF THE BEST COVER SONGS!
by Avalon Kenny & Anna Theodora - Does a cover song ever beat the original? Is Devo’s version of “Satisfaction” better than the Stones original? Can a cover artist transcend the familiar echoes of the first version-- and make the song even better? Does anyone really care?
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: THE FABULOUS STAINS!
1982's 'The Fabulous Stains,' is one of my favorite cult movies. Starring a sixteen year old Diane Lane (Third Degree Burns) as the lead singer of an all girl punk band named The Stains, whose motto is, "We don't put out!"
NEW YORK VS. BRITISH PUNKS IN PHOTOS!
David Johansen of the New York Dolls and Richard Hell of Television backstage at CBGB. From White Trash...
LEGENDARY TRAIN ROBBER RONNIE BIGGS!
In 1963, a Royal Mail train heading to London from Glasgow was targeted by fifteen thugs. The...
FROM IGGY TO LENNON: BOB GRUEN’S LIFE WITH THE BAND!
Interview By Amy Haben - Funny thing is, when I was a teenager, I used to rip out these great color photos of The Sex Pistols from a large photo book in-between the shelves of the library and take them home to hang on my wall. Twenty years later, I'm sitting down with the creator of those shots. Bob is seriously one of the coolest guys I know.
PAUL SIMONON: BASSIST, PAINTER, HEARTTHROB!
The stylish former bassist of the legendary punk rock band The Clash has a passion for not only...
I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU… TO THE RAMONES!
by Madeline Bocaro They were like brothers – brothers to each other – and crazy, loveable big brothers...
JOE STRUMMER – REVOLUTION ROCKER!
By Madeline Bocaro Exclusive to PleaseKillMe.com Joe Strummer has been gone almost thirteen years now (12/22/2002). Another soldier...
The Weather Underground, Guinness World Records and the Real Legacy of Altamont
A Conversation with Documentary Filmmaker Sam Green - by Todd McGovern - Who can forget those stories? Roy Sullivan was a park ranger in Shenandoah National Park in Virginia. In his 35 years on the job, he was struck by lighting seven times, surviving them all. Known as the “Human Lightning Rod,” he died in 1983 from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The reason? Unrequited love.
LEGS MCNEIL PROFILED IN PSYCHOLOGY TODAY!!
BY MICHAEL FRIEDMAN via Psychology Today “The more we fear the future, the more we recycle the past.”...