Today's Guest: Legs McNeil, co-author, I Slept with Joey Ramone: A Punk Rock Family Memoir Joey Ramone wasn’t really Joey Ramone. Most people know that the “Ramones” name was for the stage, although few sought out and became their stage persona more completely than the former Jeffry Hyman, a spindly, troubled boy from Queens.... Continue Reading →
Bart Bull battles Band Names! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Let’s not mince words: the Fabulous Poodles were neither fabulous nor poodles. But I always chuckled at the name, dug the music, and, perhaps most important, it’s 30 years later and I still remember them. So what is it about the name of a rock band? If Air Supply managed to call themselves the... Continue Reading →
57 Magazine founder Bob Guccione Jr. on birth of Spin! INTERVIEW
Originally Published October 14, 1996 Bob Guccione Jr. has come a long way in 11 years as editor and publisher of Spin magazine. A decade ago, he oversaw every word, every photo before it saw print, spending more time as editor than publisher. "Today," he says, "I'm in the happy position of being a publisher... Continue Reading →