Mr. Media Interviews By Bob Andelman

I Slept with Joey Ramone: A Punk Rock Family Memoir by Mickey Leigh with Legs McNeil. Order your copy today by clicking on the book cover above! Please Kill Me; The Uncensored Oral History of Punk by Legs McNeil. Order your copy today by clicking the book cover above! Today's Guest:Legs McNeil, author, Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk, I Slept with Joey Ramone (MAY 2008) When Spin magazine started, its staff included two fascinating characters. First was Bob Guccione, Jr., the magazine’s founder and namesake son of the publisher of Penthouse. And then there was Spin’s senior editor, Legs McNeil. Legs McNeil!?! What the hell kind of stupid name was that for a journalist? I mean, I grew up with kids named "Plinky," "Jiggs," and "Doine," but "Legs"? Well, let me tell you, that guy Legs McNeil could write. Some months, the only copy worth reading in Spin was under his byline. It wasn’t until years later that I learned that in the early 1970s, McNeil was a co-founder, with John Holmstrom and Ge