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Roderick Edward "Legs" McNeil (born January 27, 1956) is an American journalist. He is one of the three original founders of the seminal Punk magazine, as well as being a former...

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Roderick Edward "Legs" McNeil (born January 27, 1956) is an American journalist. He is one of the three original founders of the seminal Punk magazine, as well as being a former editor at Spin and editor-in-chief of Nerve Magazine.

Punk Magazine

At the age of 19, McNeil gathered with two high school friends, John Holmstrom and Ged Dunn, and decided to create "some sort of media thing" for a living. Holmstrom had an idea of combining comics with rock n roll.[1]

Later work

In 1985, McNeil became a SPIN magazine staff writer.[2]

In December 1991, Legs McNeil wrote about the Los Angeles rave culture/scene in "A Woodstock of Their Own", published by Details.

In 1993, Legs was the editor-in-chief of the magazine Nerve.[3]

McNeil is the co-author (with Gillian McCain) of Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk, which has been published in 12 languages and helped launch the oral history trend in music books. The New York Times called the book "lurid, insolent, disorderly, funny, sometimes gross, sometimes mean and occasionally touching."[4]

McNeil is also co-author of The Other Hollywood: The Uncensored Oral History of the Porn Film Industry. As Publishers Weekly said, "This compulsively readable book perfectly captures the pop culture zeitgeist. It doesn't hurt that the history of American pornography is inextricably intertwined with all the subjects that captivate us: sex, drugs, beauty, fame, money, the Mafia, law enforcement and violence."

McNeil is also the co-author of I Slept with Joey Ramone (A Punk Rock Family Memoir) with Mickey Leigh, Joey Ramone’s brother.

McNeil's most recent book, Dear Nobody: The True Diary of Mary Rose is another collaborative effort with Gillian McCain. Dear Nobody was published on April 1, 2014, and received widespread critical acclaim.

McNeil has appeared on many TV documentaries, from the History Channel to VH1, and has produced and hosted a three-hour TV special on Court TV over three nights on the porn industry, which was the highest-rated original programming in that network's history.

En 2016, una entrevista de 2014 con McNeil apareció en Danny Says , el documental biográfico sobre el influyente publicista de música rock, Danny Fields , junto a Fields, Iggy Pop , Alice Cooper y otros.

En 2025, McNeil escribió (junto con Burt Learns) y dirigió su primer largometraje documental, Pusherman: Frank Lucas & the True Story of American Gangster, protagonizado por Frank Lucas, Mark Jacobson, Richie Roberts, Fab5Freddie, Darius James y Michael Daly. Mark Jacobson es el autor del artículo original para la revista New York que se convirtió en American Gangster, protagonizada por Denzel Washington y Russell Crowe. Richie Roberts es el verdadero policía de narcóticos convertido en fiscal que Russell Crowe interpreta en American Gangster . Pusherman narra la historia de Mark Jacobson, quien localizó a Frank Lucas y obtuvo la verdadera historia de boca del propio protagonista. Pusherman está disponible gratuitamente en la plataforma de streaming Tubi o en DVD a través de MVD Entertainment Group.

Excursión por el río Misisipi

En 1986, para conmemorar el centenario de la publicación de Las aventuras de Huckleberry Finn de Mark Twain , Richard Hell y McNeil pasaron varios días en balsas inflables de goma por el río Misisipi , partiendo de Hannibal, Misuri , y terminando en Hamburg, Illinois . Escribieron juntos un artículo en la edición de noviembre de 1986 de la revista Spin donde relataban sus experiencias. [ 5 ]

Obras

Historias orales

  • Por favor, mátenme: La historia oral sin censura del punk con Gillian McCain ( Grove Press , 1996).
  • El otro Hollywood: La historia oral sin censura de la industria del cine pornográfico , con Jennifer Osborne y Peter Pavia ( Regan Books , 2006).

Memoria

  • Dormí con Joey Ramone: Memorias familiares con Mickey Leigh ( Simon and Schuster , 2009).
  • Querido Nadie; El verdadero diario de Mary Rose, editado por Gillian McCain y Legs McNeil ( Source Books , 2013).
  • Resident Punk: Cómo fumé, bebí y me abrí camino a tientas por la escena punk de los 70 (y más allá) con Crispin Kott ( BenBella Books , 2026).

Referencias

  1. ↑ McNeil, Legs (14 de junio de 2021). "Recordando el punk, la revista, la música, el momento en el tiempo" . Please Kill Me . Recuperado el 20 de enero de 2022 .
  2. ↑ "LEGS MCNEIL INTENTA TOCAR UNA PUNTA CON SU NUEVA REVISTA DE ROCK 'N' ROLL" . The Morning Call . 18 de abril de 1993. Consultado el 26 de septiembre de 2024 .
  3. ↑ "Legs McNeil (1996): Parte uno" . Mientras tanto, de vuelta en Peoria... 6 de diciembre de 2015. Consultado el 26 de septiembre de 2024 .
  4. ↑ Pareles, Jon (22 de agosto de 1996). "Historia del punk: Más chismes feos que el impacto de la música (publicado en 1996)" . The New York Times .
  5. ↑ Hell y McNeil (noviembre de 1986). "Las aventuras de Huckleberry Hell y Legs Sawyer" . SPIN . 2 (8): 66– 76 – vía Google Books.
  • Entrevista a Legs McNeil en Gothamist
  • Entrevista a Legs McNeil en Glorious Noise
  • pleasekillme.com - Sitio web de Legs McNeil