Legs McNeil and Gillian McCain

Legs McNeil cofounded Punk magazine and is a former editor at Spin and editor in chief of Nerve. He is the coauthor of The Other Hollywood: The Uncensored Oral History of the Porn Film Industry. His memoir, Resident Punk, comes out in September 2026.

Gillian McCain is the author of two books with Legs McNeil: Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk and Dear Nobody: The True Diary of Mary Rose. From 2013-2022 she was the co-producer of PLEASEKILLME.COM, a cultural web site. She is also the author of three books of poetry: Tilt, Religion, and, with Jeffrey Conway and David Trinidad, Descent of the Dolls. She is the former Program Coordinator at the Poetry Project at St. Mark’s Church and served on its Board for twenty years.