![]() ![]() Holstrom wanted to call it "Teenage News Gazette" to which Ged said, "Absolutely not." The name Punk was McNeil's idea Dunn agreed to it instantly, Holmstrom rather reluctantly. The name "Punk" was decided upon because "it seemed to sum up.everything.obnoxious, smart but not pretentious, absurd, ironic, and things that appealed to the darker side". ![]() Within days of its first publication, Punk Magazine, McNeil, Holmstrom, and Dunn were famous. They settled upon a magazine, assuming that people would "think cool and hang out with " as well as "give free drinks", and it worked. Holmstrom had an idea of combining comics with rock n roll. He is one of the three original founders of the seminal Punk magazine that gave the movement its name as well as being a former editor at Spin and editor-in-chief of Nerve Magazine.Īt 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. Roderick Edward "Legs" McNeil (born January 27, 1956, in Cheshire, Connecticut, United States) is an American music journalist. ![]() Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk ![]()
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