Former MC5 guitarist Wayne Kramer has been tapped to supervise the

music for the motion picture adaptation of Legs McNeil and Gillian McCain's

book Please Kill Me. That work, published by Grove Press last year and

subtitled The Uncensored History of Punk, tells the tale of New York

punk rock from 1965 to '82 through first person scenester

accounts.

Although the film production is still in its infancy, Kramer says

that he and other musicians may act in the piece, which is being produced by

Rudy Langlais (Sugar Hill) and directed by Ted Demme (son of Jonathan).

McNeil and McCain will write the script. Kramer will not only select songs to

be used in the film, but also will score the project.

"We're in the middle

of this really excruciating Hollywood process," said Kramer. "Meeting with

studios, and talking about the story, and talking about the script, and talking

about the money.

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