# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/legs-mcneil
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:07:44.451Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/legs-mcneil"
name: "Legs McNeil"
slug: "legs-mcneil"
description: "Roderick Edward \"Legs\" McNeil 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."
tagline: "American writer"
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1956-01-27"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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    title: "Legs McNeil"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump