If the name Lester Bangs doesn't mean anything to you, then you're not the type of person who reads rock criticism from forty years ago. Bangs wrote for the San Diego Door, Rolling Stone, Creem, the Village Voice, New Musical Express, Penthouse, Playboy and High Times among others. There are at least two collections of his writings and a biography written after his death in 1982. His writing reads like you're having beers with a smart well read friend who knows way more about music than you do, irreverent and eloquent, and he rants.
I just ran into the documentary, A Box Full of Rocks: The El Cajon Years of Lester Bangs, about Bang's high school and young adult years. I've only watched a few minutes of it and have already seen three friends. So I'm posting it before I watch it to be objective. If you're a Bangs freak, check the old post linked below. It's got some sloppy songs by him and Peter Laughner (Rocket From the Tomb, Pere Ubu).
Lester Bangs - Let It Blurt (streaming) at YouTube
Lester Bangs . Live (streaming) at YouTube
Birdland with Lester Bangs - Kill Him Again (streaming) at YouTube
Lester Bangs and The Delinquents - Life is not Worth Living (But Suicide is a Waste of Time) (streaming) at YouTube
Lester Bangs and Peter Laughner - Six songs at this past post
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