Let It Blurt: The Life and Times of Lester Bangs, America's Greatest Rock Critic Paperback - 2000
by Jim DeRogatis
This raucous and thoroughly researched biography on Lester Bangs (1949-1982)--the gonzo journalist, gutter poet, and romantic visionary of rock writing--is also a window on rock culture in its most turbulent, creative years. Includes Bangs' never-before-published piece, "How to Be a Rock Critic." 20 photos.
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Let It Blurt is the raucous and righteous biography of Lester Bangs (1949-82)--the gonzo journalist, gutter poet, and romantic visionary of rock criticism. No writer on rock 'n' roll ever lived harder or wrote better--more passionately, more compellingly, more penetratingly. He lived the rock 'n' roll lifestyle, guzzling booze and Romilar like water, matching its energy in prose that erupted from the pages of "Rolling Stone, Creem, and "The Village Voice. Bangs agitated in the seventies for sounds that were harsher, louder, more electric, and more alive, in the course of which he charted and defined the aesthetics of heavy metal and punk. He was treated as a peer by such brash visionaries as Lou Reed, Patti Smith, Richard Hell, Captain Beefheart, The Clash, Debbie Harry, and other luminaries.
Let It Blurt is a scrupulously researched account of Lester Bangs's fascinating (if often tawdry and unappetizing) life story, as well as a window on rock criticism and rock culture in their most turbulent and creative years. It includes a never-before-published piece by Bangs, the hilarious "How to Be a Rock Critic," in which he reveals the secrets of his dubious, freeloading trade.
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- Title Let It Blurt: The Life and Times of Lester Bangs, America's Greatest Rock Critic
- Author Jim DeRogatis
- Binding Paperback
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 352
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Crown Publishing Group (NY), US
- Date 2000-04-18
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Index
- ISBN 9780767905091 / 0767905091
- Weight 1.01 lbs (0.46 kg)
- Dimensions 9.11 x 6.12 x 0.97 in (23.14 x 15.54 x 2.46 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 1950-1999
- Library of Congress subjects Rock music - History and criticism, Music critics - United States
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 99039766
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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- New York Times, 04/23/2000, Page 8
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