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Lester Bangs, who died in 1982, is the most celebrated of the original "Noise Boys" of rock journalism. Some of his greatest pieces - most of them from Detroit's Creem magazine - were collected by Greil Marcus in Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung. A new anthology, Mainlines, Blood Feasts & Bad Taste: A Lester Bangs Reader, has been compiled by RBP contributor John Morthland and has been published in the summer of 2003. Lester is as yet the only rock critic to have a biography written of him - Jim DeRogatis' excellent Let It Blurt (2000).
List of articles in the library by artist
Allman Brothers Band : The Allman Brothers: Wipe the Windows, Check the Oil, Dollar Gas
Review by Lester Bangs, Circus, February 1977
Amboy Dukes, The : Detroit's Rock Culture
Overview by Lester Bangs, Phonograph Record, December 1972
Amon Düül: A Science Fiction Rock Spectacle
Sleevenotes by Lester Bangs, unpublished, for Dance of the Lemmings, 1971
Lester Bangs : Epistle to a Young Critic: A Letter from Lester Bangs, February 1975
Letters by Lester Bangs, unpublished, February 1975
Beach Boys, The : Beach Boys: The Beach Boys Love You (Reprise)
Review by Lester Bangs, Circus, June 1977
Brownsville Station : Detroit's Rock Culture
Overview by Lester Bangs, Phonograph Record, December 1972
Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band: Lick My Decals Off, Baby
Review by Lester Bangs, Creem, March 1971
Captain Beefheart's Far Cry
Profile and Interview by Lester Bangs, Village Voice, October 1980
Captain, The, and Tennille : The Captain and Tennille: Come In from the Rain
Review by Lester Bangs, Circus, September 1977
Carpenters, The : Carpenters: Now And Then
Review by Lester Bangs, Let It Rock, November 1973
Valerie Carter: Just A Stones's Throw Away
Review by Lester Bangs, Phonograph Record, April 1977
Creedence Clearwater Revival: Live In Europe (Fantasy)
Review by Lester Bangs, Let It Rock, April 1974
Deep Purple: Who Do We Think We Are!
Review by Lester Bangs, Phonograph Record, March 1973
Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show : Mott The Hoople/The New York Dolls/Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show: Live in Masillon, Ohio
Live Review by Lester Bangs, Phonograph Record, November 1973
Doors, The : Jim Morrison: Bozo Dionysus A Decade Later
Essay by Lester Bangs, Musician, August 1981
Doors, The : The End Is Always Near: Dread, Drunkenness and The Doors, Pt. 1
Retrospective by Lester Bangs, unpublished, 1975
Doors, The : The End Is Always Near: Dread, Drunkenness and The Doors, Pt. 2
Retrospective by Lester Bangs, unpublished, 1975
Eagles, The : How The Eagles Cleaned Up the Wild West
Comment by Lester Bangs, Music Gig, October 1976
Foghat: Foghat (Bearsville)
Review by Lester Bangs, Phonograph Record, September 1972
Rory Gallagher: Rory Gallagher (Atco)
Review by Lester Bangs, Phonograph Record, January 1972
Ian Hunter: Reflections Of A Rock Star
Review by Lester Bangs, Phonograph Record, September 1976
Jefferson Airplane: 30 Seconds Over Winterland (Grunt)
Review by Lester Bangs, Phonograph Record, June 1973
Nils Lofgren: I Came To Dance
Review and Interview by Lester Bangs, Phonograph Record, April 1977
MC5 : Detroit's Rock Culture
Overview by Lester Bangs, Phonograph Record, December 1972
John McLaughlin: My Goal's Beyond
Review by Lester Bangs, Phonograph Record, November 1971
Mekons, The : The Mekons Story (CNT) 1982
Sleevenotes by Lester Bangs, CNT Records, 1982
Van Morrison: Astral Weeks
Essay by Lester Bangs, Stranded (ed. Greil Marcus), 1979
Mott The Hoople/The New York Dolls/Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show: Live in Masillon, Ohio
Live Review by Lester Bangs, Phonograph Record, November 1973
Ted Nugent: Free-for-All
Review by Lester Bangs, Circus, February 1977
John Prine: The Troubadour, Los Angeles CA
Live Review by Lester Bangs, Phonograph Record, January 1972
Lou Reed: A Deaf Mute In A Telephone Booth
Interview by Lester Bangs, Let It Rock, November 1973
Mitch Ryder/The Detroit Wheels : Detroit's Rock Culture
Overview by Lester Bangs, Phonograph Record, December 1972
Bob Seger : Detroit '77: Seger's Open For Business
Live Review by Lester Bangs, Creem, August 1976
Bob Seger : Detroit's Rock Culture
Overview by Lester Bangs, Phonograph Record, December 1972
Shaggs, The : The Shaggs: Better Than the Beatles (and DNA, Too)
Retrospective by Lester Bangs, Village Voice, January 1981
Slade: Slade Alive!
Review by Lester Bangs, Phonograph Record, October 1972
Slade: Cum On Feel The Boyz
Report and Interview by Lester Bangs, Let It Rock, October 1973
Patti Smith: Easter
Review by Lester Bangs, Phonograph Record, May 1978
Stooges, The : Detroit's Rock Culture
Overview by Lester Bangs, Phonograph Record, December 1972
Stooges, The : The Stooges: The Apotheosis Of Every Parental Nightmare
Profile by Lester Bangs, Stereo Review, July 1973
Sun Ra: Atlantis
Review by Lester Bangs, Phonograph Record, June 1973
Sylvers, The : The Sylvers: Something Special
Review by Lester Bangs, Circus, January 1977
Bernie Taupin: Bernie Taupin (Elektra) List of genre pieces Dear Charlie... Love, Lester
Review by Lester Bangs, Phonograph Record, March 1972
Retrospective by Lester Bangs,
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