Before his untimely death in 1982, Lester Bangs was inarguably the most influential critic of rock and roll. Writing in hyper-intelligent Benzedrine prose that calls to mind Jack Kerouac and Hunter S. Thompson, he eschewed all conventional thinking as he discussed everything from Black Sabbath being the first truly Catholic band to Anne Murray’s smoldering sexuality. In Mainlines, Blood Feasts, Bad Taste fellow rock critic John Morthland has compiled a companion volume to Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung, the first, now classic collection of Bangs’s work. Here are excerpts from an autobiographical piece Bangs wrote as a teenager, travel essays, and, of course, the music pieces, essays, and criticism covering everything from titans like Miles Davis, Lou Reed, and the Rolling Stones to esoteric musicians like Brian Eno and Captain Beefheart. Singularly entertaining, this book is an absolute must for anyone interested in the history of rock.

Main Lines, Blood Feasts, and Bad Taste: A Lester Bangs Reader

Bangs, Lester

Humor & Entertainment

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

Vintage presents the paperback edition of the wild and brilliant writings of Lester Bangs--the most outrageous and popular rock critic of the 1970s--edited and with an introduction by the reigning dean of rack critics, Greil Marcus. Advertising in Rolling Stone and other major publications.

Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung

Arts & Photography

Music

KNOPF

Psychotic Reactions and Carburettor Dung

William Heinemann, Ltd.

Vintage presents the paperback edition of the wild and brilliant writings of Lester Bangs--the most outrageous and popular rock critic of the 1970s--edited and with an introduction by the reigning dean of rack critics, Greil Marcus.

Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung: The Work of a Legendary Critic: Rock'N'Roll as Literature and Literature as Rock 'N'Roll

Anchor

A rock critic reviews the life of the pop-music star, discussing Stewart's early admiration for Al Jolson and Bob Dylan and chronicling his dramatic rise to the top of the charts

Rod Stewart

Nelson,Paul

Putnam Pub. Group

Mekons united

Mekons United

MARCUS, Greil

Quarterstick Records / Polk Museum of Art / Ellipsis

Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung (Serpent's Tail Classics)

Serpent's Tail

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