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Let it Blurt

by Jim DeRogatis
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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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Publisher: Crown

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  • Release date: December 10, 2008

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  • ISBN: 9780307487407
  • Release date: December 10, 2008

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  • ISBN: 9780307487407
  • File size: 7472 KB
  • Release date: December 10, 2008

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Biography & Autobiography Essays Music Nonfiction

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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.
Expand title description text
Biography & Autobiography Essays Music Nonfiction
  • Details

    Publisher:
    Crown

    Kindle Book
    Release date: December 10, 2008

    OverDrive Read
    ISBN: 9780307487407
    Release date: December 10, 2008

    EPUB ebook
    ISBN: 9780307487407
    File size: 7472 KB
    Release date: December 10, 2008

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  • Formats
    Kindle Book
    OverDrive Read
    EPUB ebook
  • Languages
    English