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A former Creem magazine colleague of Lester Bangs remembers -- and members of the Doors, the MC5, Blondie and the Mekons respond to -- the late, great rock critic's bracing vitriol.
By Roberta Cruger
September 3, 2003
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After reading Lester Bangs' collection, you have to wonder: What would the legendary critic, who believed that music mattered, make of today's Britney and P.Diddy ludicrousness?
By Andrew Leonard
September 3, 2003
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The author of "One Woman Short" and "Hip Hop America" picks five great urban books.
By Nelson George
May 22, 2000
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Jim DeRogatis' solid new biography argues that "America's greatest rock critic" spawned a generation of self-absorbed hacks -- and a neutered music press that wouldn't have a place for him anymore.
By Ira Robbins
April 4, 2000
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The author of "Dino," "Hellfire" and the forthcoming "The Devil and Sonny Liston" talks about the Mysterious Pig Iron Man, Hollywood and snake wrangling in Florida.
By Rex Doane
November 12, 1999
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Arto Lindsay graduated from horrible noise to gently beautiful music. It only took 20 years.
By Seth Mnookin
October 28, 1999
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Young men once fretted over sculpting the future, not whether they were going to get a sweaty power-handshake. What happened?
By Cintra Wilson
October 28, 1999
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Garage days revisited: Two reissues re-introduce the trashy sounds and perverted pop of the Flamin' Groovies.
By Geoff Edgers
August 2, 1999
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Thanks to snorefests like the Umbilical Brothers' "Thwack," comedy is deader than Lester Bangs -- and someone is not amused.
By Cintra Wilson
June 16, 1999