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Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung

by Lester Bangs

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Publisher Comments:

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.

Review:

"Magnificent... To have him between hard covers and claimed for literature is a satisfying validation and a major event." Village Voice Literary Supplement

Review:

"A great American writer who happened to write about rock and roll... wild and funny and utterly unpredictable... Lester's prose pulsated with rock's own rhythms... a superb collection." Rolling Stone

Review:

"A cultural event... This collection rescues from oblivion one of the most distinctive voices in modern popular criticism." The New York Times Book Review

Review:

"With affection and rudeness and fury and mockery, with prose that moved in gusts and swirls and pratfalls, he showed how music could be – for him as well as for less articulate, less self-conscious fans – an arena of moral choices.... Bangs was one of the best writers ever to appear on newsprint." The New York Times

Product Details

ISBN:
9780679720454
Subtitle:
The Work of a Legendary Critic: Rock'n'roll as Literature and Literature as Rock 'N'roll
Editor:
Marcus, Greil
Editor:
Marcus, Greil
Author:
Bangs, Lester
Author:
Marcus, Greil
Publisher:
Anchor Books
Location:
New York :
Subject:
United states
Subject:
History and criticism
Subject:
Rock
Subject:
Rock music
Subject:
Musical Instruments - General
Subject:
Rock music -- History and criticism.
Subject:
Genres & Styles - Rock
Copyright:
Edition Description:
1st Vintage Books ed.
Series Volume:
[C48]
Publication Date:
September 1988
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
416
Dimensions:
8.10x5.16x.71 in. .67 lbs.

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