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Anonymous
Posted June 24, 2006
Let It Blurt
Amazing. Bangs had a very interesting life and DeRogatis did a phenominal job approaching the topic. It covers every aspect you would want to know about Bangs. I flew through it in 3 days and just picked it up again. It tells a great story and never gets boring.
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Anonymous
Posted July 15, 2001
great read for anyone interested in punk rock/Lester bangs and it's/his downfall
i'm no expert review guy, i don't know any big words, i don't have a goatee, and i don't sit out in front of barnes and noble with my coffe and try to pick up chicks while pretending to read. but i'll try my best to explain why i enjoyed this book: I have never finished a book as fast as i finished this one. It kept me up all night. I didn't want to do anything else until i finished this book. it was unsettling because mostly everyone knows that bangs died at a young age, and while your reading, you know in the back of your mind that this guy is going to die: someone you become to sort of understand and enjoy as this totally nutty, one of a kind dude who just says and writes what he wants. You learn about what drives bangs' writing, his passion for 'the stooges', his obssesion with Lou Reed, his strange upbringing as a jeovah witness, and his undying love for punk rock. I wish that the book explained more of why he hated led zep and all the other over-blown, bloated big star rock of the 70's. i think that the book sometimes failed to give you a very in-depth look into his mind on certain topics but i guess it was difficult seeing how he is dead. The book is very much worth the trouble of finding, it took me a couple of weeks to track down, there are limited copies, which is a shame because there are other music related books such as the motley crue book always on hand at book stores, i can't stand that that worthless 'new york dolls' rip-off of a band is getting any attention for their crummy book. Anyway, i hope this review has helped. i plan on buying a collection book of bangs' reviews, cool huh.
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