Truth be told, when it comes to Lester Bangs – and I don’t think I’m alone here – I just can’t get enough. That’s why weathering through footage of Eric Clapton is worth it in this clip. That and the fact that he looks more like Richard Thompson (who would have been preferable) and is more tolerable when he’s high, which it looks like he is here. Ironically, this is the subject Lester hits on during his time on-screen. There has to be more video out there; footage that wouldn’t be taken down by WEA.
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Lester Talks Over Clapton
Posted by A.C. Rhodes on May 7, 2009
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The All-Purpose Lester Bangs Forum
Posted by A.C. Rhodes on September 14, 2008
Don't hate me because I'm gone.
You love him, you hate his misinterpreters, you love to hate his detractors … here’s the all-purpose Lester Bangs forum for questions, answers and discussion.
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Question of the Week: Lester Bangs; Man, Myth or Mix?
Posted by A.C. Rhodes on December 2, 2007
Music writers, rock mag enthusiasts and musicians alike have revered him, scorned him or thought, “eh.” So, what are your thoughts?
Anyone making jokes about cough syrup mixture will be cyber-spanked, however understandable the temptation.
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Lester Bangs vs. Bryan Ferry (YouTube)
Posted by s woods on September 19, 2007
Footage taken from a seventies British documentary called All You Need is Love.
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Bangs links restored [update]
Posted by s woods on August 28, 2007
See, it’s not so bad, kids… everything will come back in due time. Here’s the Lester Bangs links page. I’ve rid the page of all the bad links (of which there were several), will try and find where some of those links have moved to–and of course, will add any new ones as I see them.
UPDATE: More links added, more restored… and special thanks to Glorious Noise for organizing such a great collection of Bangs’s scribblings in Rolling Stone.
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