Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung (Paperback, Main - Classic edition)

Until his death aged thirty-three in 1982, Lester Bangs wrote wired, rock 'n' roll pieces on Iggy Pop, The Clash, John Lennon, Kraftwerk, Lou Reed. As a rock critic, he had an eagle-eye for distinguishing the pre-packaged imitation from the real thing; written in a conversational, wisecracking, erotically charged style, his hallucinatory hagiographies and excoriating take-downs reveal an iconoclast unafraid to tell it like it is. To his journalism he brought the talent of a great a renegade Beat poet, and his essays, reviews and scattered notes convey the electric thrill of a music junky indulging the habit of a lifetime. As Greil Marcus writes in his introduction, 'What this book demands from a reader is a willingness to accept that the best writer in America could write almost nothing but record reviews.'

General

Imprint:	Serpent's Tail
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Serpent's Tail Classics
Release date:	December 2014
Authors:	Lester Bangs
Introduction by:	Greil Marcus
Dimensions:	198 x 129 x 27mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	386
Edition:	Main - Classic edition
ISBN-13:	978-1-78125-277-2
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Essays, journals, letters & other prose works > General Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Contemporary popular music > Rock & pop > General Books > Music > Contemporary popular music > Rock & pop > General
LSN:	1-78125-277-7
Barcode:	9781781252772

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