Let it Blurt - The Life and Times of Lester Bangs, America's Greatest Rock Critic

Let It Blurt is the raucous and righteous biography of Lester Bangs (1949-82)--the gonzo journalist, gutter poet, and romantic visionary of rock criticism. No writer on rock ''n'' roll ever lived harder or wrote better--more passionately, more compellingly, more penetratingly. He lived the rock ''n'' roll lifestyle, guzzling booze and Romilar like water, matching its energy in prose that erupted from the pages of Let It Blurt is a scrupulously researched account of Lester Bangs''s fascinating (if often tawdry and unappetizing) life story, as well as a window on rock criticism and rock culture in their most turbulent and creative years. It includes a never-before-published piece by Bangs, the hilarious "How to Be a Rock Critic," in which he reveals the secrets of his dubious, freeloading trade.

About the author

Jim DeRogatis is the pop music critic at the Chicago Sun-Times. Together with Greg Kot, rock critic at the Chicago Tribune and author of Wilco: Learning How to Die, he is the host of Sound Opinions, “the world's only rock and roll talkshow,” which is now broadcast on Public Radio. He is the author of Let It Blurt: The Life and Times of Lester Bangs, America’s Greatest Rock Critic (Broadway Books, 2000), among other books.

Product details

• Authors: Jim DeRogatis, DeRogatis Jim
• Publisher: Crown Publishing Group
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.04.2000
• EAN: 9780767905091
• ISBN: 978-0-7679-0509-1
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 234 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History; Rock, Rock & Pop music, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / General, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Rock, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Pop Vocal, Biography: arts & entertainment, Pop Music, Popular Music, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Music, Biography: arts and entertainment