Leslie Conway Bangs (December 13, 1948 - April 30, 1982) was an American music journalist, author and musician. Most famous for his work at "CREEM" and "Rolling Stone" magazines, Bangs was and still is regarded as an extremely influential voice in rock criticism. Wikipedia
On the occasion of the new Lester Bangs anthology, Mainlines, Blood Feasts, and Bad Taste, punk pioneer Richard Hell reminisces about the late, great rock critic. www.villagevoice.com/news/0333,hell,46160,1.html
The definitive Wikipedia entry for Lester Bangs. Wikipedia is the biggest multilingual free-content encyclopedia on the Internet. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lester_Bangs
