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Lester Bangs

Gritty city The author of "One Woman Short" and "Hip Hop America" picks five great urban books.
By Nelson George [May 22, 2000]

Did Lester Bangs die in vain? Jim DeRogatis' solid new biography argues that "America's greatest rock critic" spawned a generation of self-absorbed hacks -- and a neutered music press that wouldn't have a place for him anymore.
By Ira Robbins [April 3, 2000]

Nick Tosches, the man in the leopard-skin loafers The author of "Dino," "Hellfire" and the forthcoming "The Devil and Sonny Liston" talks about the Mysterious Pig Iron Man, Hollywood and snake wrangling in Florida.
By Rex Doane [November 11, 1999]

Bring me the fat head of Elton John Young men once fretted over sculpting the future, not whether they were going to get a sweaty power-handshake. What happened?
By Cintra Wilson [October 27, 1999]

Sharps & Flats Arto Lindsay graduated from horrible noise to gently beautiful music. It only took 20 years.
By Seth Mnookin [October 27, 1999]

Sharps & flats Garage days revisited: Two reissues re-introduce the trashy sounds and perverted pop of the Flamin' Groovies.
By Geoff Edgers [August 1, 1999]

Looking for life in all the wrong places Thanks to snorefests like the Umbilical Brothers' "Thwack," comedy is deader than Lester Bangs -- and someone is not amused.
By Cintra Wilson [June 15, 1999]

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