A compilation of fifty-four essays, cultural rants, reviews, and more from the late rock critic includes excerpts from Bangs's autobiographical writings, a discussion of the Hell's Angels and the shooting of Andy Warhol, and incisive reviews of Black Sabbath, Anne Murray, Bob Dylan, and the Rolling [...]

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 roc[...]