today is the anniversary of Lester Bangs death , he's the most celebrated of rock writer in my opinion of all time. With his excellent knowledge of the 70's rock rebels and poppy princesses it put him on top through out the 1970's; in the eyes of journalists and readers all over the country. However when he overdosed in March of 82 and his life was ended to a batch of Darvon, Valium and NyQuil, it was as if the music had died a few years previously and he was just making his last "ha raw". I'm 100% sure if Bangs was still alive to this day he would be truly disappointed in the way the music has dived into a pit of whinny adolescents and immature personality'
s. But on the other hand he never really felt that "rock stars" were more then just mere people with above average day jobs. "Well basically I just started out to lead [an interview] with the most insulting question I could think of. Because it seemed to me that the whole thing of interviewing as far as rock stars and that was just such a suck-up. It was groveling obeisance to people who weren't that special, really. It's just a guy, just another person, so what?" -Lester Bangs quoted in a interview
And here's his voice in a snip-it from a interview he did in the late 70's about technology.
RIP.
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