“Don't ask me why I obsessively look to rock 'n' roll bands for some kind of model for a better society. I guess it's just that I glimpsed something beautiful in a flashbulb moment once, and perhaps mistaking it for prophecy have been seeking its fulfillment ever since.”

About Lester Bangs

Author • American

Lester Bangs was a highly influential American music critic, author, and musician renowned for his iconoclastic and confrontational style. He wrote for prominent publications like Creem and Rolling Stone, becoming a...