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Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung

Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung

by Greil Marcus (Author), Lester Bangs (Author)

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    Paperback 1996

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    Paperback 1990

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Synopsis

Before his death aged 33 in 1982, Lester Bangs wrote wired, passionate pieces on Barry White, Iggy Pop, The Clash, John Lennon, Lou Reed: 'I always wanted to emulate the most self-destructive bastard I could see, as long as he moved with some sense of style. Thus Lou Reed.' To his journalism, he brought the talent of a great fiction writer. As Greil Marcus writes in his introduction: 'What this book demands from a reader is a willingness to accept that the best writer in America could write almost nothing but record reviews.'

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 406
 Edition: New edition
 Publisher: Serpent's Tail
Published: 15 Nov 1996
ISBN 10: 1852425326
ISBN 13: 9781852425326

Media Reviews
A marvellous collection... It will unquestionably teach you more about rock music and the appreciation thereof than a two-year subscription to all of the current British rock papers and mags * Time Out *
A superb collection... Wild and funny and unpredictable. Lester Bangs was a great American writer who happened to write about rock'n'roll * Rolling Stone *
Bangs was one of the best writers ever to appear on newsprint... When he died, American culture lost one of its most astute, ornery, funniest and most soulful observers * New York Times *
Author Bio
Greil Marcus is an American author, music journalist and cultural critic. He is notable for producing scholarly and literary essays that place rock music in a much broader framework of culture and politics than is customary in pop music journalism. He writes for newspapers and magazines including Rolling Stone and The Village Voice.