Mainlines, blood feasts, and bad taste
Subtitle: a Lester Bangs reader
By: edited by John Morthland
Contributors: Morthland, John
Publisher: Anchor Books; Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 409
Subjects: Rock music -- History and criticism
Description: "Before his untimely death in 1982, Lester Bangs was arguably the most influential critic of rock and roll. Writing in hyper-intelligent Benzedrine prose that calls to mind Jack Kerouac and Hunter S. Thompson, he eschewed all conventional thinking as he discussed everything from Black Sabbath being the first truly Catholic band to Anne Murray's smoldering sexuality. In Mainlines, Blood Feasts, and Bad Taste fellow rock critic John Morthland has compiles a companion volume to Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung, the first, now classic collection of Bang's work. Here are excerpts from an autobiographical piece Bangs wrote as a teenager, travel essays, and, of course, the music pieces, essays, and criticism covering everything from titans like Miles Davis, Lou Reed, and the Rolling Stones to esoteric musicians like Brian Eno and Captain Beefheart. Singularly entertaining, this book is an absolute must for anyone interested in the history of rock."--Jacket.
Notes: "An Anchor Books original"--T.p. verso