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 bettermore passionately, more compellingly, more penetratingly. He lived the roc[...]
Hardly anyone bought the Velvet Underground's albums when they were released, but most everyone who did formed a band. This was the kind of influence the Velvets exerted, and it persists to this day in the sounds of groups as diverse as Patti Smith, Talking Heads, Sex Pistols, R.E.M., My Bloody Vale[...]