About the Author

Lester Bangs wrote for Creem, the Village Voice, and Rolling Stone.

John Morthland, co-executor of the Bangs literary estate, was a colleague of Bangs from 1969 until the author's death. He was editor of Creem in 1974-75. He is a writer at large for Texas Monthly.

Reviews

"A great American writer who happened to write about rock and roll."

"Bangs was one of the best writers ever to appear on newsprint."