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Last month. Lester Bangs aged 33, one time rock'n'roll writer for Village Voice. Rolling Stone and particularly Creem, died of unknown causes in New York. Bangs ranked as the most vital and influential rock scribe of the 70s. His energetic, irreverent and perceptive cut and thrust's sliced through the complacency of the first half of last decade -in: an effort 'to show that rock'n'roll was still alive in the form of Lou Reed, Iggy, New York Dolls, Blue Oyster Cult and the other gonzos who touched on Bangs' definition of rock'n'roll. He liked angry music, hated blandness and his writing was blessed with craziness. Try this inspired " description of Iron
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Rip It Up, Issue 59, 1 June 1982, Page 20
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122OFF THE RECORD Rip It Up, Issue 59, 1 June 1982, Page 20
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