Lester Bangs (Writer) – Overview, Biography

Name:Lester Bangs
Occupation: Writer
Gender:Male
Birth Day: December 14,
1948
Death Date:April 30, 1982(1982-04-30) (aged 33)
New York City, U.S.
Age: Aged 33
Birth Place: Escondido,
United States
Zodiac Sign:Capricorn

Lester Bangs

Lester Bangs was born on December 14, 1948 in Escondido, United States (33 years old). Lester Bangs is a Writer, zodiac sign: Capricorn. Nationality: United States. Approx. Net Worth: Undisclosed.

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As per our current Database, Lester Bangs died on April 30, 1982(1982-04-30) (aged 33)
New York City, U.S..

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Biography

Biography Timeline

1969

Bangs became a freelance writer in 1969, after reading an ad in Rolling Stone soliciting readers’ reviews. His first piece was a negative review of the MC5 album Kick Out the Jams, which he sent to Rolling Stone with a note requesting, if the magazine were to decline to publish the review, that he be given a reason for the decision; no reply was forthcoming, as the magazine did indeed publish the review.

1970

His 1970 review of Black Sabbath’s first album in Rolling Stone was scathing, rating them as imitators of the band Cream:

Bangs wrote about the death of Janis Joplin in 1970 from a drug overdose: “It’s not just that this kind of early death has become a fact of life that has become disturbing, but that it’s been accepted as a given so quickly.”

Bangs began freelancing for Detroit-based Creem in 1970. In 1971, he wrote a feature for Creem on Alice Cooper, and soon afterward he moved to Detroit. Named Creem’s editor in 1971, Bangs fell in love with Detroit, calling it “rock’s only hope”, and remained there for five years.

1973

In 1973, Jann Wenner fired Bangs from Rolling Stone for “disrespecting musicians” after a particularly harsh review of the group Canned Heat.

1975

During the early 1970s, Bangs and some other writers at Creem began using the term punk rock to designate the genre of 1960s garage bands and more contemporary acts, such as MC5 and Iggy and the Stooges. Their writings would provide some of the conceptual framework for the later punk and new wave movements that emerged in New York, London, and elsewhere later in the decade. They would be quick to pick up on these new movements at their inception and provide extensive coverage of the phenomenon. Bangs was enamored of the noise music of Lou Reed, and Creem gave significant exposure to artists such as Reed, David Bowie, Roxy Music, Captain Beefheart, Blondie, Brian Eno, and the New York Dolls years earlier than the mainstream press. Bangs wrote the essay/interview “Let Us Now Praise Famous Death Dwarves” about Reed in 1975. Creem was also among the earliest publications to give sizable coverage to hard rock and metal artists such as Motörhead, Kiss, Judas Priest, and Van Halen.

1976

After leaving Creem in 1976, he wrote for The Village Voice, Penthouse, Playboy, New Musical Express, and many other publications.

Bangs was also a musician. In 1976, he and Peter Laughner recorded an acoustic improvisation in the Creem office. The recording included covers/parodies of songs like “Sister Ray” and “Pale Blue Eyes”, both by the Velvet Underground.

1977

In 1977, Bangs recorded, as a solo artist, a 7″ vinyl single named “Let It Blurt/Live”, mixed by John Cale and released in 1979.

In 1977, at the famous New York City nightclub, CBGB’s, while Bangs was talking to guitarist Mickey Leigh, Joey Ramone’s brother, the idea for a band named “Birdland” came to fruition. Although they both had their roots in jazz, the two wanted to create an old school rock & roll group. Leigh brought in his post-punk band, The Rattlers (David Merrill on bass; Matty Quick on drums), and cut “Birdland with Lester Bangs”. The recording took place at the under renovation Electric Lady Studios. Bassist David Merrill, who was working on the construction of the studio, had the keys to the building and they snuck the band in on April Fool’s Day, 1979 for an impromptu and late night recording session. The end result was a completely uncut and un-dubbed recording that displayed raw music. Birdland broke up within two months of this rare recording (in which the cassette tape from the session became the master, mixed by Ed Stasium and released by Leigh only in 1986).

1979

In 1979, writing for The Village Voice, Bangs wrote a poignant piece about white supremacy from a punk music scene perspective, called “The white noise supremacists”.

1980

In 1980 Lester Bangs traveled to Austin, Texas, where he met a surf/punk rock group, “The Delinquents”. In early December of the same year, they recorded an album as “Lester Bangs and the Delinquents”, entitled Jook Savages on the Brazos, released the following year.

1982

Bangs died in New York City on April 30, 1982, at the age of 33, of an accidental overdose of dextropropoxyphene (an opioid analgesic), diazepam (a benzodiazepine), and NyQuil.

1986

Reviewing the 1986 LP “Birdland” with Lester Bangs, Robert Christgau gave it a B-plus and said, “musically he always had the instincts, and words were no problem.”

1990

In 1990 the Mekons released the EP F.U.N. 90 with Bangs’ declamation in the song “One Horse Town”.

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