“It's not enough just to do those things anymore; what you must do instead if you want success on any large scale is either figure out a way of getting yourself associated in the audience's mind with their pieties and… — Lester Bangs Copy Share Image
“The trend toward narcissistic flair has been responsible in large part for smiting rock with the superstar virus, which revolves around the substituting of attitudes and flamboyant trappings, into which the audience can project their fantasies, for the simple desire… — Lester Bangs Copy Share Image
I think that if most guys in America could somehow get their fave-rave poster girl in bed and have total license to do whatever… — Lester Bangs Copy Share
I can guarantee you one thing, we will never agree on anything as we agreed on Elvis. — Lester Bangs Copy Share
“Like almost all of Beefheart's recorded work, [Trout Mask Replica] was not even "ahead" of its time in 1969. Then and now, it stands… — Lester Bangs Copy Share
Here we are in the 70's when everything really is horrible and it really stinks. The mass media, everything on television everything everywhere is… — Lester Bangs Copy Share
“Look at it this way: there are many here among us for whom the life force is best represented by the livid twitching of… — Lester Bangs Copy Share
“Art", "Bop" and "rock and roll" and whatever is all just a joke and a mistake, just a hunka foolishness so stop treating it… — Lester Bangs Copy Share
Don’t ask me why I obsessively look to rock ’n’ roll bands for some kind of model for a better society. I guess it’s… — Lester Bangs Copy Share
No, I see it as meaning very little at the moment because none of the groups are about anything. — Lester Bangs Copy Share
A young woman is dead. I don’t care. You probably don’t care. The police don’t care. The papers don’t care. The punks for the… — Lester Bangs Copy Share
Sexual chaos reigns currently, but out of chaos may flow true understanding and harmony, and either way Elvis almost singlehandedly opened the floodgates. — Lester Bangs Copy Share
When kids can't afford to see it anymore maybe we'll have a whole resurgence of garage bands all over America and this New Wave… — Lester Bangs Copy Share
The Mekons are the most revolutionary group in the history of rock 'n' roll. — Lester Bangs Copy Share
“But since death is inevitable we don’t have to deal with it (it’ll deal with us when it decides to). What we do have… — Lester Bangs Copy Share
