Let it Blurt

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 better--more passionately, more compellingly, more penetratingly. He lived the rock 'n' roll lifestyle, guzzling booze and Romilar like water, matching its energy in prose that erupted from the pages of Rolling Stone, Creem, and The Village Voice. Bangs agitated in the seventies for sounds that were harsher, louder, more electric, and more alive, in the course of which he charted and defined the aesthetics of heavy metal and punk. He was treated as a peer by such brash visionaries as Lou Reed, Patti Smith, Richard Hell, Captain Beefheart, The Clash, Debbie Harry, and other luminaries.

Let It Blurt is a scrupulously researched account of Lester Bangs's fascinating (if often tawdry and unappetizing) life story, as well as a window on rock criticism and rock culture in their most turbulent and creative years. It includes a never-before-published piece by Bangs, the hilarious "How to Be a Rock Critic," in which he reveals the secrets of his dubious, freeloading trade.

纽泽西州纽泽西市出生，恰是披头四到美国发展的那年。随后不久，吉姆·迪洛葛迪斯开始提出他对摇滚乐的简介。目前是《芝加哥太阳报》的流行音乐评论家，同时也在《Penthouse》、《Guitar World》、《World of Wrestling》等杂志和Launch、Iron Minds等网站发表评论。另外在WXRT-FM电台一起跟Greg Kot——另外一对主持人是Gene Siskel（芝加哥论坛报）跟他的《芝加哥太阳报》同事Roger Ebert——主持全世界唯一的摇滚现场脱口秀节目[Sound Opinions]。他的第一本书《Kaleidoscope Eyes: Psychedelic Rock from the '60s to the '90s》于1996年由Citadel Underground发行美国版，英国版则由Fourth Estate,Ltd.发行。大家都知道他老婆跟他女儿梅乐蒂常常对他很火大，因为他每次都在那里练习打鼓，或是听Wire或The Flaming Lips等乐团时音量都开到很大声，她们就回以Barbar Streisand及[The Big Comfy Couch]里的《Loonette the Clown》歌曲进行报复。