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Hard not to enjoy an evening with Lester Bangs in 'How to Be a Rock Critic'

In his 1976 Creem magazine review of Lou Reed's "Metal Machine Music" a review with the headline "The Greatest Album Ever Made," the late rock critic Lester Bangs justifies his enthusiasm by noting at some length how the album made his hermit crab, Spud, exit his shell and climb happily around...

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18:32 on July 10 2017

Hard not to enjoy an evening with Lester Bangs in 'How to Be a Rock Critic'

Chicago Tribune — In his 1976 Creem magazine review of Lou Reed's "Metal Machine Music" a review with the headline "The Greatest Album Ever Made," the late rock critic Lester Bangs justifi... more info

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