Talk:Lester Bangs

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[edit] Infobox

I finally added an infobox, but its my first and I know there are errors. Can someone help? --User:PrinceMyshkin 1:44 AM, 15 December (UTC)

[edit] Gàidhlig article

There's also an article about him on the Gàidhlig page.

[edit] Reed?

"...producing several essays which depicted hilariously faked interviews with Reed."

Is this true? I mean according to the biography "Let It Blurt" his interviews with Reed were quite real. Perhaps whoever wrote this article was getting mixed up with his famous posthumous interview with Hendrix. --Thetriangleguy 14:18, 22 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] inventing the term "punk"

actually, the term was coined by Legs McNeil & his Punk Magazine cohorts. They came into contact with Lester after the fact. That's how Legs recounts it anyway (see Please Kill Me).

Well the article uses the phrase "often credited with" which is quite true because he is often credited with the claim. There's an article he wrote once where he said that he stole it from Greg Shaw who stole it from Dave Marsh and that's who's credited on the Punk Rock page. (Funnily enough, I'm pretty sure I also remember Lester writing an article refuting Legs McNeil's claims)

He's also credited with inventing "heavy metal" as a genre term, which I believe merits some mention in the article. WesleyDodds 10:07, 29 April 2006 (UTC)


The first person to use "punk rock" in an article was Dave Marsh in CREEM referring to ? & the Mysterians in 1971. Lester cited this, in fact. This was years before Legs and crew were using it...and it continued to be used for years before they used it. Billy Altman has a magazine called PUNK out of Buffalo, NY in the early '70s.

Lester also wasn't the first critic to use the term "heavy metal." Metal Mike Saunder was..also in CREEM.

[edit] Article archive

i thought it would be valuable if any other editors would like to help me in creating an archive/links to various pieces on the web demonstrating the varied journalism of a number of music writers, including Lester Bangs. I was thinking about including the great writers of the seventies and eighties, such as Paul Morley, Simon Reynolds, Ian Penman, Nick Kent, Charles Shaar Murray etc. If anyone is interesyed i'd appreciate some help and guidance. Thanks. Ask me