Editing Lester Bangs (section)

{{short description|American music critic and journalist (1948–1982)}}
{{About|the American music journalist|the British/German music journalist|Alan Bangs}}
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{{Infobox person
| name               = Lester Bangs
| image              = Lester Bangs.jpg
| caption            = Bangs photographed by [[Roberta Bayley]] in 1976
| birth_name         = Leslie Conway Bangs
| birth_date         = {{birth date|1948|12|14|mf=y}}
| birth_place        = [[Escondido, California]], U.S.
| death_date         = {{death date and age|1982|4|30|1948|12|14|mf=y}}
| death_place        = [[New York City]], U.S.
| occupation         = {{hlist|Music journalist|music critic|musician|author}}
| module             = {{Infobox writer|embed=yes
| period      = 1969–1982
| genre       = 
| subject     = [[Rock music]], [[jazz]]
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'''Leslie Conway''' "'''Lester'''" '''Bangs''' (December 14, 1948 – April 30, 1982)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/rock/bangs-82.php |title=Lester Bangs, 1948-1982 |work=[[The Village Voice]] |date=May 11, 1982 |access-date=January 31, 2014 |author=Christgau, Robert}}</ref> was an American [[music journalism|music journalist]] and critic. He wrote for ''[[Creem]]'' and ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' magazines and was also a performing musician.<ref>[http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=1315 Lester Bangs]. Random House. Retrieved on November 4, 2007.</ref><ref>Lindberg, Ulf; Gudmundsson, Gestur; Michelsen, Morten; Weisethaunet, Hans (2005). [https://books.google.com/books?id=8HAYAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Lester+Bangs%22+dead+OR+died+OR+death ''Rock Criticism from the Beginning: Amusers, Bruisers, and Cool-Headed Cruisers'']. Ed. Ulf Lindberg. Peter Lang, International Academic Publishers. p. 176. {{ISBN|0-8204-7490-8}}, {{ISBN|978-0-8204-7490-8}}.</ref> The music critic [[Jim DeRogatis]] called him "America's greatest [[Rock music|rock]] critic".<ref>{{cite web |last=Garner |first=Dwight |author-link=Dwight Garner (critic) |date=April 23, 2000 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/00/04/23/reviews/000423.23garnert.html |title=High Fidelity |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=June 28, 2016}}</ref>