Editing Lester Bangs (section)

==Selected works==

===By Lester Bangs===
* [https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/kick-out-the-jams-19690405 Review] of [[the MC5]]'s debut album, ''[[Kick Out the Jams]]'' — Bangs's first piece for ''Rolling Stone''
*[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1299&dat=19770829&id=6vZNAAAAIBAJ&sjid=OYsDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2945,3275749 "How Long Will We Care?"] [[Elvis Presley]] obituary. ''The Village Voice'', August 29, 1977
* [http://www.rocknroll.net/loureed/articles/mmmbangs.html "The Greatest Album Ever Made"], ''Creem'' magazine (1976) — about the 1975 [[Lou Reed]] album ''[[Metal Machine Music]]''
* [https://genius.com/Lester-bangs-astral-weeks-annotated "Stranded"], (1979) — about the 1968 album ''[[Astral Weeks]]'', by [[Van Morrison]]
* ''Blondie'', Fireside Book, 1980. {{ISBN|0-671-25540-1}}, 91 p.
* ''Rod Stewart'', Paul Nelson & Lester Bangs, Putnam Group, 1981. {{ISBN|978-0-933328-08-2}}, 159 p.
* ''[[Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung: The Work of a Legendary Critic: Rock 'n' Roll as Literature and Literature as Rock 'n' Roll|Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung: The Work of a Legendary Critic]]'', collected writings, [[Greil Marcus]], ed. Anchor Press, 1987. ({{ISBN|0-679-72045-6}})
* ''Main Lines, Blood Feasts, and Bad Taste: A Lester Bangs Reader'', collected writings, John Morthland, ed. Anchor Press, 2003. ({{ISBN|0-375-71367-0}})

===About Lester Bangs===
* ''Let It Blurt: The Life and Times of Lester Bangs, America's Greatest Rock Critic'', biography, Jim Derogatis. Broadway Books, 2000. ({{ISBN|0-7679-0509-1}}).
* ''How to Be a Rock Critic'', play, [[Jessica Blank]] and [[Erik Jensen (actor)|Erik Jensen]]. Kirk Douglas Theater, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Public Theater, more; 2015–2018.

===Works citing Lester Bangs===
* ''Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk'', biography, [[Legs McNeil]] and [[Gillian McCain]]. Penguin Books, 1997. ({{ISBN|0-14-026690-9}}).