Birth Name:

Leslie Conway Bangs

Male

Birth Date:

Mon, Dec 13, 1948

Time of Birth:

10:58 PM

Place of Birth:

Escondido, California, United States

Age:

75

Zodiac Sign:

Sagittarius

Astrology Data:

Sun

22°

Sag

10'

Moon

25°

Tau

46'

Asc

0°

Vir

37'

MC

27°

Tau

30'

About Lester Bangs

Leslie Conway "Lester" Bangs (December 14, 1948 – April 30, 1982) was an American music journalist, critic, author, and musician. He wrote for Creem and Rolling Stone magazines, and was known for his leading influence in rock music criticism. The music critic Jim DeRogatis called him "America's greatest rock critic".

Link to Wikipedia biography

External Links:

• MENTOR. EDITOR. LESTER: A Personal Appreciation at the Wayback Machine (archived November 21, 2003) by Jeffrey Morgan of Creem.

• 1980 interview with Bangs posted at rockcritics.com

• May 13, 1980 Interview with Lester Bangs by Sue Mathews of ABC Radio (Australia) Complete transcript plus MP3 stream of the interview.

• Richard Hell remembers Lester Bangs in The Village Voice, August 7, 2003

• Lester Bangs at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database

• [2] 'How To Be A Rock Critic' Captures Writer's Wild Spirit' in Rolling Stone Magazine,January 9, 2018

• [3] 'Still Learning From Lester Bangs' in the New Yorker, January 9, 2018

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Astrological aspects and planetary data / tags for Lester Bangs: Sun 22 Sagittarius, Moon 25 Taurus, Mercury 22 Sagittarius, Venus 22 Scorpio, Mars 13 Capricorn, Jupiter 6 Capricorn, Saturn 6 Virgo, Uranus 28 Gemini, Neptune 14 Libra, Pluto 16 Leo, Asc 0 Virgo, Mc 27 Taurus, Moon Opposition Venus, Sun Conjunct Mercury, Moon Conjunct Midheaven, Moon Square Ascendant, Moon Quincunx Mercury, Sun Semi Sextile Venus, Moon Sesquiquadrate Mars, Mercury Semi Sextile Venus, Venus Semi Square Jupiter, Mars Conjunct Jupiter, Mars Square Neptune, Mars Sesquiquadrate Ascendant, Mars Sesquiquadrate Midheaven, Jupiter Trine Saturn, Saturn Conjunct Ascendant, Uranus Semi Square Pluto, Uranus Sextile Ascendant, Uranus Semi Sextile Midheaven, Neptune Sextile Pluto, Neptune Semi Square Ascendant, Neptune Sesquiquadrate Midheaven, Ascendant Square Midheaven

Categories related to Lester Bangs: California, 1948 births, American male journalists, 1982 deaths, December 13 births, 20th-century American journalists, Journalists from California, American music journalists, American music critics, Rock critics, Rolling Stone people, People from El Cajon, People from Escondido, Drug-related deaths in New York (state)