- Rock music, History and criticism, Rock musicians, 782.42166
Essays examine rock performers and bands including David Bowie, Lou Reed, Chicago, the Clash, James Taylor, and Iggy Pop.
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Character
Character-led, classical in form, spare and cool.
- character-ledplot-driven
- classical in formformally daring
- sparerichly built
- cooloverwhelming
- contemporarynostalgic
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About the book
- Author
- Lester Bangs, Lester Bangs
- First published
- 1988
- Pages
- 401
- Publisher
- Serpent's Tail Limited, Serpent's Tail, Tristram
- Editions
- 8
- Language
- French, English
- ISBN
- 9780394538969
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First sentence
“Run here, my towhead grandchillen, and let this geezer dandle you upon his knee.”
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