{"product_id":"mainlines-blood-feasts-and-bad-taste-9781852428235","title":"Mainlines  Blood Feasts and Bad Taste","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis companion to \"Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung\" compiles fifty-four of Bangs pieces  including several that are previously unpublished. Lester Bangs was for many the most intelligent and influential critic of rock and roll. Twenty years after his death  interest in him continues  as shown by the recent critically acclaimed biography \"Let it Blurt\"  and his work still resonates with breathtaking insight and audacity. This marvellous book  edited by John Morthland  Lester Bangs friend  literary executor  and fellow rock critic  contains exerpts from an autobiographical work Bangs wrote as a teenager  as well as cultural rants and obsessive rages  and incisive reviews from throughout his career - from Black Sabbath as a Christian band  to Anne Murray as sex object  to Bob Dylan as a fraud  and  of course  the Stones  Lester Bangs favourite band and bete noir. Endlessly entertaining  this book is a must for anyone with any interest in the history of rock and roll.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45651862487093,"sku":"ByrdShop_1852428236","price":436.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781852428235.jpg?v=1781842710","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/mainlines-blood-feasts-and-bad-taste-9781852428235","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}