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Lester Bangs

American music critic and journalist · United States · On the map · Journalists · Lived 1948 to 1982 · aged 33

Leslie Conway "Lester" Bangs was an American music journalist and critic. He wrote for Creem and Rolling Stone magazines and was also a performing musician. The music critic Jim DeRogatis called him "America's greatest rock critic".

Lester Bangs is read about 314 times a day, in 21 languages.

A typical day, 30 days to 6 November 2026

The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 104 days, one point a day.

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Country
United States
Category
Journalists
Type
Journalist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1948 to 1982 · aged 33

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