Lester Bangs

Lester Bangs started out as a record reviewer for Rolling Stone, went on to write for and then edit the magazine Creem, before moving to New York and covering the burgeoning punk scene, writing in daily newspapers and the Village Voice. He was one of the best known music journalists of his generation, and his character appeared in the Cameron Crowe film, Almost Famous.

Bangs died suddenly at the age of 33 in 1982.