Lester Bangs - in Media

In Media

Excerpts from an interview with Lester Bangs appeared in the last two episodes of Tony Palmer's seventeen-episode television documentary entitled All You Need Is Love: The Story of Popular Music.

He was portrayed in the 2000 movie, Almost Famous, by Philip Seymour Hoffman.

The rock band R.E.M. makes mentions Bangs in their song "It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)".

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