That's one reason why it's ... by Lester Bangs, an American Critic

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“That's one reason why it's pretty worthless, I can't totally buy it, if you think about it, it's things like the Phil Spector records. On one level they were rebellion, on another level they were keeping the teenager in his place.”

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Name: Lester Bangs

Nationality: American

Date of Birth: Dec 14, 1948

Date of Death: Apr 30, 1982

Profession: Critic

John Dennis Richard H. Stoddard Van Wyck Brooks

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