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Originally Posted by demonrail666
Nick Kent's The Dark Stuff, although massively overblown and derivative of Lester, has some great stuff in it too.
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I think that's my favourite book of rock-journalism. I like his writing style; its clear and measured, and he always chooses the exact 'right' word to describe something. The interviews with Brian Wilson and Lou Reed stand-out for me.
I think Bangs is too rambling and uses too much hipster slang (I know that's his appeal to some): it always takes me a few re-readings to understand what he's actually getting at, and then it's something that could have been said in a few lines. I liked his writings about The Clash though.
I don't like that style of journalism where everything is written in the first-person, where the writer is the subject rather than the subject itself. I guess that's why I dislike Fear And Loathing in Las Vegas (and gonzo in general) so much.