The legendary music critic always pinned his typewriter over his heart, and in 1979 he called out everyone on the downtown music scene — including himself — for slinging racist venom.
Back in 1980, the brilliant rock critic, Lester Bangs, was already lauding the Stones’ longevity, but even he couldn't have predicted that the band would still be touring in 2024.
“Debbie Blondie herself has the Shangri-Las/Crystals girl group sound down to a perfect snotty whine, but unlike Patti Smith, she never comes across as snotty or pretentious.”
"Maybe if we all get drunk enough we'll all have blackouts so trackless and remarkably sustained that we'll never remember all the reprehensible things we said and did to each other, hence no guilt"
