Rock Critics Rule... and other startling musical revelations!
J. Montague Fitzpatrick, Coast, April 1973
Or: how Lester Bangs, Dave Marsh, Chet Flippo, Nick Tosches, Robot A. Hull, Lenny Kaye, Richard Meltzer, Mike Saunders, Gene Sculatti, Ed Ward and 26 other muzoid scribblers viewed rocknroll in 1973...
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