Illustrated Discography

SOLO RELEASES

COLLABORATIONS

COMPILATIONS AND MISCELLANY

BANGS ATTRIBUTIONS ON OTHER WORKS

ATTRIBUTIONS IN DISPUTE 

 

 

Solo Releases

No Truth EP

No Truth EP

7-inch EP Ork Records (1977)*
*Note: Funds were exhausted before Ork Records completed the EP, and the project went to Spy Records, released in 1979 as the “Let It Blurt”/“Live” 7” single.  (See below.)

Vocals: Lester Bangs
Drums: J. D. Dougherty
Guitars: Bob Quine, Jody Harris
Bass: David Hofstra 
Recorded at  Big Apple Studios, New York, NY, May 1977
 
Tracks

1. No Truth
2. Live
3. People Don’t Wait
4. Feel So Bad
5. Total Destruction To Your Mind 
6. Flesh For Sale

Tracks 1-4, written by Lester Bangs
Track 5, written by James “Little Milton” Campbell, Jr.
Track 6, written by Jerry Williams, Jr. (a.k.a. Swamp Dogg)

 

Let It Blurt single

Let It Blurt / Live
7-inch single: Spy Records Ltd., SPY 003 (1979)
 
Vocals: Lester Bangs
Bass: David Hofstra
Drums: Jay Dee Daugherty
Guitar: Jody Harris, Robert Quine
 
Published by Jamrag Music Ltd. / Andrea Virgin Music
Produced by: Jay Dee Dougherty
Mixed By: John Cale
Recorded at  Big Apple Studios, New York, NY, 1977
 
^Tracks:

1. Let It Blurt (3:32) [Side A]
2. Live (3:37) [Side B]

Track 1 written by Lester Bangs, Robert Quine, Jody Harris, and David Hofstra
Track 2 written by Lester Bangs, Robert Quine, and Jody Harris 
 

Collaborations

with Peter Laughner

Creem Office Sessions

The Creem Office Sessions [bootleg]
CAS: WFMU (1975-1976), New Jersey
MP3: (2007)
Recorded in the offices of Creem Magazine, 1975-1976
Note: error on cover, Laughner is misspelled "LAUGNNER"

Tracks:

1. Drugstore Cowboy (1:41)
2. I'm So Bored (2:17)
3. G'Bye Lou (4:04)
4. G'Bye Lou Too (1:34)
5. G'Bye Lou Three (1:57)
6. Cry Your Blues Away (My True Story) (1:19)
7. Little Bit of Heaven (6:15)
8. Random Banter / Like a Rolling Stone [fragment] (1:01)
9. Seventeen (3:21)
10. Lester Ray (4:28)
11. Pale Blue Eyes (11:41)†

 
Tracks 1-7, and 9, written by Peter Laughner with lyrics by Lester Bangs
Track 8, "Like a Rolling Stone" written by Bob Dylan
Tracks 10-11, written by Lou Reed, with added and improvisational lyrics by Lester Bangs
Note: Track 11 is unpublished and not included in the WFMU bootleg release

with The Delinquents

Jook Savages Lp

Jook Savages On the Brazos
LP: Live Wire Records, LW-3 (1981)
CD: Moll Tonträger [GER], Moll 6 (1995)
CD: re-issue: Live Wire Records, LW-20 (2009)

Lead Vocals, Harmonica: Lester Bangs
Bass, Guitar: Brian Curley
Drums: Halsey Taylor
Keyboards: Mindy Curley
Lead Guitar: Andy Fuertsch
Rhythm Guitar, Backing Vocals: Becky Bickham

Published by Trash Publishing, BMI, 1980
Produced by Lester Bangs and Brian Curley
Engineered by Dan Dryden
Recorded at Earth and Sky Studios, Austin Texas, Dec. 1980

^Tracks: 

1. I'm in Love With My Walls (2:52)
2. Life Is Not Worth Living (But Suicide'sa Waste of Time) (2:56)
3. Accidents of God (4:11)
4. Legless Bird (3:44)
5. I Just Want to Be a Movie Star (5:01)
6. Nuclear War (2:21)
7. Grandma's House (3:46)
8. Kill Him Again (4:27)
9. Fade Away (2:41)
10. Day of the Dead (2:59)
11. Give Up the Ghost (3:51) 

All tracks written by Lester Bangs and The Delinquents, except

Tracks 1 and 3: Written by Lester Bangs, The Delinquents, and Mitch Leigh Hyman (a.k.a. Mickey Leigh)

Track 5: Written by The Delinquents

Track 6: Written by Lester Bangs, The Delinquents, and Jeff Whittington

Track 7: Written by Dale Hawkins

  

with Birdland

Birdland Lp

Birdland With Lester Bangs

LP: Add On Records, AD#101 (1986)

• LP, CD reissue: Dionysus Records, Bacchus Archives 1118 (1998)
• Vocals: Lester Bangs
• Bass: David Merrill
• Bass: Dave U. Hall
• Drums: Matty Quick
• Guitar: Mickey Leigh
• Liner notes (CD only): Jim DeRogatis
• Engineered by: Brad Samuelsohn
• Mastered by: Jack Skinner
• Mixed by: Ed Stasium
• Recorded by: Frank Gallagher and Rick Schneider
• Recorded at Electric Lady Studios, New York, New York (April 1, 1979)

Tracks:

Compilations and Miscellany

Fales Library holding

Peter Dougherty: The Fale Library & Special Collections

"I Sold My Body"* / "Let it Blurt"
Saginaw Auditorium; 90 min.; Demo: 1/4 in. cass. (1 Jan. 1979)†
*mislabeled as "I Sold My Babe" in the Fales Library catalog
†erroneously dated "1 Jan. 1970" in the Fales Library catalog

Vocals: Lester Bangs
Drums: J.D. Dougherty
Guitar: Bob Quine
Guitar: Dave Hofstra [omitted from the Fales catalog]

The Peter Dougherty Collection, 1965 - 2001
Fales Library and Special Collections, Elmer Holmes Bobst Library
70 Washington Square South, New York City, New York 10012

Side A: MC5

1. Ramblin Rose
2. Human Being Lawnmower
3. Tonight
4. Rocket Reducer #62
5. It's a Man's World
6. Teenage Lust
7. Looking at You
8. Five of Love
9. Shakin' Street
10. Starship
11. Kick Out the Jams

 
^{Side B: Lester Bangs}

1. I Sold My Babe [sic]
2. Let it Blurt

New York City, NY; amateur audiocassette (12-14 June 1977)*
Note: This bootleg recording features the set performed by Lester Bangs and his band during a three-night residency at CBGB's, June 12 to June 14, 1977, which includes, both, original songs and covers—some of which were planned as studio recordings for release by Ork Records on a Lester Bangs EP.

Vocals: Lester Bangs
Guitars: Robert Quine, Jody Harris
Bass: David Hofstra
Drums: Jay Dee Daugherty

^Tracks:

1. Intro / In My Room
2. Feel So Bad
3. Flesh for Sale
4. I Sold My Body (by the Pound)
5. Let It Blurt
6. Bony Moronie
7. Live
8. Anarch of the Covenant
9. (untitled)
10. TV Eye
11. Five to One 

All tracks written by Lester Bangs, except
Track 2, written by Sam Hopkins
Track 6, written by Larry Williams (a.k.a. Dr. Feelgood)
Track 10, written by Iggy Pop/The Stooges
Track 11, written by Jim Morrison/The Doors
 

The Other Vol. 2

The Other Vol. 2
"Kill Him Again" (Lester Bangs & The Delinquents) B §1
 
Cassette Compilation: The Other cassette magazine #2 (1983)
Produced by George Parsons and Mikhail Graham

Complete Track Listing:

Side A

1. Kill Him Again [Lester Bangs and the Delinquents] (4:27)
2. Don't Know If I Care [Jandek] (2:30)
3. Monada (Bacterium) [Nightcrawlers] (4:30)
4. Hothead [Antic Frantic] (2:03)
5. Eat My House [Einstein's Riceboys] (4:10)
6. Mary Magdalene [Game Theory] (2:59)
7. Daydream [Leinst] (3:18)
8. On the Horizon [Forrest Fang] (2:46)
9. A Conversation [John Trubee]* (1:00)
10. La Belle Dame Sans Merci [Grossman] (3:21)
11. Who Me? [No Thanks] (1:32)
12. Bowling for Food [Earth Dies Burning] (1:51)
13. I Wasn't Born [Some Philharmonic] (2:20)
14. She Want's [sic] No Alibis [Rich Labonte] (3:20)
15. Alice Relieves Her Piddle Instinct/Love Theme from The Fellators/Alice Ravaged by Donkey Kong/Kong's Dong Attaining Cheerios Nirvana [Zoogz Rift] (2:44)
16. The Lady Is No Lady [Plasticland] (2:03)
17. Any Day Now [Velvet Monkeys] (2:48)  

^{Side B}

1. Kill Him Again [Lester Bangs and the Delinquents] (4:27)
2. Things Haven Gotta Change [Rebel Truth] (2:05)
3. Sex With Godd [Bliss Blast] (1:50)
4. Cowrie Shells [The Pool] (3:48)
5. Snail Headed Victrolas [Amber Route] (5:40)
6. Peace & Love [John Trubee] (1:43)
7. Scrag Nok Ragni [Ed McHuman and the Pajama Ranchers] (0:58)
8. Hey Joe [No-Y-Z] (1:33)
9. I Think It's Time To Drop the Bomb Again [The Fatalitees] (1:47)
10. If Your Girlfriend Still Loves You When Your Car Breaks Down You Know Her Love Is True [Michael Profane] (3:10)
11. Fakma [Decibel] (3:35)
12. Evacuate [Atomic Thinkers] (2:30)
13. For a Friend [Obscuritans] (2:43)
14. Dead Friends [Final Notice] (4:34)
15. Living Inside [Mikail Graham] (3:54)

  

1. Lester Bangs & The Delinquents ("I'm In Love With My Walls")
2. Bonemen of Barumba
3. Chalk Circle
4. Christmas
5. Black Cat Bone
6. Asbestos Rockpyle
7. Citizen 23
8. Artyard
9. Big Boys
10. Christmas
11. Agitpop
12. Craig Bevan & The Tourists
13. ALRN [Scott Miller pre-Game Theory]
14. B Team
15. Birdland w/Lester Bangs ("Kill Him Again")
16. Cubes
17. Colorplates
18. Bonemen of Barumba
19. Crippled Pilgrims
20. BPA
21. Bob
22. Amoebas in Chaos
23. Craig Bevan
24. Chalk Circle
25. Citizen 23
26. Crap Detectors
27. Crystallized Movements

 

Live Wire Compilation cassette

Live Wire Compilation
"(I Want To Be a) Movie Star" (Lester Bangs & The Delinquents) A §4
"Kill Him Again" (Lester Bangs & The Delinquents) A §5
"Sister Ray" (Lester Bangs, Brian Curley, Melinda Curley, David Frenkels) A§14
"There's a Man In There" (Brian Curley and Melinda Curley) B§9

Cassette Compilation: Live Wire Records, Trash Publishing, LW15 (1988)
Produced by Brian S. Curley
Note: Track A §14, recorded Thanksgiving Day, 1981

Complete Tracks:

Side A 

1. Alien Beach Party [The Delinquents]
2. Beach Balls In Hell [The Delinquents]
3. Food Free Food [The Delinquents]
4. Movie Star [Lester Bangs and The Delinquents]
5. Kill Him Again [Lester Bangs and The Delinquents]
6. The Fog [Final Notice]
7. Dead Friends [Final Notice]
8. The Beast [Roky Erickson and Evil Hook Wildlife E.T.]
9. Dead In The Cell [27 Devils Joking]
10. Suburban Trauma [27 Devils Joking]
11. Night Is Not Bad [Pelvic Thrust]
12. Monkey Jumps [Brian S. Curley]
13. Lonely Axe Song [Brian S. Curley]
14. Sister Ray [Lester Bangs, Brian Curley, Melinda Curley, and David Frenkel]

1. Out Of My Mind [Tied Inknots]
2. Wrong Ear [27 Devils Joking]
3. Indian Joe [27 Devils Joking]
4. Can't Help It [Psycho Desert Rangers]
5. House Made Of Dawn [Psycho Desert Rangers]
6. Leaky Roof [Brian S. Curley and Jamie Bigelow]
7. Wally George [Brian S. Curley and Jamie Bigelow]
8. When Birds Scream [B. Curley, J. Bigelow]
9. There's A Man In There [Brian Curley and Melinda Curley]
10. What's In The Sack [Brian Curley and Melinda Curley]
11. Southend Blues [Brian S. Curley and Mirian Sagan]
12. Scum [Robert Sycamore and Brian S.Curley]

 

Throat Culture #2 flexi

Throat Culture Flexi-Disc
"Sister Ray" (Lester Bangs, Brian Curley, Melinda Curley, and David Frenkel) Side A §1
7-inch flexi disc EP, Throat Culture 2 (1990)
Tracks:

^{Side A}

 

1. Sister Ray (Lester Bangs)
2. Midnight Train (Honeymoon Killers)

1. The Mercury Girl (Cleaners from Venus)
2. Takin' a Ride (The Blisters)

1. Plexiq [Nixon To Kick Around] (2:36)
2. Silverbullit [Money] (4:10)
3. Consolidated [Ventana] (4:10)
4. Mushroom [Rackets] (5:15)
5. Amstrong [Then Gone Too Soon] (3:46)
6. Willy Schwarz [Masters] (4:12)
7. 22 Pistepirkko [Don't Go Home, Joe] (3:50)
8. Tim Isfort Orchester [Die Ganze Zeit] (4:23)
9. Flowerpornoes [Ich Will Nun Mal Irgendwo Hin] (4:02)
10. Arnold Kant [Liebe Ist] (3:55)
11. Lester Bangs & Delinquents, The [Accidents Of God] (4:10)
12. Sonya Hunter [Just Good Music] (3:19)
13. Joseph Cotton [Ali Baba] (2:53)
14. Alton Ellis [Arise Black Man] (3:31)

  

Lester Bangs: Mégatonnique Rock Critic CD

Lester Bangs: Mégatonnique Rock Critic

"Accidents Of God" (Lester Bangs and The Delinquents) CD1 §16
"Kill Him Again" (Lester Bangs and The Delinquents) CD1 §17
3x CD Boxed Compilation: Sony BMG Music Entertainment, France, 82876868972 (2006)
Note: Supplemental audio for the French edition of Lester Bangs biography Let it Blurt: The Life and Times of Lester Bangs, by Jim DeRogatis; includes booklet with Bangs quotations and images.

^{Complete Tracks:
CD 1: Carburateurs Flingués}

1. Psychotic Reaction (Count Five)
2. Blank Generation (Richard Hell And The Voidoids)
3. Ain't It Fun (Rocket From The Tombs)
4. 30 Seconds Over Tokyo (Pere Ubu)
5. Bad Little Woman (The Shadows Of Knight)
6. Skunk [Sonicly Speaking] (MC5)
7. Hey Joe [Where You Gonna Go] (The Byrds)
8. Ballad Of A Thin Man (Bob Dylan)
9. Madame George (Van Morrison)
10. Maggie May (Rod Stewart)
11. Jumpin' Jack Flash [Live At The Marquee] (The Vibrators)
12. One Track Mind (Wet Willie)
13. How 'Bout You (Wet Willie)
14. Give It To Me (J. Geils Band)
15. Accidents Of God (Lester Bangs and The Delinquents)
16. Kill Him Again (Lester Bangs and The Delinquents)
17. Search And Destroy (Iggy And The Stooges)

^{CD 2: Fêtes Sanglantes}

1. Friends & Neighbors (Ornette Coleman)
2. One And One (Miles Davis)
3. Little Johnny Jewel (Television)
4. Kimberly (Patti Smith)
5. Funky Kingston (Toots And The Maytals)
6. I Chase The Devil (Max Romeo and the Upsetters)
7. Runaway Girl (U Roy)
8. Stepping Razor (Peter Tosh)
9. Police And Thieves (The Clash)
10. I'm So Bored With The USA (The Clash)
11. Public Image (Public Image Ltd)
12. Mirror Man (Captain Beefheart)
13. Penetration (Iggy And The Stooges)

 
^{CD 3: Mauvais Goût}

1. Cherry Bomb (The Runaways)
2. Iron Man (Black Sabbath)
3. Frozen Warnings (Nico [3])
4. Outdoor Miner (Wire)
5. Baby's On Fire (Brian Eno)
6. I'm Eighteen [Live] (Alice Cooper)
7. Frankenstein (The New York Dolls)
8. Here She Comes Now (The Velvet Underground)
9. The Bed (Lou Reed)
10. Kicks (Lou Reed)
11. All The Young Dudes (Mott The Hoople)
12. Loving You (Elvis Presley)
13. Ghost Rider (Suicide)
14. Showroom Dummies (Kraftwerk)  
15. I Need Somebody (Iggy And The Stooges)