Post by Tim Stegall

Punk rock journalist at Substack and The Austin Chronicle, author of Anarchy In The Studio: Punk Music 1970-1979 -- The Rise Of Punk Rock on Ruffian Books, formerly with Alternative Press..

TODAY AT THE TIM “NAPALM” STEGALL SUBSTACK Why in hell would I write a fake Lester Bangs appreciation of The Replacements, a band he only lived long enough to briefly mention in his final published piece, a look at early hardcore called “If Oi Were A Carpenter”? Same reason Lester invented a non-existent discography of Count Five that sent people scrambling for copies of *Snow Flakes Falling On The International Dateline*: to get at a larger truth, via fiction and humor. Read the evidence at The Tim “Napalm” Stegall Substack. #LesterBangs #TheReplacements #PaulWesterberg #TommyStinson #BobStinson #ChrisMars #TheMats #CreemMagazine #RockNRollWriting #RockCriticism #MusicJournalism #MusicWriting #GonzoJournalism #PunkRock #AlternativeRock #TheTimNapalmStegallSubstack #AnarchyInTheStudio #RuffianBooks

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