Sylvie Simmons, Jann Wenner, Lester Bangs and Jon Landau are all known as what?
Lester Bangs Lester Bangs Leslie Conway "Lester" Bangs (December 14, 1948 – April 30, 1982) was an American music journalist, critic, author, and musician. He wrote for "Creem" and "Rolling Stone" magazines, and was known for his leading influence in rock music criticism. The music critic Jim DeRogatis called him "America's greatest rock critic". Bangs was born in Escondido, California. He was the son of Norma Belle ("née" Clifton) and Conway Leslie Bangs, a truck driver. Both of his parents were from Texas: his father from Enloe and his mother from Pecos County. Norma Belle was a devout Jehovah's Witness. Conway died
Jann Wenner and politics. Wenner's interview with Bono received a National Magazine Award nomination. "Rolling Stone" and Jann Wenner are chronicled in three books, "Gone Crazy and Back Again" by Robert Sam Anson, "Rolling Stone: The Uncensored History," and "Sticky Fingers:The Life and Times of Jann Wenner and Rolling Stone Magazine" by Joe Hagan. Former "Rolling Stone" journalist David Weir is working on a biography, as is poet and Beat historian Lewis MacAdams. Wenner founded the magazine "Outside" in 1977; William Randolph Hearst III and Jack Ford both worked for the magazine before Wenner sold it a year later. He also briefly