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Lester Bangs, bless his no-bullshit soul, ranted on many a critical occasion about the rock ’n’ roll makers’ persistent vice of substituting the applied style of sartorial flair for musical content. Bangs railed loud enough when his beloved Lou Reed hid behind his too-cool mirror shades for a season or two, but he reserved the most severe hellfire condemnations for the eternally trendy English rockers, who seemed to change their total styles more often than most Americans did their underwear.