I WAS A TEENAGE REBEL-ROUSER

When he was a public high school student in the late 60’s in Syracuse NY, GARY LUCAS contributed music reviews to several local underground newspapers—COGITO, Organism and the Nottingham Forester.

Photo of Gary busted by Nottingham High School's Vice Principal
Mr. Petrof for distributing in the halls between classes copies of
"Organism", Nottingham's alternative student newspaper circa 1968,
which Mr.Petrof is shown inspecting.

From COGITO:
·Review of Jeff Beck's "Truth" album, issue #3, "Virgo '68" (Aug 23-Sept 22)
·Review of The Incredible String Band, October 1968
·Review of Led Zeppelin, Spring 1969
·Review of The Nice, page 1 and page 2, December 1969
·Review of The Small Faces and The Pretty Things, page 1 and page 2, February 1970
·Review of Family live in Rochester, Spring 1970

From the NOTTINGHAM FORESTER:
· "Skin Popping in Greater Syracuse"

When he was a student at Yale University in the early 70’s, GARY LUCAS wrote a series of reviews and features for ZOO WORLD MAGAZINE, a nationally distributed rock tabloid which also published the writings of Lester Bangs, Richard Meltzer, and other well-known rock critics of the day, and also in the YALE DAILY NEWS.

Photo of Gary playing lead guitar with the infamous Yale Marching
Band at the Yale Bowl in New Haven Fall '73.

From the YALE DAILY NEWS:
· FAMILY VALUES: A feature about Gary's longtime favorites FAMILY, published in the Yale Daily News 10/2/72 after Family opened for Elton John at the New Haven Arena on 9/29/72, Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3, or read the full article here

From ZOO WORLD MAGAZINE:
·Profile of Captain Beefheart by Gary Lucas, May 1973
·Review of "Beck, Bogert and Appice" album, Jun. 7th 1973
·Review of the The Nice "Autumn to Spring" compilation album, page 1 and page 2, Jun. 21st 1973
·Review of King Crimson's "Lark's Tongue in Aspic", Jul. 5th 1973
·Review of Roger Daltrey and John Entwistle solo albums, Aug. 17th 1973
·Review of Mike Oldfield - "Tubular Bells", Oct. 25th 1973
·Piece about performing in Leonard Bernstein's "Mass" in Vienna in spring 1973 for the European premiere, page 1 and page 2, Oct. 25th 1973
·Review of Ringo Starr, Jan. 17th 1974
·Review of the Kinks "Preservation Act I", Feb. 28, 1974