Contents

Epigraph

Foreword

Introduction

Van Halen

Kings of Leon

The Runaways

The B-52s

Fleetwood Mac

Secret Sellouts

Bob Dylan

David Bowie

Cream

Deep Purple

Jethro Tull

Kiss

Led Zeppelin

Bruce Springsteen

The Rolling Stones

Cut to: 48 Years Later

Elton John

Lola Layla L????A

MC5

Grateful Dead

Alice Cooper

T. Rex

Santana

Prince

The Beatles

The White Stripes

The Sea and Cake

The Butthole Surfers

Before They Made It

Boston

Creedence Clearwater Revival

Foreigner

Motörhead

The Doobie Brothers

Van Morrison

Flock of Seagulls

System of a Down

Foo Fighters

I Love You But I’ve Chosen Darkness

Pink Floyd

Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band

Rod Stewart

The Guess Who

The Modern Lovers

The Jesus and Mary Chain

The Jam / Paul Weller

The Who

The Velvet Underground

Yo La Tengo

The Tonight Show

Epilogue

Appendix

Acknowledgments

About the Author

Credits

About the Publisher