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Index
Cover Page
Half Title Page
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Introduction
CHAPTER 1: LIFE AFTER WOODSTOCK
Rock Goes Mainstream
Rock on the Airwaves
The Decline of Pirate Radio
WMMS
Capital Radio
WNEW
DJ Culture
John Peel
B. Mitchel Reed
Charlie Gillett
Larry Lujack
CHAPTER 2: THE MAKINGS OF A CLASSIC
Led Zeppelin
Queen
Traffic
Freddie Mercury
Bruce Springsteen
Representative Works
Fleetwood Mac
Sir Paul McCartney
Power Pop Pioneers: Big Star
Bob Seger
Steely Dan
Boston
Tom Petty
The Allman Brothers Band
Southern Rock
Lynyrd Skynyrd
ZZ Top
CHAPTER 3: HEAVY METAL THUNDER
Jeff Beck
Representative Works
Black Sabbath
Ozzy Osbourne
AC/DC
Alice Cooper
Aerosmith
Van Halen
Def Leppard
Guns N’ Roses
Metallica
CHAPTER 4: THE SOUNDS OF SO-CAL: COUNTRY ROCK
Representative Works
The Flying Burrito Brothers
The Dillards
The Eagles
Check Out Any Time You Like: L.A. in the 1970s
Linda Ronstadt
Poco
CHAPTER 5: THE SONG-POETS: SINGER-SONGWRITERS
Representative Works
John Lennon
George Harrison
Paul Simon
Neil Young
Asylum Records
Joni Mitchell
Nick Drake
Carly Simon
James Taylor
Emmylou Harris
Laura Nyro
Isaac Hayes
Harry Chapin
Lou Reed
Jackson Browne
Warren Zevon
Randy Newman
Steve Earle
Townes Van Zandt
Neil Diamond
Tom Waits
Joan Armatrading
Michael McDonald
Billy Bragg
Songwriting Goes Pop
Sir Elton John
Billy Joel
Barry Manilow
CHAPTER 6: CLASSICAL INFLUENCES: ART ROCK AND PROGRESSIVE ROCK
The Moody Blues
Yes
WBCN
Genesis
Peter Gabriel
Emerson, Lake and Palmer
Kraftwerk and Krautrock
Roxy Music
Kate Bush
CHAPTER 7: FIERCE FUSION: JAZZ-ROCK
John McLaughlin
Chicago
Earth, Wind and Fire
Herbie Hancock
CHAPTER 8: TEAR THE ROOF OFF: FUNK
Representative Works
Parliament-Funkadelic
Sly and the Family Stone
The Ohio Players
Funkytown: Dayton in the 1970s
Kool and the Gang
CHAPTER 9: SOUND AND SPECTACLE: GLAM ROCK
David Bowie
West Berlin
The New York Dolls
CHAPTER 10: DOWN TO EARTH: PUB ROCK
Dire Straits
Stiff Records
Billy Thorpe
Lobby Loyde
CHAPTER 11: RUDE BOYS: REGGAE
Sir Coxsone Dodd
Toots and the Maytals
Studio One
Bob Marley
Representative Works
Rastafari
Lee (“Scratch”) Perry
Peter Tosh
Jimmy Cliff
Desmond Dekker
Roots of Reggae: Ska
Dancehall Music
2-Tone Records
CHAPTER 12: DANCE FEVER: DISCO
Representative Works
Donna Summer
Musicland Studios
The Bee Gees
Frankie Crocker
Miami: Sounds of Sunshine
RAK Records
Casablanca Records
The Other Side of the Velvet Rope
Barry White
Europop
ABBA
CHAPTER 13: DIY: PUNK AND NEW WAVE
Proto-punk in the Motor City
The MC5
Iggy and the Stooges
Rock Rebels Against Itself: Punk
Anarchy in the U.K.
The Sex Pistols
The London Punk Scene
The Clash
Representative Works
Ari Up and the Slits
The Jam
Joy Division/New Order
Tony Wilson
Factory Records
The Mekons
The Gang of Four
Kathy Acker
Television
CBGB-OMFUG
Patti Smith
Jim Carroll
Robert Mapplethorpe
The Ramones
Lux Interior and the Cramps
X
Black Flag
Henry Rollins
Hüsker Dü
Fugazi
Romantics, Postpunks, and Miserabilists: New Wave
Elvis Costello
The Smiths
Liverpool’s Second Coming
The Police
Sheffield: A New Wave Hotbed
Blondie
Devo
Brian Eno
Talking Heads
Conclusion
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
Back Cover
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