Foreword: Everybody hold on tight! / by Barry "The Baker" Auguste -- Prelude: Paul Simonon wields a mighty ax -- Revolt into style: New Sounds in New York and London -- From Sgt. Pepper's to Born to run: The rise of free-form radio -- 1977: Clamor, exposure, and camraderie -- The good, the bad, and the ugly -- Rebel waltz with the general, and free-form faces the music -- London calls, New York answers -- Clash in Hitsville/WPIX's train in vain -- Afterword: All that is solid melts into air.