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TABLE OF CONTENTS
ACID AGE
6 Grace Slick & Jefferson Airplane
An exclusive interview with Grace wherein she recounts her old days with the Airplane and explains why she split—(David Fricke)
10 Cream
The classic supertrio’s sound lives on, even if the band doesn’t.
12 The Grateful Dead
The trippy wizards of San Francisco were there when the power was flower.
17 Traffic
Early fast-lane life with Stevie Winwood, Chris Wood, Dave Mason and Jim Capaldi.
19 Jeff Beck
Rowdiness, outrage and a great imagination for guitar playing were among his inimitable traits.
HEAVY METAL
20 Deep Purple
They were masters of the kind of rock that shattered eardrums (Richard Hogan)
25 Blue Oyster Cult
Exploits of a thinking-man’s version of macabre musicians.
28 Grand Funk Railroad
Critics never liked them, but the fans sure did.
31 Black Sabbath
Dabblers with the occult, they explored a dark vision at high volume—(Richard Hogan)
BIG BANDS
34 The Beatles
Yeah, yeah, yeah
36 The Who
See them, hear them, touch them, remember them
38 Led Zeppelin
Robert Plant recounts their early flights in a vintage interview (Richard Hogan)
40 HISTORIC LED ZEPPELIN POSTER
42 The Rolling Stones
A look back at rock’s classic bad boys
TRAGEDIES
46 Jimi Hendrix
“The Star Spangled Banner” will never be the same because of him. Neither will rock—(David Fricke)
48 Jim Morrison & The Doors
A look back at Morrison with exclusive excerpts from a forthcoming biography.
52 Janis Joplin
The brief, fiery ride of this classic rock mama—(Carl Arrington)
54 Marc Bolan
Notes on this poet/performer who banged a gong and got it on—(David Fricke)
56 Elvis Presley
There was nothin’ hound dog about The King
HITMAKERS
58 AM Sonic Boom
Do you remember rock radio? Then you’ll recall The Monkees, Mamas & Papas, Beach Boys, Herman’s Hermit, Paul Revere & The Raiders, The Young Rascals and MORE—(David Fricke)
GLITTER ROCK
66 Elton John
Was ever there a star so gloriously arrayed?
69 New York Dolls
They were punks before there was a word for it.
71 David Bowie
There was method to his artful madness that made him a strange legend—(Carl Arrington)
75 Alice Cooper
The nightmare is over, but seems merely an amusing dream in retrospect—(Carl Arrington)
78 Back Pages
Remembering great moments in rock history—(Lou O’Neill Jr.)