Contents:

Happiness is a warm drone (1961-5). the Theatre of Eternal Music - The Primitives -- The Velvet Underground - --

All the needles are on red! (1965-70). Exploding plastic inevitable - the Velvet Underground - Nico --

Energy freak-out freeform (1968-71). MC5 - the Stooges --

This is the modern world (1970--73). the Modern Lovers --

The underground jukeboxes (1972--4) -- Cinderella Backstreet - Mirrors - The Electric Eels -- Suicide is painless (1970-73. Suicide --

Trash! (1971-5). The New York Dolls - Wayne County --

From horizontal arsonists to neon boys (1967-73). The Neon Boys --

Jesus died for somebody’s sins . . . (1966-73). Patti Smith -- The Neon Boys turn on New York (1973-4). Television --

The Cadillac pulls out of the graveyard (1974-5). Patti Smith – Television --

Look out Cleveland! (1974-5). Mirrors - The Electric Eels - Rocket from the Tombs -- In the flesh (1973-5). Blondie --

Gabba gabba hey! (1974-5). The Ramones --

Down at the rock & roll club (1974-6). CBGBs - Max’s Kansas City - Club 82 - Performance Studio - Mother’s --

This is radio Ethiopia (1976). Patti Smith Group --

Living on Chinese rocks (1975-6). The Heartbreakers --

The Artistics come to town (1975-6). The Artistics - Talking Heads --

Looking into the heart of darkness (1975-6) -- Rocket from the Tombs - Pere Ubu --

Fuck art, let’s rock! (1972-7). The Dictators - Dead Boys - Johnny Thunders’ Heartbreakers --

A punk-rocker parade (1975-6). Punk - rock scene - New York Rocker - Hit Parader --

Instant sires from private stock (1976). Blondie - The Ramones - Talking Heads - Television Richard Hell & The Voidoids – Suicide --

The last adventure (1977-8). Television --

The final wave (1977-9). Patti Smith Group --

Into the void (1977-9). Richard Hell & The Voidoids – Suicide --

Doing the modern dance (1977-9) -- Pere Ubu - Friction – Devo --

Touched by the presence (1977-80) -- Blondie - Talking Heads - The Ramones --

Thrashing at the waves (1978-80). DNA - The Feelies - The Contortions - Lydia Lunch - The Plasmatics --

Postlude : after the fact/s -- Appendix 1: a CBGBs chronology -- Appendix 2 : bibliography -- Appendix 3 : dramatis personae -- Appendix 4 : discography.