Author's Note ix
Prologue xi
I Slept with Joey Ramone---and His Mother Too!
1(6)
The Day the Music Lived
7(6)
``Do You Remember Rock `n' Roll Radio?''
13(7)
``Wipeout!''
20(9)
All Fall Down
29(6)
The Hills Are Alive!
35(9)
It Ain't Us, Dad
44(7)
Wild in the Streets!
51(8)
The Seekers
59(10)
``They're Coming to Take Me Away!''
69(5)
A Little Genius in Every Madman
74(6)
In with the Outpatients
80(9)
``I'm Eighteen and I Don't Care''
89(9)
Gall that Glitters
98(11)
Out-Zapping Zappa
109(10)
``1-2-3-4!''
119(12)
Like Coffee for Jesus
131(12)
Will the Kids Be Alright?
143(10)
``Today Your Love...''
153(11)
``...Tomorrow, the World''
164(13)
``I Wanna Be Sedated''
177(6)
Ding Dong!
183(15)
Alcoholic Synonymous
198(13)
Grill the Messenger
211(8)
Tomorrow Never Happens
219(8)
I'll Have the Happy Meal---to Go!
227(10)
It's the Rum Talking
237(13)
``They Say It's Your Birthday''
250(11)
We're the Monkeys!
261(9)
``The Bottle Is Empty, but the Belly Is Full''
270(13)
``Gimme Some Truth''
283(17)
Clowns for Progress
300(18)
Sibling Revelry
318(5)
Murphy's Roar
323(9)
Lowlights in the Highlands
332(7)
``Weird, Right?''
339(6)
``Too Tough to Die''?
345(6)
``Be My Baby''
351(11)
The Old Man and the Seafood
362(7)
A New Beginning for Old Beginners
369(4)
``In a Little While''
373(26)
Acknowledgments 399