In retrospect, 1977 looks like the end of an era and the start of a period whose features still resonate over 30 years later. Apple incorporated and Star Wars was released. INTERPOL issued a mandate against the piracy of VHS cassettes and other media. EMI fired the Sex Pistols and Led Zepplin’s last American concert ended in a brawl and criminal assault charges for Jon Bonham perhaps signaling that the cultural pendulum was swinging in a direction that might allow for a California pop band wi... [Read more]