In the 1960s, music was a cultural export. It actually all started the decade before. Blues music from the United States made it across the Atlantic Ocean and British kids started to mimic the songs.

American bands like Guns N’ Roses, Aerosmith, and The Black Crowes are built on the foundation of 1960s British rock bands. The punk bands, too. In 1970s New York, the groups emerging from Max’s ...