Andrew Grant Jackson is the author of Still the Greatest: The Essential Songs of the Beatles' Solo Careers. He directed and cowrote the film The Discontents, starring Amy Madigan, and has written for Slate's 'Blogging the Beatles,' Baseline Studio System, and the music magazines Burn Lounge, Mean Street, and Dispatch.
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1973 was the year rock hit its peak while splintering—just like the rest of the world. Ziggy Stardust traveled to America in David Bowie's Aladdin Sane. The Dark Side of the Moon began its epic run on the Billboard charts, inspired by the madness of... SEE MORE