The really big names might be very familiar indeed – Elton John, Paul McCartney, Queen, the Who, the Rolling Stones, ELO – but the terms in which they’re discussed are frequently not. “Is Your Fave Rave Rock Star Old Enough to Be Your Father?” screams an [1976] NME cover: inside there’s a spread of pictures featuring most of the above, beneath the damning headline “All the People On This Page Will Be 30 Or Over During The Next Year – How Will They Live With It?”

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