The 1960s. Pete Townshend -- Woodstock -- The groupies and other girls -- American revolution 1969 -- The 1970s. Finding Patty Hearst -- The death of Karen Silkwood -- The family : a photo portfolio / by Richard Avedon -- John Lennon -- Charles Manson -- Sex Pistols -- Hunter S. Thompson -- Ralph Steadman -- The 1980s. Guns 'n Roses -- Keith Richards -- Tom Wolfe -- The devil and John Holmes -- Inside the AIDS epidemic -- David Letterman -- Michael Jackson -- The 1990s. Eminem -- Jerry Garcia -- Mick Jagger -- P.J. O'Rourke on government waste -- Marilyn Manson -- Kurt Cobain -- Madonna's flesh and fantasy : a photo portfolio / by Steven Meisel -- Fast food nation -- Mandatory minimums -- The 2000s. Bono -- Matt Taibbi's "Great vampire squid" -- The Osbournes -- Bob Dylan -- David Foster Wallace -- Inside Scientology -- The Genesis project : a photo portfolio / by Sebastião Salgado -- The 2010s. Kendrick Lamar -- Taylor Swift -- The downfall of Gen. Stanley McChrystal -- Goodbye, Miami -- Lady Gaga -- Bruce Springsteen.