How a group of talented misfits turned a "giddy little pop mag" into a "snarling underground paper". The New Musical Express defined British pop music in the 1970s, 80s and 90s and launched the careers of many of today's leading journalists. Includes interviews with Nick Kent, Chrissie Hynde, Danny Baker, Nicky Wire, Charles Shaar Murray, Hugh Cornwell, Paul Morley and Tony Parsons.