A rare look behind the curtain of one of music’s most legendary decades.
The Beatles had already broken up, and in their wake came a decade that refused to sit still—soul gave way to arena rock, which gave way to disco, which gave way to punk. The ’70s picked up where the counterculture of the previous decade left off, with musicians using their platforms to speak out against war, inequality, and a national identity that was shifting under everyone’s feet. Many of the biggest stars in music history hit their creative peak during these ten years. So what was really going on once the house lights went down and the cameras stopped rolling? Let’s take a look.