On July 4, 1976, the Bicentennial Year of the United States of America, yes the anniversary of our severance from England, The Ramones - whose eponymous debut album was released in April of 1976 - found themselves performing in London to an audience that included Johnny Rotten and Joe Strummer and dozens of future punk rock stars. These are dates made to live in history as important birthdays of punk rock. Meanwhile, back in the United States, at the very same time, one of the leaders of the British Invasion of the 1960s, Paul McCartney, the cute Beatle, was on tour with his band Wings. McCartney holds the honor - great, dubious or other, of having the Number One Record of 1976 (according to Billboard Magazine), a ditty that has dogged him ever since it was released and Beatles fans heard the man who sang Helter Skelter asking the rhetorical musical question what's wrong? with Silly Love Songs. But such culture clash is the substance of punk rock's great narrative trajec...