By: Amanda French

His legacy precedes him.

By: Lynn Peril

He looked — and sounded! — great in frills.

By: David Smay

He got an early education in rock’n’roll cynicism.

By: Anthony Miller

His songs number in the thousands.

By: Adam McGovern

Lover of noise, angel of the unaccepted.

By: William Nericcio

His presence is his lasting act of resistance.

By: Katie Hennessey

An underrated, under-appreciated, undercover overachiever.

By: Jerrold Freitag

He doesn’t do anything just because he can.

By: Lynn Peril

He wrote an immortal anthem to teen freedom.

By: Lynn Peril

“Please don’t make me decide between you and a bottle of beer.”

By: Lynn Peril

He knew a thing or two about what grown-up women want.

By: Chris Fujiwara

The Restorations of Touch of Evil and Raw Power

By: James Parker

Marc is here prostrate at the altar of himself.

By: James Parker

“I have never never kissed a car before/ It’s like a door…”

By: James Parker

Cosmic libido cruising on a chassis of pure chug-a-lug.