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INTRODUCTION; STRANDED IN PARADISE: 1955; JOHNNY COOPER: A RELUCTANT PIONEER; THE DEVIL'S MUSIC ROCKS GODZONE; OTHERS IN SPUT; THE FORCES OF RIGHTEOUSNESS; THE SOUTHERN INVASION; METEOR STRIKE; SITTING IN THE RAIN: THE BEAT BOOM; A DECADE OF THE LAD DE DAS; SWINGING IN THE 60S; THE BOOM GOES POP; THE FOURMYULA FOR SUCCESS; THE AGE OF BANALITY; THE UNDERGROUND MOVEMENT; THE WELLINGTON CITY MISSION; BRUNO'S THING; SURVIVING THE 20S; THE BEGINNINGS OF THE ENZ; ART OR ROCK'N'ROLL?; DRAGON TALES; SAILOR'S SONG; TROOPING THE COLOURS; KIWI ROCK COMES OF AGE; SHORT-HAIRE ROCK AND ROLL; TOY LOVE; THE STRANGE TALE OF MISEX; TRUE COLOURS; TURNS OF THE DECADE; KIWI CONNECTIONS; SEE YA LATER, SAILORS; RISE OF THE NEW INDEPENDENTS; SOUNDS OF THE SOUTH; SLIPPING INTO THE MAINSTREAM; AN OPTIMISTIC DUDE; ENZ OF AN ERA; LIGHT OF THE PACIFIC; HOW BIZARRE; GENERALLY ELECTRIC; WORLD FAMOUS IN NEW ZEALAND; EPILOGUE: STRANDED IN PARADISE 2005; APRA SILVER SCROLL; CHART LISTINGS; CREDITS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INDEX