Ten writers recount their golden pop memories. They include Martin Millar (Serpent's Tail's punk novelist), who compares and constrasts Led Zeppelin and the Pixies; Kristin Hersh (of US cult band Throwing Muses) on Patti Smith; Caitlin Moran (presenter of Channel 4's Naked City) on Suede; Steve Malkmuss (of US band Pavement); Joe O'Connor on Bob Geldof; Nick Hornby (author of Fever Pitch) on Rod Stewart; Mark E. Smith (of The Fall) on Manc; and Lawrence Donegan (of The Guardian, ex-Bluebells, ex-Lloyd Cole) on Postcard Records.