When fifteen-year-old Dominic, pop music fan, and Lisa Voyd, singer and icon with the band Plastic, are stuck together in an elevator, the encounter results in drastic changes of attitude for both of them.
No one knows that teenager Blanche Kelly is the daughter of an indie rock icon because he left their family when she was young. When Blanche and her successful all-girl band enter a prominent music competition, Blanche invites her father to hear them play. Suddenly everything Blanche believes about family, talent, and living out your dreams changes.
Eighteen-year-old Piper becomes the manager for her classmates' popular rock band, called Dumb, giving her the chance to prove her capabilities to her parents and others, if only she can get the band members to get along.
Troy leaves Gabriella out when he and his teammates decide to compete in the Battle of the Bands, and Sharpay forms a girl group to be their competition.
Twelve-year-old Kim discovers the excitement of the drum and bugle corps, a cross between a competitive sport and a musical art form, stressing musical excellence and athletic prowess needed for precision marching routines.
Contains 532 alphabetically arranged articles that provide information about the lives and careers of performers who have had a significant impact on the pop music scene in the United States since the late 1950s.
