Peter Ames Carlin became a Bruce Springsteen convert in 1978, after hearing the album "Darkness on the Edge of Town." More than 30 years later, this author of an acclaimed biography of Paul McCartney ...

This story is part of a special section on Bruce Springsteen published in the Asbury Park Press on Aug. 18, 1985. From Michael Jackson to mediocre flash-in-the-pan phenoms, rock journalists spend a ...