Iketango laseMelika HBO ulungiselela unyaka ozayo uchungechunge olusha oluzobe lusekelwe emhlabeni we-rock and roll ngeminyaka yawo-1970 eNew York, futhi ngeke abe omunye ngaphandle kukaMartin Scorsese noMick Jagger njengabadidiyeli kanye nomqondisi owine imiklomelo eminingi uTerence Winter, umdali. we-Boardwalk Empire. NgoLwesibili olwedlule (2) i-HBO yenze isimemezelo esisemthethweni sokukhanya okuluhlaza ochungechungeni, okuzoba noWinter, oqokelwe i-Oscar njengombhali wefilimu ka-Scorsese ka-2013 i-The Wolf of Wall Street, njengombhali wesikrini ochungechungeni, ngaphezu kwalokho. umkhiqizo omkhulu eceleni kukaScorsese noJagger.
Indaba izothatha iNew York ka-1977 njengesilungiselelo, esiboniswa empilweni ye Richie FinestraIsihloli sethalente esihlakaniphile, inhloko yophiko lwabaculi kanye neRepertoire (A&R) yelebula ye-American Century Music. Uchungechunge luzokhumbula isikhathi lapho kushayisana khona umculo we-rock nowe-disco. Umlingiswa wayo, u-Richie, uphila isikhathi esijabulisayo esimenza adlulele, esizwa ukusetshenziswa kwezidakamizwa.
Uchungechunge olusha luzodlala umlingisi UBobby Cannavale njengomphathi womculo u-Richie Finestra, u-Olivia Wilde njengomkakhe, owayeyimodeli, kanye noRay Romano njengomqondisi wezokukhangisa westudiyo sokuqopha. UJames Jagger, indodana yomculi owaziwayo, uzodlala umculi weqembu le-punk kanti usomahlaya u-Andrew Dice Clay uzoba umlutha we-cocaine ongumnikazi weziteshi zomsakazo.