Although Bruce Springsteen has been a global superstar for the best part of twenty years, it's easy to forget that prior to the release of Born In The USA in 1984 he was nothing of the sort. And even though he was considered 'a force to be reckoned with' since the Born To Run album in 1975, he was playing in bands for the ten years before that, when only the rock critics and the inner sanctum knew his name.

This film traces the story of Bruce Springsteen from those formative years, playing in the bars and night spots of Asbury Park, through his various early bands, onto the signing of his first deal and his early Columbia albums, and to finally achieving his first taste of wider recognition with Born To Run. The story continues through the second half of the seventies via legal battles and just one further album. Moving into the 1980's, his sales and acclaim were improving and by the release of Born In The USA, the world was ready for 'the future of Rock N' Roll".

With the help of many close confidantes of Springsteen, rare footage and photographs, commentators from the rock press who have followed Bruce's career since day one and a host of other features, this is the most detailed, fascinating and downright entertaining document about this period of Bruce Springsteen's career yet to emerge.