At St. Paul's Academy in the early 1960s, five dudes decided to form a rock 'n' roll band. When they needed a bassist, they tapped one of the few high school students who owned one. His name happened to be John Kerry, now the Democratic nominee for president. Sen. Kerry's band, the Electras, played coming-out-parties and proms. They even made a record with a single microphone and an Ampex reel-to-reel tape recorder, featuring songs titled "Shanghaied" and "Because They're Young." But none of the band mates could have predicted that, years later, the re-release of the album would turn as...