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Answer: MOBYDICK

Each verse gives a band and each word that begins with a capitalised letter is the first word of a song. Listing them out:

KISS
* Black Diamond
* Watchin' You
* Great Expectations
* Rocket Ride

Rolling Stones
* Emotional Rescue
* Rocks Off
* Miss You
* Slipping Away
* Ivy League

Beatles
* Little Child
* Obladi Oblada
* Lady Madonna
* Nowhere Man
* Back in the USSR
* Good Night
* Dig It
* Little Child
* One After 909
* Day Tripper
* Dig It
* Glass Onion
* Good Night

The Who
* Latin Thing
* It's Hard
* Fiddle About
* One Note
* Slip Kid

The first letter of the last words form words themselves, which turn out to be the first words of Led Zeppelin songs.

Led Zeppelin
* Dyer Maker
* Royal Orleans
* Communication Breakdown
* Thank You

This now spells MOBY by the same token. It turns out that Led Zeppelin has a song called Moby Dick.