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Freaks Out!
Weirdos, Misfits and Deviants – The Rise and Fall of Righteous Rock ’n’ Roll
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Rishi Sunak - this book is not for you. Keir Starmer - this book is not for you. The salt of the earth - this book is not for you. The worthy - this book is not for you. The middlebrow - this book is not...
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Luke Haines - the outsider artist par excellence - turns his caustic eye to the rise and fall of alternative rock 'n' roll heroes.
Luke Haines - the outsider artist par excellence - turns his caustic eye to the rise and fall of alternative rock 'n' roll heroes.
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Description
Rishi Sunak - this book is not for you.
Keir Starmer - this book is not for you.
The salt of the earth - this book is not for you.
The worthy - this book is not for you.
The middlebrow - this book is not for you.
PE teachers - this book is not for you.
Gatekeepers - this book is not for you.
Gamekeepers - this book is not for you.
The curators - this book is not for you.
The list-makers - this book is not for you.
This book is for the Freaks.
Musician and author Luke Haines embarks on an odyssey through the ages, exploring how the 'freaks' infiltrated modern culture - and almost won the rock 'n' roll wars - only to lose to the rise of Cool Britannia and TV 'talent' shows that turned the strange and the outsiders into fodder for laughter.
In this ultimate celebration of freakdom, Haines tells the story of pivotal freaks - including Johnnie Ray, Gene Vincent, Hank Marvin, Syd Barrett, the Incredible String Band and Big Youth - through the prism of rock 'n' roll and explains how freaks infiltrated wider culture through history in the form of the Cathars, the Ranters, Hells Angels and the Yippies.
Part memoir, part manifesto, Freaks Out! is a righteous alternate history of rock 'n' roll.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781788709347
Publisher: Bonnier Books Ltd
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 28 March 2024
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Nine Eight Books
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 29.0mm
Width: 145.0mm
Height: 226.0mm
Weight: 414g
Pages: 320
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About the Author
Luke Haines is a London-based writer, visual artist, singer-songwriter and founder member of the Auteurs and Black Box Recorder.
A prolific artist, he has released nineteen albums in the twenty-first century, most recently his 2022 collaboration with REM's Peter Buck - All the Kids Are Super Bummed Out.
He writes a regular monthly column for Record Collector and is the author of two critically acclaimed autobiographical books: Bad Vibes (2009) and Post Everything (2011).
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