{"product_id":"this-aint-rock-n-roll-pop-music-the-swastika-and-the-third-reich","title":"This Ain't Rock 'n' Roll : Pop Music, the Swastika and the Third Reich","description":"\u003ch4\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.roughtrade.com\/collection\/books-of-the-year-2025\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBooks of the Year 2025: #18\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith an introduction by Billy Bragg, \u003cem\u003eThis Ain't Rock 'n' Roll\u003c\/em\u003e is a shocking and absorbing chronological account of pop music's complicated history with fascism and the imagery surrounding it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOver the last seven decades, some of rock 'n' roll's most celebrated figureheads have flirted with the imagery and theatre of the Third Reich. From Keith Moon and Vivian Stanshall kitting themselves out in Nazi uniforms to Siouxsie Sioux and Sid Vicious brandishing swastikas in the pomp of punk, generations of performers have associated themselves in troubling ways with the aesthetics, mass hysteria, and even ideology of Nazism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhether shock factor, stupidity, or crass attempt at subversion, rock 'n' roll has indulged these associations in a way not accepted by any other artform. But how accountable should fans, the media, and the music industry be for what has often seemed a sleazy fascination with the eroticized perversions of a fascist regime?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThis Ain't Rock 'n' Roll\u003c\/em\u003e, award-winning music historian Daniel Rachel navigates these turbulent waters with care, asking us to look anew at the artists that have defined us, inspired us, and given us joy - and consider why so many have been drawn to the imagery of a movement responsible for the twentieth century's worst atrocities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlongside a sensitive history of the Holocaust and an examination of the place it holds in our cultural consciousness, Rachel asks essential questions of actions often overlooked or underplayed, while neither casting sweeping judgment nor offering easy answers. In doing so, he asks us to reassess the history of rock 'n' roll and sheds new light on the grim echoes of the Third Reich in popular culture and the legacy of twentieth (and twenty-first) century history as it defines us today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"roughtrade.com\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBooks of the Year 2025: #[Number]\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e","brand":"White Rabbit","offers":[{"title":"Hardback - Signed BOTY","offer_id":51911517274443,"sku":"R9136-4661","price":22.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":53299172901195,"sku":"R9136-0740","price":22.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardback - Signed bookplate BOTY","offer_id":55984083468619,"sku":"R9136-0797","price":22.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/ThisAintRocknRoll9781399635721_f194e7e2-06c9-43a7-8fb9-b27df136602c.jpg?v=1752240291","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/fr\/products\/this-aint-rock-n-roll-pop-music-the-swastika-and-the-third-reich","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}