{"product_id":"shouting-out-loud-lives-of-the-raincoats","title":"Shouting Out Loud: Lives of the Raincoats","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: #12\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe first comprehensive biography of \u003cstrong\u003eThe Raincoats\u003c\/strong\u003e, the trailblazing post-punk band, the 'godmothers of grunge', who emerged as one of the first artists out of the mid-70s Rough Trade Records scene.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArt students Gina Birch and Ana da Silva formed \u003cstrong\u003eThe Raincoats\u003c\/strong\u003e in 1977. Since the release of their seminal early records, the band has been revered by punk, queer, feminist, and indie pop artists alike. \u003cstrong\u003eThe Raincoats\u003c\/strong\u003e reimagined the nature of experimental music and DIY design, and went on to inspire Sonic Youth, Nirvana, and an entire generation of Riot Grrrl and queercore musicians.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eShouting Out Loud: Lives of the Raincoats\u003c\/em\u003e tells this story, which resonates at the heart of late twentieth-century radical art, in three distinct lives of the band.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cstrong\u003eThe Raincoats\u003c\/strong\u003e' first life, they recorded three full-length albums now regarded as classics and were the first punk band to play behind the Iron Curtain in Warsaw. Nearly a decade later in 1992, the band's second life took off when Kurt Cobain's love of the band catalyzed their renaissance, and \u003cstrong\u003eThe Raincoats\u003c\/strong\u003e became renowned as 'godmothers of grunge and Riot Grrrl' only to go on hiatus again in 1996. In 2001, \u003cstrong\u003eThe Raincoats\u003c\/strong\u003e re-emerged in a third and ongoing iteration marked by performances in art museums such as New York's MoMA, the Pompidou Centre in Paris, and London's National Portrait Gallery.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Raincoats\u003c\/strong\u003e have and continue to be a singular phenomenon and influence for so many. Featuring exclusive interviews and never-before-seen images from \u003cstrong\u003eThe Raincoats\u003c\/strong\u003e' archive, \u003cem\u003eShouting Out Loud\u003c\/em\u003e is the first biography of this pioneering group of women who paved the way for hundreds of artists who have followed in their footsteps and the must-have account of a legendary band that holds a vital place in twentieth and twenty-first-century sonic history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"White Rabbit","offers":[{"title":"Hardback - Signed BOTY","offer_id":53356497076555,"sku":"R1532-6222","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardback - Standard","offer_id":51649258553675,"sku":"R1532-7065","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/ShoutingOutLoud-standardHBjpeg.jpg?v=1744806062","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/products\/shouting-out-loud-lives-of-the-raincoats","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}