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The Fascist Groove Thing: A History of Thatcher's Britain in 21 Mixtapes

The Fascist Groove Thing: A History of Thatcher's Britain in 21 Mixtapes

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Availability:In StockContributor:Hugh Hodges, Dick Lucas (Preface by), Boff Whalley (Foreword by)Publish date:2023-02-21Pages:384
Language:EnglishPublisher:PM PressISBN-13:9781629638843ISBN-10:1629638846UPC:9781629638843Book Category:Music, HistoryBook Subcategory:Philosophy & Social Aspects, Europe, Genres & StylesBook Topic:Great Britain, InternationalSize:8.90 x 5.90 x 1.10 inchesWeight:1.0516Product ID:SCJBEV6PW3

This is the late 1970s and '80s as explained through the urgent and still-relevant songs of the Clash, the Specials, the Au Pairs, the Style Council, the Pet Shop Boys, and nearly four hundred other bands and solo artists.

Each chapter presents a mixtape (or playlist) of songs related to an alarming feature of Thatcher's Britain, followed by an analysis of the dialogue these artists created with the Thatcherite vision of British society. "Tell us the truth," Sham 69 demanded, and pop music, however improbably, did. It's a furious and sardonic account of dark times when pop music raised a dissenting fist against Thatcher's fascist groove thing and made a glorious, boredom-smashing noise. Bookended with contributions by Dick Lucas and Boff Whalley as well as an annotated discography, The Fascist Groove Thing presents an original and polemical account of the era.

Language:EnglishPublisher:PM PressISBN-13:9781629638843ISBN-10:1629638846UPC:9781629638843Book Category:Music, HistoryBook Subcategory:Philosophy & Social Aspects, Europe, Genres & StylesBook Topic:Great Britain, InternationalSize:8.90 x 5.90 x 1.10 inchesWeight:1.0516Product ID:SCJBEV6PW3
Hodges, Hugh: -

Hugh Hodges has written extensively on African and West Indian music, poetry, and fiction, including essays on Fela Kuti, Lord Kitchener, and Bob Marley. Linton Kwesi Johnson praised his book Soon Come as "extremely engaging and an important, original scholarly work." He currently teaches at Trent University, Ontario, where his research focuses on cultural resistance in its many forms, and his band the Red Finks remains hopelessly obscure.

Lucas, Dick: -

Dick Lucas is a writer and visual artist, and the vocalist for three iconic punk bands: Subhumans, Citizen Fish, and Culture Shock. He is also the founder of independent punk label Bluurg Records.

Whalley, Boff: -

Boff Whalley is a writer and musician, and a founding member of Chumbawamba. He is also an avid fell runner, the subject of his book Run Wild. His most recent musical project is Commoners Choir, a "strange yet open and inclusive choir that meets in Leeds." The choir's most recent release is Untied Kingdom, which Folk Radio praises as "an exhilarating display of rousing natural togetherness, of pride and of passion.

Publisher: PM Press

Contributor(s)

Hugh Hodges, Dick Lucas (Preface by), Boff Whalley (Foreword by)

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Hugh Hodges

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