There's a Riot Going on by Peter Doggett
Between 1965 and 1972, political activists around the globe prepared to mount a revolution. While the Vietnam War raged, calls for black power grew louder and liberation movements erupted everywhere from Berkeley, Detroit, and Newark, to Paris, Berlin, Ghana, and Peking.Rock and soul music fueled the revolutionary movement with anthems and iconic imagery. Soon the musicians themselves, from John Lennon and Bob Dylan to James Brown and Fela Kuti, were being dragged into the fray. From Mick Jagger's legendary appearance in Grosvenor Square standing on the sidelines and snapping pictures, to the infamous incident during the Woodstock Festival when Pete Townshend kicked yippie Abbie Hoffman off the stage while he tried to make a speech about an imprisoned comrade, Doggett unravels the truth about how these were not the Street Fighting Men they liked to see themselves as and how the increasing corporatization of the music industry played an integral role in derailing the cultural dream. There's a Riot Going On is a fresh, definitive, and exceedingly well-researched behind-the-scenes account of this uniquely turbulent period when pop culture and politics shared the world stage with mixed results.
For more than thirty years, Peter Doggett has been writing about rock music and interviewing rock performers. He is the author of You Never Give Me Your Money, the canonical account of the Beatles' break-up and aftermath, which was named one of the Los Angeles Times' Top 10 Books of the Year. Electric Shock, a panoramic history of popular music; The Man Who Sold the World; There's a Riot Going On; and Are You Ready for the Country are among his other works.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781847671806 |
| ISBN 10 | 1847671802 |
| Title | There's a Riot Going on |
| Author | Peter Doggett |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Canongate Us |
| Year published | 2008-09-01 |
| Number of pages | 608 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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