{"product_id":"freaks-out-luke-haines","title":"Freaks Out! (Luke Haines)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe followers - this book is not for you.\u003cbr\u003eThe salt of the earth - this book is not for you.\u003cbr\u003eThe worthy - this book is not for you.\u003cbr\u003eThe ideologists - this book is not for you.\u003cbr\u003eHedonists and bohemians - this book is not for you.\u003cbr\u003eThe middlebrow - this book is not for you.\u003cbr\u003eThe highbrow - this book is not for you.\u003cbr\u003eDilettantes - this book is not for you.\u003cbr\u003e1970s middle school RE teachers - this book is not for you.\u003cbr\u003eThe England football team (women's and men's) - this book is not for you.\u003cbr\u003eThe litanists - this book is not for you.\u003cbr\u003eGatekeepers - this book is not for you.\u003cbr\u003eGamekeepers - this book is not for you. (Not even for the poachers...)\u003cbr\u003eThe curators - this book is not for you.\u003cbr\u003eThe left, the right - this book is not for you.\u003cbr\u003eThe list-makers - lists are for shoppers not rockers, and this book is not for you.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis is not a list - this is a manifesto, and this book is for ... the Freaks.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMusician 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart memoir, part manifesto, \u003ci\u003eFreaks Out!\u003c\/i\u003e is a righteous alternate history of rock 'n' roll.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eLuke Haines is a London-based writer, visual artist, singer-songwriter and founder member of the Auteurs and Black Box Recorder.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA prolific artist, he has released nineteen albums in the twenty-first century, most recently his 2022 collaboration with REM's Peter Buck - \u003ci\u003eAll the Kids Are Super Bummed Out\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe writes a regular monthly column for \u003ci\u003eRecord Collector\u003c\/i\u003e and is the author of two critically acclaimed autobiographical books: \u003ci\u003eBad Vibes\u003c\/i\u003e (2009) and \u003ci\u003ePost Everything\u003c\/i\u003e (2011).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), Englisch, 320 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65781737128285,"sku":"K097785436","price":11.8,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/9778543600001A.jpg?v=1788326298","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/freaks-out-luke-haines","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}