{"product_id":"9781788709354","title":"Freaks Out! : Weirdos, Misfits and Deviants – The Rise and Fall of Righteous Rock ’n’ Roll","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Haines, Luke \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 13\/02\/2025,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 320 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9781788709354,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe followers - this book is not for you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe salt of the earth - this book is not for you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe worthy - this book is not for you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe ideologists - this book is not for you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHedonists and bohemians - this book is not for you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe middlebrow - this book is not for you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe highbrow - this book is not for you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDilettantes - this book is not for you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1970s middle school RE teachers - this book is not for you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe England football team (women's and men's) - this book is not for you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe litanists - this book is not for you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGatekeepers - this book is not for you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGamekeepers - this book is not for you. (Not even for the poachers...)The curators - this book is not for you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe left, the right - this book is not for you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe list-makers - lists are for shoppers not rockers, and this book is not for you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not a list - this is a manifesto, and this book is for ... the Freaks.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart memoir, part manifesto, Freaks Out! is a righteous alternate history of rock 'n' roll.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54963703153013,"sku":"9781788709354","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9781788709354.jpg?v=1738314670","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/9781788709354","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}