An oral history of 'Rock Against Racism', '2 Tone', and 'Red Wedge', consisting of interviews with over 150 contributors, from the acclaimed writer of Isle of Noises.
Section - i: List of Illustrations Introduction - ii: Poison In The Machine Section - iii: Biographical Notes Unit - BOOK ONE:: ROCK AGAINST RACISM Chapter - 1: WHO SHOT THE SHERIFF? Section - •: MAKE WAY FOR THE HOMO SUPERIOR: Eric Clapton. Black Britain. David Bowie Section - •: WHATCHA GONNA DO ABOUT IT?: Princess Alice. Sex Pistols. Punk Section - •: BEAT THE WHITES WITH THE RED WEDGE: Socialist Workers Party. Temporary Hoarding. Roundhouse Section - •: BEAT THE WHITES WITH THE RED WEDGE: Socialist Workers Party. Temporary Hoarding. Roundhouse Section - •: NAZIS ARE NO FUN: Royal College of Art. Hackney Town Hall. Sham 69 Chapter - 2: INGLAN IS A BITCH Section - •: PUNKY REGGAE PARTY: Aswad. Steel Pulse. Clash. Bob Marley Section - •: WAR AMONGST THE REBELS: Linton Kwesi Johnson. Dennis Bovell. Rastafari Section - •: NOTHING TO BE GUILTY OF: Rock Against Sexism. Slits. Mo-dettes. Poly Styrene. Poison Girls. Au Pairs Section - •: DEDICATED FOLLOWER OF FASCISM: National Front. Lewisham Section - •: ONE DOWN, A MILLION TO GO: Anti-Nazi League Chapter - 3: OH BONDAGE! UP YOURS! Section - •: THIS AIN’T NO FUCKING WOODSTOCK: Carnival Against the Nazis Section - •: POWER IN THE DARKNESS: Tom Robinson Band. Stiff Little Fingers Section - •: CARRYING PICTURES OF CHAIRMAN MAO: Northern Carnival Section - •: KNOCK HARD. LIFE IS DEAF: Carnival 2. Militant Entertainment tour Section - •: REGGAE FI PEACH: Southall Kids Are Innocent Benefit Section - •: RENOUNCE ALL SIN AND VICE: Leeds. Birmingham Section - •: RINSE OUT THE BLUE SCUM: RAR’s Greatest Hits. Northern Carnival Against Racism. Legacy Unit - BOOK TWO: 2 TONE Section - •: BLACK SKIN BLUE EYED BOYS: Bluebeat. Skinhead. Coventry Section - •: THE KINGSTON AFFAIR: Specials out on parole. Gangsters vs the Selecter Section - •: NOBODY IS SPECIAL: First 2 Tone tour. Madness Section - •: STAND DOWN MARGARET: The Beat. UB40 Section - •: CALLING RUDE GIRLS: Bodysnatchers Section - •: DOESN'T MAKE IT ALRIGHT: Specials Section - •: CELEBRATE THE BULLET: Politics. Class. Seaside tour Section - •: ALL WI DOIN IS DEFENDIN: Linton Kwesi Johnson. 1981 riots. 2 Tone legacy Unit - BOOK THREE: RED WEDGE Chapter - 1: SHOUT TO THE TOP Section - •: LIFE IN THE EUROPEAN THEATRE: Thatcherism. CND. Paul Weller Section - •: PERVERTS SUPPORT THE PITS!: Billy Bragg. Miner's Strike Section - •: THE MILKMAN OF HUMAN KINDNESS: Live Aid. GLC. Jobs For Youth. Solid Bond Section - •: DON’T GET MAD. GET ORGANIZED: Red Wedge Chapter - 2: NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL SOCIALISM! Section - •: IT'S THE PARTY I LOVE: Launch. First tour Section - •: NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL SOCIALISM, VOLUME 3: Day Events Section - •: IT'S JUST A RUMOUR THAT WAS SPREAD AROUND TOWN: Militant Tendency. Newcastle Section - •: AIN'T NO STOPPIN' US NOW: Women's tour. Well Red. Gay Rights. Black Sections. Section - •: THE OSCAR WILDE SCHOOL OF SOCIALISM: Italy. Redskins. Move On Up tour. 1987 election Section - •: WAITING FOR THE GREAT LEAP FORWARD: Labour listens. 1987-90. Legacy Chapter - 3: FREE NELSON MANDELA Section - •: HATS OFF TO JERRY DAMMERS!: Artists Against Apartheid. 1992. Political pop Section - iv: Timeline Section - v: References Section - vi: Publishing Credits Index - vii: Index
Daniel Rachel was born in Solihull in the summer before The Beatles announced their break-up. He wrote his first song when he was sixteen and was the lead-singer in Rachels Basement, which he formed in his early twenties. In 2001, he released his debut solo album, A Simple Twist Of Folk, on Dust Records, followed in 2006 by A Taste Of Money. Daniel is a specialist in Forum Theatre direction and lives in north London with his partner and three children.
A triumphant oral history of Rock Against Racism, 2 Tone and Red
Wedge . . . a tale of resistance: first, against a surge of racism
and bigotry that an inspired group of activists and musicians
played a key role in rolling back; and then against a government,
as the same spirit of defiance quickly resurfaced in opposition to
the social revolutions of Thatcherism . . . a vivid portrait
*Guardian*
Charts punk, 2 Tone and then Red Wedge's subsequent battle for a
multicultural Britain in a brilliant account of the period
*Q Magazine*
By the Eighties rock had grown a conscience, and Walls Come
Tumbling Down, charts how, in the late Seventies and Eighties,
musicians became engaged in struggled surrounding race, gender,
sexuality and class
*Choice*
This incredible oral history tells the movement's story plus the
rise of 2 Tone and Red Wedge, through a phenomenal range of voices
- Billy Bragg, Jerry Dammers, Rhoda Dakar, Pauline Black et all all
provide great insight
*Mojo*
It's a testament both to the topic and to Daniel Rachel's
organisation of the material that even at 640 pages Walls Come
Tumbling Down feels like the opening volume of a much longer
history. This majestic work at once confirms and opens up a
familiar but often forgotten series of moments in the relationship
between music and politics in the UK . . . as always, the delight
is in the details, and, finally, the glory of something so
amateurish yet passion-driven coming together to change hearts and
minds
*Wire*
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