About the Author

Peter Doggett is one of the UK's leading rock writers and journalists. He was editor of Record Collector magazine for fifteen years, and currently writes for Mojo and Q among others. His most recent book is Are You Ready for the Country? (Viking), an authoritative history of country rock. He has also written biographies of John Lennon and Lou Reed.

Reviews

Peter Doggett's weighty tome is a treasure trove of countercultural anecdotes and reportage.
* * New Statesman * *

Tells the story in an exemplary way.
* * Financial Times * *

Doggett has mastered hundreds of interviews, contemporary accounts and documents to put together this meticulously researched, scholarly and often gripping portrait of an era.
* * Sunday Telegraph * *

Doggett's encyclopaedic account of Sixties counter-culture is a fascinating history of pop's relationship with politics, examining the establishment's skill at assimilating rock 'n' roll rebellion into the mainstream.
* * Independent * *

Doggett has a brisk, readable style, with an astute eye for the idiosyncrasies of the period.
* * Telegraph * *

An extraordinary book...Doggett emerges triumphant. Grab a copy - By Any Means Necessary. (5 stars)
* * Mojo * *

...a fresh and near-definitive slant on a subject you might have thought had been picked clean by journalists and historians.
* * Time Out * *

Peter Doggett's There's a Riot Going On is a lot of fun, but it also needs to be read by anyone who wants to understand the significance of the 60s or the role of pop culture. It is a very important book and I am sure I will go back to it numerous times.
* * Mark Kurlansky, Author of 1968 and Salt * *