{"product_id":"freaks-out-weirdos-misfits-and-deviants-the-rise-and-fall-of-righteous-rock-n-roll-9781788709354","title":"Freaks Out!: Weirdos, Misfits and Deviants - The Rise and Fall of Righteous Rock 'n' Roll","description":"\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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis is not a list - this is a manifesto, and this book is for ... the Freaks.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePart memoir, part manifesto, \u003ci\u003eFreaks Out!\u003c\/i\u003e is a righteous alternate history of rock 'n' roll.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLuke Haines\u003c\/b\u003e is a London-based writer, visual artist, singer-songwriter and founder member of the Auteurs and Black Box Recorder. A prolific artist, he has released nineteen albums in the 21st century, most recently his 2022 collaboration with REM's Peter Buck--\u003ci\u003eAll the Kids Are Super Bummed Out\u003c\/i\u003e. He 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\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Nine Eight Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51572159906066,"sku":"9781788709354","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_1af72d89-0043-47c8-9c76-fddfe22ea84b.jpg?v=1755855085","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/freaks-out-weirdos-misfits-and-deviants-the-rise-and-fall-of-righteous-rock-n-roll-9781788709354","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}