Burning Down The Haus: Punk Rock, Revolution and the Fall of the Berlin Wall
Autor Tim Mohren Limba Engleză Hardback – 26 sep 2019
'A thrilling and essential social history that details the rebellious youth movement that helped change the world' Rolling Stone
'A riveting and inspiring history of punk's hard-fought struggle in East Germany' New York Times
'Wildly entertaining . . . A joy in the way it brings back punk's fury and high stakes' Vogue
THE SECRET HISTORY OF PUNKS IN EAST GERMANY
It began with a handful of East Berlin teens who heard the Sex Pistols on a British military radio broadcast to troops in West Berlin, and it ended with the collapse of the East German dictatorship. Punk rock was a life-changing discovery: in an authoritarian state where the future was preordained, punk, with its rejection of society and DIY approach to building a new one, planted the seeds for revolution.
As these kids began to form bands, they also became more visible, and security forces - including the dreaded secret police, the Stasi - targeted them. They were spied on by friends and family; they were expelled from schools and fired from jobs; they were beaten by police and imprisoned. But instead of conforming, the punks fought back, playing an indispensable role in the underground movement that helped bring down the Berlin Wall.
Rollicking, cinematic and thrillingly topical, this secret history brings to life the young men and women who successfully fought authoritarianism three chords at a time. Burning Down the Haus is a fiery testament to the irrepressible spirit of revolution.
'Original and inspiring . . . an important work of Cold War cultural history' Wall Street Journal
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780349701318
ISBN-10: 0349701318
Pagini: 384
Dimensiuni: 158 x 238 x 38 mm
Greutate: 0.68 kg
Editura: John Murray Press
Colecția Dialogue Books
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0349701318
Pagini: 384
Dimensiuni: 158 x 238 x 38 mm
Greutate: 0.68 kg
Editura: John Murray Press
Colecția Dialogue Books
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
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Recenzii
Wildly entertaining . . . A thrilling tale . . . A joy in the way it brings back punk's fury and high stakes
Original and inspiring . . . Mohr has written an important work of Cold War cultural history
A thrilling and essential social history that details the rebellious youth movement that helped change the world
[A] riveting and inspiring history of punk's hard-fought struggle in East Germany. The book chronicles, with cinematic detail, the commitment and defiance required of East German punks as they were forced to navigate constant police harassment and repression
Gripping
Burning Down the Haus fastidiously traces the self-discovery of punks in the socialist dictatorship of East Germany, and the violence and repression they endured on the way to freedom
Mohr digs into the subject of East German punk like nobody before
Spellbinding . . . Part cultural history, part political thriller, and entirely true
Burning Down the Haus is a riveting cultural history that also serves as a rallying call against authoritarianism everywhere
Burning Down the Haus is not just an immersion into the punk rock scene of East Berlin, it's the story of the cultural and political battles that have shaped the world we live in today. Tim Mohr delivers the soundtrack for the revolution that we've all been waiting for
In East Germany, where non-conformity meant jail time, punks' ripped clothes and spiked hair were a show of courage and defiance. Squatting in derelict apartments and burning their lyrics before the secret police could get hold of them, these teenagers wrote the soundtrack for a rebellion that helped bring down the Berlin Wall. Tim Mohr tells the story of their DIY revolution with the thoroughness of a historian and the panache of a cultural insider. Burning Down the Haus is a riveting cultural history that also serves as a rallying call against authoritarianism everywhere
Lively . . . Compelling . . . A front-row seat to the events of the '80s. This take on punk evolution is engaging, enlightening and well worth checking out
A wonderful book
Offers a captivating punk's-eye view of everyday life as the DDR unravelled in its final years . . . Both a moving story of indefatigable defiance in the face of oppression and a complex portrait of everyday life in the DDR in the 1980s, Burning Down the Haus honours the punk spirit with its history from below
Political regimes can't stop soundwaves. They just travel. This is revealed powerfully in Tim Mohr's Burning Down the Haus, an exploration of how punk changed Berlin, and still defines it today, 30 years after the Wall fell
LONGLISTED FOR THE CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE
'A thrilling and essential social history that details the rebellious youth movement that helped change the world'
Rolling Stone
'[A] riveting and inspiring history of punk's hard-fought struggle in East Germany'
New York Times
'Wildly entertaining . . . A joy in the way it brings back punk's fury and high stakes'
Vogue
'Equal parts terrifying and exhilarating, Burning Down the Haus is a fabulously alive history that shows how even the most formidable forms of oppression can be shaken by highly motivated, creative kids with riotous rage and a driving beat'
Rob Spillman, editor of Tin House and author of All Tomorrow's Parties
'The best punk book since Please Kill Me'
Legs McNeil, author of Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk
'A rallying call against authoritarianism everywhere'
Ruth Franklin, author of the NBCC Award-winning Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life
'Equal parts terrifying and exhilarating, Burning Down the Haus is a fabulously alive history that shows how even the most formidable forms of oppression can be shaken by highly motivated, creative kids with riotous rage and a driving beat'
Rob Spillman, editor of Tin House and author of All Tomorrow's Parties
'The soundtrack for the revolution that we've all been waiting for'
DW Gibson, author of The Edge Becomes the Centre: An Oral History of Gentrification in the Twenty-First Century
'Spellbinding . . . Part cultural history, part political thriller, and entirely true'
Peter Ames Carlin, author of Homeward Bound: The Life of Paul Simon
Original and inspiring . . . Mohr has written an important work of Cold War cultural history
A thrilling and essential social history that details the rebellious youth movement that helped change the world
[A] riveting and inspiring history of punk's hard-fought struggle in East Germany. The book chronicles, with cinematic detail, the commitment and defiance required of East German punks as they were forced to navigate constant police harassment and repression
Gripping
Burning Down the Haus fastidiously traces the self-discovery of punks in the socialist dictatorship of East Germany, and the violence and repression they endured on the way to freedom
Mohr digs into the subject of East German punk like nobody before
Spellbinding . . . Part cultural history, part political thriller, and entirely true
Burning Down the Haus is a riveting cultural history that also serves as a rallying call against authoritarianism everywhere
Burning Down the Haus is not just an immersion into the punk rock scene of East Berlin, it's the story of the cultural and political battles that have shaped the world we live in today. Tim Mohr delivers the soundtrack for the revolution that we've all been waiting for
In East Germany, where non-conformity meant jail time, punks' ripped clothes and spiked hair were a show of courage and defiance. Squatting in derelict apartments and burning their lyrics before the secret police could get hold of them, these teenagers wrote the soundtrack for a rebellion that helped bring down the Berlin Wall. Tim Mohr tells the story of their DIY revolution with the thoroughness of a historian and the panache of a cultural insider. Burning Down the Haus is a riveting cultural history that also serves as a rallying call against authoritarianism everywhere
Lively . . . Compelling . . . A front-row seat to the events of the '80s. This take on punk evolution is engaging, enlightening and well worth checking out
A wonderful book
Offers a captivating punk's-eye view of everyday life as the DDR unravelled in its final years . . . Both a moving story of indefatigable defiance in the face of oppression and a complex portrait of everyday life in the DDR in the 1980s, Burning Down the Haus honours the punk spirit with its history from below
Political regimes can't stop soundwaves. They just travel. This is revealed powerfully in Tim Mohr's Burning Down the Haus, an exploration of how punk changed Berlin, and still defines it today, 30 years after the Wall fell
LONGLISTED FOR THE CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE
'A thrilling and essential social history that details the rebellious youth movement that helped change the world'
Rolling Stone
'[A] riveting and inspiring history of punk's hard-fought struggle in East Germany'
New York Times
'Wildly entertaining . . . A joy in the way it brings back punk's fury and high stakes'
Vogue
'Equal parts terrifying and exhilarating, Burning Down the Haus is a fabulously alive history that shows how even the most formidable forms of oppression can be shaken by highly motivated, creative kids with riotous rage and a driving beat'
Rob Spillman, editor of Tin House and author of All Tomorrow's Parties
'The best punk book since Please Kill Me'
Legs McNeil, author of Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk
'A rallying call against authoritarianism everywhere'
Ruth Franklin, author of the NBCC Award-winning Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life
'Equal parts terrifying and exhilarating, Burning Down the Haus is a fabulously alive history that shows how even the most formidable forms of oppression can be shaken by highly motivated, creative kids with riotous rage and a driving beat'
Rob Spillman, editor of Tin House and author of All Tomorrow's Parties
'The soundtrack for the revolution that we've all been waiting for'
DW Gibson, author of The Edge Becomes the Centre: An Oral History of Gentrification in the Twenty-First Century
'Spellbinding . . . Part cultural history, part political thriller, and entirely true'
Peter Ames Carlin, author of Homeward Bound: The Life of Paul Simon