A fascinating and unsettling look at how pop and rock music have repeatedly collided with Nazi imagery- sometimes as critique, sometimes as provocation, and sometimes through sheer ignorance.

Award-winning music Historian Daniel Rachel joins us to uncover pop music’s complicated history with fascism and the imagery surrounding it. Whether due to shock factor, malevolence, or a crass attempt at subversion, some of rock ’n’ roll’s most celebrated figureheads have flirted with the theatre of the Third Reich- from John Lennon’s ink drawings of himself saluting “Heil John” to Joy Division’s Auschwitz-inspired name, to Kanye West’s controversial fashion line. Daniel will reassess the history of rock ’n’ roll and shed new light on the grim echoes of the Third Reich that still resonate in popular culture today.

But how accountable should fans, the media, and the music industry be for what has often seemed a sleazy fascination with the eroticised perversions of a fascist regime?

Packed full of little-known facts about our favourite musicians, this eye-opening conversation will invite us to look anew at the artists that have defined us, inspired us, and given us joy.

Tickets to this online event are free for members of How To +.