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  • ROME – Radiation Records

    RED STAR PRESS PRESENT   TOO MUCH TOO YOUNG Storia della 2 Tone Records: i rudeboys, l'antirazzismo e la lotta all'oppressione di classe e di genere nella colonna sonora di una generazione Nel 1979, gli album marchiati 2 Tone conquistarono l’attenzione generale quando nomi come The Specials, The Selecter, The Beat, The Bodysnatcher e Madness [...]

  • BOLOGNA Hellnation Music Store

    RED STAR PRESS PRESENT     Via Domenico Zampieri, 2/2c, 40129 Bologna BO, Italy TOO MUCH TOO YOUNG Storia della 2 Tone Records: i rudeboys, l'antirazzismo e la lotta all'oppressione di classe e di genere nella colonna sonora di una generazione Nel 1979, gli album marchiati 2 Tone conquistarono l’attenzione generale quando nomi come The [...]

  • 2 Tone in Padova, Italy

    2 TONE IN ITALY Veneto Rude Crew & Polisportiva SanprecarioPresentano TOO MUCH TOO YOUNGStoria della 2 Tone RecordsI Rudeboys, l'antirazzismo e la lotta all'oppressione di classe e genere nella colonna sonora di una generazione.Ediz. Hellnation/Red Star Presshttps://www.redstarpress.it/prodotto/too-much-too-young/ Sabato 15 Marzo ore 18.00Presentazione e dibattito con l'autoreA seguito dj set con @danielrachelauthor &The Reggae Lads Impianto [...]

  • Bob Dylan Centre

    Bob Dylan Center Book Club: “Too Much Too Young: The 2 Tone Records Story” May 22, 2025 Join Bob Dylan Center Director Steven Jenkins on Thursday, May 22, for a virtual Book Club event with Daniel Rachel, author of a new book exploring the definitive and remarkable story of 2 Tone Records. In 1979, 2 [...]

  • An Evening With…

    On Monday 16 June, @wnbooks, @whiterabbitbks and @phoenix_bks are hosting a special night of readings and conversation from 9 brilliant authors of recent and upcoming books. These are some of the most innovative and exciting writers at work today - and you can be there at @thesociallondon to hear them! We have a very limited number of FREE guestlist tickets for this [...]

  • ‘American Pop’ Film screening + Q&A

    GARDEN CINEMA EVENT Jargon presents: American Pop + Q&A 15 Ralph Bakshi, USA, 1981, 95m. Due to unexpected circumstances, Paul Gorman is no longer able to take part in this screening. We are instead very glad to be joined for a Q&A with the award-winning music writer Daniel Rachel, author of the forthcoming book This Ain’t Rock [...]

  • IT'S MADNESS...A UK PREMIERE! Come and join the Nutty Boys on film for the British premiere of Prince of Ska, Kings of Pop featuring Suggs, Bedders, Lynval Golding, Rhoda Dakar and a wonderful visual journey through the history of one of the country's greatest ever singles' band.2 Tone Night w/ Daniel Rachel + Madness ScreeningThu [...]

  • BBC World Service: Cool Britannia is Back

    Daniel will be on Weekend discussing 'the return of Cool Britannia'. Tune in at 8.30am   https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w172zw8689y9jft

  • Louder Than War radio

    Daniel discusses This Ain't Rock 'n' Roll with Iain Key Music played includes: The Boomtown Rats - (I Never Loved) Eva Braun Leonard Cohen - Dance Me to the End of Love Alternative TV - How Much Longer Dead Kennedys -Nazi Punks Fuck Off The Style Council - Ghosts Of Dachau Joy Division - At [...]

  • Launch Party w/Oysland Klezmer Trio

    This Ain’t Rock ‘n’ Roll Book Launch + The Oysland Klezmer Trio To celebrate the launch of his new book ‘THIS AIN’T ROCK ‘N’ ROLL’, join us for an evening of conversation with author Daniel Rachel and a unique live performance from the acclaimed Oysland Klezmer Trio . Monday 27 October 2025 The night begins [...]

  • Talk Radio Europe

    Daniel will be discussing his new book, This Ain't Rock 'n' Roll with Giles Brown https://www.talkradioeurope.com/presenters/giles-brown-presenter/ 

  • THIS AIN’T ROCK ‘N’ ROLL: Publication date

    THIS AIN'T ROCK 'N' ROLL Pop Music, the Swastika & the Third Reich By Daniel Rachel Published in hardback (£25), eBook and audio, 6th November 2025 A shocking and absorbing account of pop music’s complicated history with fascism and the imagery surrounding it from award-winning author Daniel Rachel. Introduction by Billy Bragg. In this meticulously researched and [...]

  • British Music Experience Liverpool

      This Ain't Rock 'n' Roll  Book event with author, Daniel Rachel in conversation Thursday 6 November, 7.30pm ​ Pop Music, the Swastika and the Third Reich Over the last seven decades, some of rock 'n' roll's most celebrated figureheads have flirted with the imagery and theatre of the Third Reich. From Keith Moon and [...]

  • Specialized Big One Experience

    The Big One Presents…LITERARY Q & A AND BOOK SIGNINGS!   The Q & A sessions have always been a popular addition to the Specialized Big One Experience and this year is no different. On Sunday 9th November, your compere and host is of course top raconteur himself Nick Welsh AKA King Hammond and he will be [...]

  • Louder Than Words

    This Ain't Rock 'n' Roll: Pop Music, the Swastika and the Third Reich Daniel Rachel's shocking & absorbing chronological account of pop music's complicated history with fascism & the imagery surrounding it. Louder Than Words Festival Saturday, November 15 · 8:15 - 9:30pm GMT INNSIDE Manchester 1 First Street Manchester M15 4RP   Over the [...]

  • Write Idea Festival

    Daniel Rachel This Ain’t Rock N Roll: Pop Music, the Swastika and the Third Reich Sunday 23 November 1.00pm Daniel Rachel is a former musician turned award-winning and bestselling author. This Ain’t Rock N Roll is a shocking and absorbing chronological account of pop music’s complicated history with fascism and the imagery surrounding it. Whether shock factor, stupidity, [...]

  • Rough Trade East: with Billy Bragg & Miranda Sawyer + Signing

    Daniel Rachel: Q&A with Billy Bragg & Miranda Sawyer + Signing Rough Trade East London Mon, 24 Nov, 7:00 pm £25 The price you'll pay. No surprises later. Buy now About Rough Trade East is very excited to present a Q&A with Daniel Rachel, Billy Bragg and Miranda Sawyer and signing from Daniel Rachel. This [...]

  • Turku University, Finland

    The fascination and affective legacy of fascism: final seminar Daniel will give a keynote speech on his new book, This Ain't Rock 'n' Roll. Thursday 27 November 2025, 2–6 pm, Tauno Nurmela Hall (I, Main Building of the University of Turku) The seminar is organized by the research project Fascism's Lume and Affective Heritage in Finnish [...]

  • Flipside Radio

    In conversation with Aidea McManus about This Ain't Rock 'n' Roll and playing records.   FlipsideLondon Radio Aidan McManus is a local historian & guide. He’s been well groomed for the job having grown up in the Ladbroke Grove area (Portobello Road’s ‘Bookie Man’) & doesn’t live too far from us now. Honing his social [...]

  • How To Academy with Robin Ince

    Mon, 5 January 2026 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm GMT Rock ‘n’ Roll’s Nazi Problem Daniel Rachel In Conversation with Robin Ince Join Buy Livestream 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 [...]

  • Rock ‘n’ Roll Book Club

    This Ain’t Rock ‘n’ Roll: DANIEL RACHEL, CAROLINE COON & EMMA FORREST Rock 'n' Roll Book Club Walthamstow Trades Hall 22 January 2026 7pm Daniel will be joined by writer/artist and Clash manager Caroline Coon in a discussion chaired by novelist/film director Emma Forrest. Overview Rock's flirtation with fascism examined Music historian Daniel Rachel returns [...]

  • British Library with Jon Savage & Pauline Black

    Pop music, the Swastika and the Third Reich Daniel Rachel and Jon Savage with Pauline Black. Thursday 29 January 2026 19.00 Some of rock 'n' roll's most celebrated figureheads have flirted with the imagery and theatre of the Third Reich. From Keith Moon and Vivian Stanshall kitting themselves out in Nazi uniforms to Siouxsie Sioux [...]

  • US Publication: This Ain’t Rock ‘n’ Roll

    This Ain't Rock 'n' Roll: Pop Music, the Swastika, and the Third Reich  Hardcover – February 3, 2026 by Daniel Rachel (Author), Billy Bragg (Introduction) A meticulously researched and sensitively told history examining pop music’s enduring and problematic fascination with the swastika―and Nazism itself OVER THE LAST SEVEN DECADES, ome of rock ’n’ roll’s most celebrated figureheads have flirted [...]

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