Events
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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, [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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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Institute of Contemporary Music: Long Play Sessions
The Long Play Sessions : Daniel Rachel with This Ain't rock and Roll An Evening with Daniel Rachel: Exploring "This Ain’t Rock ’n’ Roll" Date & Time: 12th February, 7:00 PM onwards Venue: ICMP Queen’s Park Campus Open to: ICMP students, staff and the general public Join us for an exclusive evening with award-winning author Daniel Rachel as he discusses [...]
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Debsey Wykes (Dolly Mixture) In conversation
The Long Play Sessions presents: Debsey Wykes in conversation with Daniel Rachel Thu 19 Feb 2026 7:00 PM - 10:30 PM Venue and Cafe, ICMP Queen's Park Campus, NW6 6PA Join us for a special evening with musician, writer and feminist activist Debsey Wykes, as she discusses her acclaimed book Teenage Daydream: We Are the [...]
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Bookish
Welcome to The San Diego Union-Tribune “Bookish” virtual event series which is in partnership with the Southern California News Group and the Bay Area News Group. Hosted by special projects editor and author Samantha Dunn, Bookish is a free, interactive salon-style program on books, authors and the literary life. February 20, 2026, 4:00 P.M. [...]
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City Lights: San Francisco
Saturday, February 21, 2026, 11:00 am PST Daniel Rachel / This Ain’t Rock‘n’ Roll: Pop Music, the Swastika, and the Third Reich Price: Free (Registration Required) City Lights and Akashic Books celebrate the publication of This Ain’t Rock‘n’ Roll: Pop Music, the Swastika, and the Third Reich – by Daniel Rachel (introduction by Billy Bragg) – [...]
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Dave Rowntree (Blur) in conversation
Dave Rowntree: No One You Know – Book Tour Dave Rowntree joins host Daniel Rachel to talk about his new photography book No One You Know, which contains exclusive, intimate, never-seen-before photos of Blur at the start of their career. With hundreds of previously unseen photographs, a personal foreword and detailed quotes of memories attached to the [...]
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Jewish Book Week with Rosie Goldsmith SOLD OUT
Jewish Book Week 2026! Pop Music, the Swastika & the Third Reich 01/03/2026| 3:30 pm St Pancras room, Kings Place Price: £10.00 Book now From Lennon and Bowie to punk and beyond, some of rock ’n’ roll’s biggest icons have toyed with the aesthetics, hysteria, and even ideology of Nazism. Whether through shock, ignorance, or [...]
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JW3 Abraham Debating Club
The Abraham Debating Club 60 minutes Thursdays at 1.30pm Delivering a talk on This Ain't Rock 'n' Roll Box Office (020) 7433 8988 341-351 Finchley Road, London, NW3 6ET JW3 - Helping to create a vibrant, diverse and proud community, inspired by and engaged in Jewish arts, culture and community
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Art & Talking: Chipping Norton
Saturday March 14 2026 7-9pm Daniel Rachel- will discuss his new book This Ain't Rock 'n' Roll: Pop Music, the Swastika and the Third Reich. “Rachel is not looking to cancel or absolve but instead explore the musical obsession with atrocity and how it relates to rock history in general. A sadly rather timely book.” [...]
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Crouch End Political Festival
With Vera Baird KC Saturday 21 March Hornsey Library London N8
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The Laugharne Weekend with Robin Ince
Fountain Inn 12.15 Daniel Rachel Discusses his provocative study of pop’s flirtations with Nazi imagery and ideology, This Ain’t Rock’n’Roll
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Mike Joyce (The Smiths) in conversation
The Drums: Mike Joyce – Book Tour As a band, The Smiths need no introduction. Formed in 1982 and disbanded in 1987, all five of their studio albums reached the top five in the UK charts. They are widely lauded as one of the most influential bands of all time. This is Mike Joyce’s open-hearted story of what [...]
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BBC 5 Live – Paul McCartney
What are the greatest non-Beatle Paul McCartney songs? Daniel joins the panel and selects his Top 5 Macca tracks... Monday night feature "The Greatest"
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