There's A Riot Going On: Revolutionaries, Rock Stars, and the Rise and Fall of '60s Counter-Culture

by Peter Doggett

Overview

Between 1965 and 1972, political activists around the globe prepared to mount a revolution, from the Black Panthers to the Gay Liberation Front, from the Yippies to the IRA. Rock and soul music supplied the revolutionary tide with anthems and iconic imagery; and renowned musicians such as John Lennon, Mick Jagger and Bob Dylan were particularly influential in the movement. This is the definitive account of this unique period in modern history; a compelling portrait of an era when revolutionaries turned into rock stars, and rock stars dressed up as revolutionaries.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781847671141
Publisher:	Canongate Books
Publication date:	09/20/2022
Edition description:	Main
Pages:	608
Product dimensions:	5.08(w) x 7.80(h) x 1.46(d)

About the Author

Peter Doggett is one of the UK's leading rock writers and journalists. He was editor of Record Collector magazine for fifteen years, and currently writes for Mojo and Q among others. His most recent book is Are You Ready for the Country? (Viking), an authoritative history of country rock. He has also written biographies of John Lennon and Lou Reed. He is based in the UK.

Editorial Reviews

Peter Doggett's weighty tome is a treasure trove of countercultural anecdotes and reportage.

New Statesman

Doggett's encyclopaedic account of Sixties counter-culture is a fascinating history of pop's relationship with politics, examining the establishment's skill at assimilating rock 'n' roll rebellion into the mainstream.

Independent Whig.

Peter Doggett's There's a Riot Going On is a lot of fun, but it also needs to be read by anyone who wants to understand the significance of the 60s or the role of pop culture. It is a very important book and I am sure I will go back to it numerous times.

author of 1968 and Salt Mark Kurlansky

Doggett has mastered hundreds of interviews, contemporary accounts and documents to put together this meticulously researched, scholarly and often gripping portrait of an era.

Sunday Telegraph

Doggett's voluminous record unveils the hippie dream of remaking the world as mere fashion.

Sunday Herald

An impressive account.

Observer

Doggett examines the era with brilliant, creative meticulousness, song by song, riot by riot, poem by poem, dispelling myths...and uncovering truths...until you get caught inextricably up in the whirlwind of the greatest decade on record. Absolutely unmissable.

Maxim

Doggett has a brisk, readable style, with an astute eye for the idiosyncrasies of the period.

Telegraph

Tells the story in an exemplary way.

Financial Times

...a fresh and near-definitive slant on a subject you might have thought had been picked clean by journalists and historians.

Time Out

Doggett has mastered hundreds of interviews, contemporary accounts and documents to put together this meticulously researched, scholarly and often gripping portrait of an era.

Sunday Telegraph

Doggett's encyclopaedic account of Sixties counter-culture is a fascinating history of pop's relationship with politics, examining the establishment's skill at assimilating rock 'n' roll rebellion into the mainstream.

Independent

Tells the story in an exemplary way.

Financial Times