This Ain't Rock 'n' Roll: Pop Music, the Swastika, and the Third Reich

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, some of rock ’n’ roll’s most celebrated figureheads have flirted with the imagery and theater of the Third Reich. From Keith Moon and Vivian Stanshall kitting themselves out in Nazi uniforms to Siouxsie Sioux and Sid Vicious brandishing swastikas in the pomp of punk, generations of performers have associated themsel...