Next month, we welcome @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social to The Long Play Sessions at ICMP as she discusses her superb book on #thebeatles film A Hard Day's Night for #BFI Hosting this special evening will be @danielrachel.bsky.social and early bird tickets are available for £5 on the link below.

Thankyou everyone who packed out Chat's Palace Rock Against Racism at Hackney History Festival A great event hosted by @nndroid.bsky.social with guest floor-spots! WALLS COME TUMBLING DOWN The Music & Politics of Rock Against Racism, 2 Tone & Red Wedge www.amazon.co.uk/Walls-Come-T...

@danielrachel.bsky.social 's book on the history of 2 Tone Records, "Too Much Too Young," is reviewed in Martin's View. Read the whole review here: mcmaenza.blogspot.com/2026/05/book... Available through Akashic Books at www.akashicbooks.com/catalog/too-...

**FLASH SALE - £5 Tickets available for a limited time** Join @tedkessler.bsky.social Hamish MacBain, & @danielrachel.bsky.social for an evening of Oasis as they discuss A Sound So Very Loud, the peerless book on every song Oasis ever recorded. Tickets are here - www.eventbrite.com/e/the-long-p...

TALKING ROCK AGAINST RACISM with Andrew Harrison Hackney History Festival - Sunday 17 May www.tickettailor.com/events/hackn...

@danielrachel.bsky.social is on About the Authors TV to discuss his book, "This Ain’t Rock ‘n’ Roll: Pop Music, the Swastika, & the Third Reich." Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPLf... "This Ain't Rock 'n' Roll" is available through Akashic Books at www.akashicbooks.com/catalog/this...

'Rarely has a book felt so timely.... Rachel fearlessly & skilfully takes the bull by the horns, taking musicians—many mainstream & beloved—to task over their flirtations with Nazi imagery. No icon is safe.... a brilliant book!' @musicconnection www.musicconnection.com/this-aint-ro...

You might want to wrap yer eyes around @danielrachel.bsky.social’s fantastic book about RAR ✊

Published in February, “This Ain’t Rock ‘n’ Roll: Pop Music, the Swastika, and the Third Reich,” offers the first comprehensive history of the music industry’s obsession with Nazism. Read the full interview on The Times of Israel: www.timesofisrael.com/sex-nazism-a...

With the recent release of @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social book on A Hard Days Night, now is the perfect time to book your ticket for a Long Play Session as she discusses the book with @danielrachel.bsky.social on Thursday 11th June. Tickets are available here - www.tickettailor.com/events/insti...

Kanye before Kanye-Gate.... Nazi antics of the Beatles & Stones, Serge Gainsbourg, Malcolm McLaren, and social media in the age of #KanyeWest Have a listen.... newbooksnetwork.com/this-aint-ro... megaphone.link/NBNK4505361165

'NEVER LESS THAN GRIPPING.... ...a timely as well a powerful book, full of eye-opening and sometimes shocking details......from the Beatles and Stones to punk, new wave and ultimately #KanyeWest and Nicki Minaj ' spectrumculture.com/2026/04/02/t...

The government has just banned #KanyeWest aka Ye from the #wirelessfestival - but he's not the only major pop artist fascinated by the Third Reich. Author @danielrachel.bsky.social explains a dark history to @goldbergradio.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/69wH...

'History teaches us the danger of right-wing attitudes, where simple, everyday ideas gain traction and evolve into tools of intolerance' THIS AIN'T ROCK 'N' ROLL: POP MUSIC, THE SWASTIKA AND THE THIRD REICH p326 #KanyeWest

Incredible that #KanyeWest has been booked to headline #WirelessFest despite releasing 'Heil Hitler' track... Author @danielrachel.bsky.social spoke about pop's indecent infatuation with Nazism to @goldbergradio.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/69wH...

My latest interview for @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social. Spoke with @danielrachel.bsky.social about “This Ain’t Rock ‘n’ Roll” (@akashicbooks.bsky.social, 2026) examining seven decades of beloved artists who adopted Aaryan aesthetics. Check it out here: newbooksnetwork.com/this-aint-ro...

'How revelling in totalitarianism, genocide and hate might be rock 'n' roll, punk rock and sexy... ... a brilliant text and substantive exemplar of historical inquiry' THIS AIN'T ROCK 'N' ROLL @winnipegfreepress.com www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...

THIS NIGHT HAS OPENED MY EYES! A great pleasure to spend an evening with Mike Joyce talking The Smiths, Suede, and last rites....I kid you not! The Hub At St Mary's #thesmiths #mikejoyce #johnnymarr #morrissey

The Magic of Laugharne Here, a packed room at the Fountain Inn with Robin Ince - told at the last minute - to explore Nazism and the swastika in pop - a thrilling encounter! Pic: Travis Elborough

Cross examined by Vera Baird DBE KC - Barrister and former Victims' Commissioner for England and Wales A thrilling encounter at the inaugural Crouch End political Book Festival THIS AIN'T ROCK 'N' ROLL ~ geni.us/ThisAintRock...

Cross examined by Vera Baird DBE KC - Barrister and former Victims' Commissioner for England and Wales A thrilling encounter at the inaugural Crouch End political Book Festival THIS AIN'T ROCK 'N' ROLL ~ geni.us/ThisAintRock...

'Remarkable. An urgent, intense examination of how one malevolent movement in the course of world history has remained relevant and powerful.' Sampan 舢舨 www.sampan.org/post/rock-bo... THIS AIN'T ROCK 'N' ROLL geni.us/ThisAintRock...

Really enjoyed this intimate event at #artandtalking Chipping Norton... Stayed opposite in the Crown & Cushion once owned by Keith Moon and round the corner from the studio where Radiohead recorded 'Creep'.

ICYMI - from The Beatles to Bowie, Joy Division to Kanye West, popular music's unhealthy obsession with Nazism. My interview with author @danielrachel.bsky.social is available now @bylinetimes.bsky.social www.bylinesupplement.com/p/third-reic...

"Third Reich n Roll..." My interview with author @danielrachel.bsky.social about his excellent book exploring rock music's unhealthy fascination with Nazism. open.substack.com/pub/bylineti...

WGN TV Chicago Live interview What do John Lennon, the Animals, the Rolling Stones, the Clash, Lady Gaga, Blondie, Woody Guthrie, Leonard Cohen & Pink Floyd have in common? www.youtube.com/watch?v=zb2K...

"New Romantics saturated the early 80s in an explosion of androgyny, luminous colour and devil-may-care dandyism." -From THIS AIN'T ROCK 'N' ROLL: POP MUSIC, THE SWASTIKA, AND THE THIRD REICH by Daniel Rachel @danielrachel.bsky.social, out from @akashicbooks.bsky.social. pghrev.com/welcome-to-t...

WGN TV Chicago Live interview What do John Lennon, the Animals, the Rolling Stones, the Clash, Lady Gaga, Blondie, Woody Guthrie, Leonard Cohen & Pink Floyd have in common? www.youtube.com/watch?v=zb2K...

'A FLOCK OF SIEG HEILS' Serialisation of New Romantic chapter from This Ain't Rock 'n' Roll @pghreviewofbooks.bsky.social ‬

No. 1 Amazon Bestseller! Told by: Noel & Damon, Blair & Major, Tracey Emin, Steve Coogan, Meera Syal, Jarvis & Brett, David Baddiel, Irvine Welsh, Spice Girls, Nick Hornby, Alan McGee, Jo Whiley... Plus TFI, ToTP, New Labour, Trainspotting, YBAs, Euro 96, loaded, the Beckhams..

Latest Daily on Monocle Radio. @zoegrunewald.bsky.social and Simon Brooke on the G7 oil meeting, Iran's new Supreme Leader and the day's other stories, plus @danielrachel.bsky.social on his new book "This Ain't Rock'n'Roll" - a history of rock's fascination with fascism. monocle.com/radio/shows/...

I’m just getting started on @danielrachel.bsky.social‘s new one - This Ain’t Rock’n’Roll. It’s not an easy listen, but a good one. This doesn’t start with Johnny and Sid; Lennon, Jagger, Richards, Moon and Stanshall get their place in the spotlight first. Intrigued to see where it goes.

The rise and fall of @coolbritania.bsky.social ??????

No. 1 in Music! Mystified why Don't Look Back in Anger: the Rise & Fall of Cool Britannia is currently topping the Amazon music chart, 7 years after publication. Very proud of the book, so chuffed!

A book that holds accountable the musicians who flirt with the Third Reich? Incredibly timely. Check out my review in @hippocampusmag.bsky.social.

SOLD OUT! Thank you to everyone who came and engaged with the talk at Jewish Book Week. Expertly and wonderfully hosted by Rosie Goldsmith @jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk THIS AIN'T ROCK 'N' ROLL geni.us/ThisAintRock...

HE'S SO HIGH! A lovely evening chatting to @daverowntree.bsky.social about life on a tour bus with Blur, naming the best Beatles album when quizzed by GrahamCoxon and ground control revealing to Pilot Rowntree - 'Country House' is No.1! Thank you The Hub at St Mary's, Lichfield

Daniel Rachel's book about pop music’s fascination with the swastika and Nazism, "This Ain't Rock 'n' Roll" is reviewed in the Wall Street Journal at www.wsj.com/arts-culture... @danielrachel.bsky.social @wsj.com You can order his book through Akashic Books at www.akashicbooks.com/catalog/this...

Did you know that David Bowie owned Goebbels old desk and wanted to make a movie about him? And he wasn't the only pop star fascinated by Nazism. @danielrachel.bsky.social delves into a murky history. @goldbergradio.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/69wH...

GREAT REVIEW IN THE WALL STREET JOURNAL 'A multigenerational supergroup of stupidity, opportunism and, occasionally, earnest morbidity' @wsj.com by Dominic Green www.wsj.com/arts-culture...

GREAT REVIEW IN THE WALL STREET JOURNAL 'A multigenerational supergroup of stupidity, opportunism and, occasionally, earnest morbidity' @wsj.com by Dominic Green www.wsj.com/arts-culture...

'A form of artistic provocation, for others a dangerous practice that promotes religious and race hatred' Interview with Kylie Ora Lobell TALK 1/3 Jewish Book Week SOLD OUT 5/3 @jw3london.bsky.social 21/3 Crouch End Political Festival 22/3 Laugharne Weekend jewishjournal.com/culture/arts...

"We want to think the best of our heroes and our rock stars, so we provide the necessary reasons and excuses on behalf of them." How popstars got away with 'flirting' with Nazism. @danielrachel.bsky.social w/ @goldbergradio.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/69wH...

NEW EPISODE: Award winning author @danielrachel.bsky.social talks about his brilliant book "This Ain't Rock n Roll - Pop Music, The Swastika and The Third Reich." @goldbergradio.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/2Yas...

THE LONG PLAY SESSIONS Enjoyed an in-depth in-conversation w/ Dolly Mixture Debsey Wykes talking Teenage Daydream @ICMP DATES 26/2 Hub, St Marys w/ Blur's Dave Rowntree 1/3 Jewish Book Week 21/3 Crouch End Political Festival 22/3 Laugharne 28/3 St Marys Mike Joyce, The Smiths

Essential listening! An engaging conversation with acclaimed writer @danielrachel.bsky.social on his important new book "This Ain't Rock 'n' Roll - Pop Music, the Swastika and the Third Reich" Sunday Feb 22 at 12pm ET on The Source HD3 www.wmnf.org/listen/hd-3/ Details wp.me/p38QA8-4ts

'Equal parts enlightening, troubling, and wildly compelling, with This Ain’t Rock ’n’ Roll Rachel tackles one of the more taboo aspects in the history of pop music with grace, nuance, and narrative flair.' @newnoisemagazine.bsky.social

Coming up on Life Elsewhere an engaging conversation with acclaimed writer @danielrachel.bsky.social on his important new book "This Ain't Rock 'n' Roll - Pop Music, the Swastika and the Third Reich" Sunday Feb 22 at 12pm ET on The Source HD3 www.wmnf.org/listen/hd-3/

Join Daniel Rachel in conversation with Dennis Lyxzen at City Lights Books as he discusses his new book, “This Ain’t Rock ‘n’ Roll: Pop Music, the Swastika, and the Third Reich.” Saturday, Feb. 21st at 11am PT / 2pm ET Tune in at citylights.com/events/danie...

'Far-reaching and meticulous new book' Moment Magazine Brilliant review (+Interview) 'It seems like everyone—from Blondie to Nicki Minaj to the Rolling Stones to Madonna—had gotten tangled up in offensive rhetoric and iconography.' momentmag.com/daniel-rache...