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....
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This Ain’t Rock ‘n’ Roll: by Daniel Rachel - Spectrum Culture This Ain’t Rock ‘n’ Roll is a vital interrogation of the way that the tropes and symbolism of Nazism have been absorbed into popular music and been trivialised by it, but it feels like there’s an even...

'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...

Daniel Rachel: Rock Music, The Swastika and Nazism

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:
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#KanyeWest

Daniel Rachel: Rock Music, The Swastika and Nazism

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...

"This Ain't Rock n Roll" by Daniel Rachel

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 ~
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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 ~
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'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
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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'.

Third Reich 'n' Roll For the Byline Podcast, Adrian Goldberg interviews Daniel Rachel about his book chronicling rock and pop music's unholy fascination with the Third Reich.

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 For the Byline Podcast, Adrian Goldberg interviews Daniel Rachel about his book chronicling rock and pop music's unholy fascination with the Third Reich.

"Third Reich n Roll..."

My interview with author @danielrachel.bsky.social about his excellent book exploring rock music's unhealthy fascination with Nazism.

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'This Ain't Rock 'n' Roll: Pop Music, the Swastika, and the Third Reich' YouTube video by WGN News

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...

Welcome to the Cabaret - Pittsburgh Review of Books New Romantics saturated the early eighties in an explosion of androgyny, luminous colour and devil-may-care dandyism. Anything to escape the dreary lingering

"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...

'This Ain't Rock 'n' Roll: Pop Music, the Swastika, and the Third Reich' YouTube video by WGN News

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..

As oil prices pass $100 a barrel, the G7 holds off releasing emergency stockpiles - Monocle France hosts a G7 finance meeting as the war in the Middle East fuels fears for the global economy. Plus:...

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 ??????

Thank you!

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!

REVIEW: This Ain’t Rock ’n’ Roll: Pop Music, the Swastika, and the Third Reich by Daniel Rachel | Hippocampus Magazine The timing of This Ain't Rock 'n' Roll by Daniel Rachel is impeccable, as America’s gargantuan fascist elephant keeps tromping his way around the global room...

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

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