Description
Book SynopsisFrom rap to folk to punk, music has often sought to shape its listeners' political views, uniting them as a global community and inspiring them to take action. Yet the rallying potential of music can also be harnessed for sinister ends. As this groundbreaking new book reveals, white-power music has served as a key recruiting tool for neo-Nazi and racist hate groups worldwide.
Trade Review"Fascinating and by far the most comprehensive treatment of the topic. No other book provides this level of detail regarding white power music." -- Pete Simi * author of American Swastika: Inside the White Power Movement's Hidden Spaces of Hate *
"In this disturbing study of the rise/success of racist rock that recruits, rallies, and rouses angry, hate-filled followers of darkly apocalyptic music, Dyck reveals a disturbing, emerging medium with global roots … Highly recommended." * Choice *
"Provide[s] deep and detailed insight into recent formations and violent effects of white-power music, phenomena inspired into greater prominence by the current rise of far-right social and political movements." * American Music *
"In this disturbing study of the rise/success of racist rock that recruits, rallies, and rouses angry, hate-filled followers of darkly apocalyptic music, Dyck reveals a disturbing, emerging medium with global roots … Highly recommended." * Choice *
"Fascinating and by far the most comprehensive treatment of the topic. No other book provides this level of detail regarding white power music." -- Pete Simi * author of American Swastika: Inside the White Power Movement's Hidden Spaces of Hate *
"Provide[s] deep and detailed insight into recent formations and violent effects of white-power music, phenomena inspired into greater prominence by the current rise of far-right social and political movements." * American Music *
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
1What Is White-Power Music?
2The History of White-Power Music in Britain
3The History of White-Power Music in Continental Western Europe
4The History of White-Power Music in Eastern Europe
5The History of White-Power Music outside Europe
6Conclusion
NotesSelect BibliographySelect Recordings CitedIndex
