{"product_id":"freaks-out-luke-haines-9781788709354","title":"Freaks Out!","description":"\u0026lt;p\u0026gt;The followers - this book is not for you.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;The salt of the earth - this book is not for you.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;The worthy - this book is not for you.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;The ideologists - this book is not for you.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Hedonists and bohemians - this book is not for you.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;The middlebrow - this book is not for you.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;The highbrow - this book is not for you.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Dilettantes - this book is not for you.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;1970s middle school RE teachers - this book is not for you.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;The England football team (women's and men's) - this book is not for you.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;The litanists - this book is not for you.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Gatekeepers - this book is not for you.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Gamekeepers - this book is not for you. (Not even for the poachers...)\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;The curators - this book is not for you.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;The left, the right - this book is not for you.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;The list-makers - lists are for shoppers not rockers, and this book is not for you.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;This is not a list - this is a manifesto, and this book is for ... the Freaks.\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Musician and author Luke Haines embarks on an odyssey through the ages, exploring how the 'freaks' infiltrated modern culture - and almost won the rock 'n' roll wars - only to lose to the rise of Cool Britannia and TV 'talent' shows that turned the strange and the outsiders into fodder for laughter.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;In this ultimate celebration of freakdom, Haines tells the story of pivotal freaks - including Johnnie Ray, Gene Vincent, Hank Marvin, Syd Barrett, the Incredible String Band and Big Youth - through the prism of rock 'n' roll and explains how freaks infiltrated wider culture through history in the form of the Cathars, the Ranters, Hells Angels and the Yippies.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Part memoir, part manifesto, \u0026lt;i\u0026gt;Freaks Out!\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt; is a righteous alternate history of rock 'n' roll.\u0026lt;\/p\u0026gt;","brand":"Bonnier Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49922432893216,"sku":"9781788709354","price":9.34,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0753\/2812\/7264\/files\/9781788709354.jpg?v=1780688194","url":"https:\/\/bookcorner.com\/products\/freaks-out-luke-haines-9781788709354","provider":"The Book Corner","version":"1.0","type":"link"}