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Title Burning down the haus : punk rock, revolution, and the fall of the Berlin Wall / by Tim Mohr
Author Mohr, Tim
Imprint Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 2019
Chapel Hill, NC : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
©2018

Edition First paperback edition
Descript xvii, 370 pages illustrations, portraits 21 cm
Note Includes bibliographical references
"It began with a handful of East Berlin teens who heard the Sex Pistols on a British military radio broadcast to troops in West Berlin, and it ended with the collapse of the East German dictatorship. Punk rock was a life-changing discovery. The buzz-saw guitars, the messed-up clothing and hair, the rejection of society and the DIY approach to building a new one: in their gray surroundings, where everyone's future was preordained by some communist apparatchik, punk represented a revolutionary philosophy--quite literally, as it turned out. But as these young kids tried to form bands and became more visible, security forces--including the dreaded secret police, the Stasi--targeted them. They were spied on by friends and even members of their own families; they were expelled from schools and fired from jobs; they were beaten by police and imprisoned. Instead of conforming, the punks fought back, playing an indispensable role in the underground movements that helped bring down the Berlin Wall. This secret history of East German punk rock is not just about the music; it is a story of extraordinary bravery in the face of one of the most oppressive regimes in history. Rollicking, cinematic, deeply researched, highly readable, and thrillingly topical, Burning Down the Haus brings to life the young men and women who successfully fought authoritarianism three chords at a time--and is a fiery testament to the irrepressible spirit of revolution." -- Publisher's description
Subject Dawit Isaak-biblioteket
Punkare
Sociala förhållanden
Ungdomar
Punkrock
Punkband
Punkrockmusiker
Kalla kriget
Berlinmurens fall, Tyskland, 1989
Punk rock music -- Social aspects -- Germany -- Berlin -- History -- 20th century
Punk culture -- Germany -- Berlin -- History -- 20th century
Punk rock music -- Political aspects -- Germany (East)
Youth -- Germany (East) -- Social conditions
Teenagers -- Germany (East) -- Social conditions
Youth
Cold War
Punk rock music
Rock groups
Punk culture
Punk rock musicians
Tyskland -- Berlin
Berlin (Germany) -- Social conditions -- 20th century
Östtyskland
History.
Classmark 781.66
Ijxne
ISBN/ISSN 9781616209797 paperback
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