A shocking and absorbing chronological account of pop music's complicated history with fascism and the imagery surrounding it PRE-ORDER NOW - COMING 30 OCTOBER 2025 THIS AIN'T ROCK 'N' ROLL, is a meticulously researched and sensitively told history of pop music’s enduring and problematic fascination with fascism. Introduction by Billy Bragg.| Daniel Rachel
PAULINE BLACK: A 2-TONE STORY Pauline Black, lead singer of 2-Tone hit band The Selecter, tells her extraordinary life story in the same frank manner that helped shape her as an iconic, era-defining female musician. Pauline had a difficult upbringing and joining the 2-Tone music movement in 1979 was the perfect catalyst; enabling her to [...]| Daniel Rachel
Books of the Year 2024 | Rough Trade US Daniel Rachel - Too Much Too Young, The 2 Tone Records Story A Celebration of Bold Voices and Unforgettable Stories At Rough Trade, books and music are intertwined, each telling stories that resonate with our emotions and shape our understanding of the world. Our Books of The Year list for [...]| Daniel Rachel
**2 TONE OVER AMERICA** I'm super excited to announce a 12-date 2 Tone Tour of the US featuring Lynval Golding Sarah-Jane SunJay Owen & Pauline Black Los Angeles San Francisco Las Vegas Tempe AZ Denver Chicago Cleveland Saugerties New York Jersey City Washington DC Hampton, VA TOO MUCH TOO YOUNG: THE 2 TONE RECORDS STORY [...]| Daniel Rachel
Too Much Too Young: the 2 Tone Records Story is now published across north America From the Publisher Editorial Reviews Review "It started in the English Midlands city of Coventry. Madness, the Selecter, the Beat, UB40, the Specials―these were just some of the biggest names in the 1970s and 1980s movement of punk-influenced ska [...]| Daniel Rachel
Now in paperback... TOO MUCH TOO YOUNG: The 2 Tone Records Story 'This feels like the definitive story of 2 Tone. Masterful' BILLY BRAGG 'A scintillating read' PETE PAPHIDES 'Essential' MOJO https://geni.us/TooMuchTooYoung| Daniel Rachel
BREAKING NEWS - SKA GOES SKY! Daniel talks to Anna Jones on Sky News about 2 Tone & Too Much Too Young: the 2 Tone Records Story with lots of great footage of The Specials and The Beat| Daniel Rachel
The Specials & The Selecter on the BBC News including Horace Panter & Daniel Rachel talking about the publication of 'Too Much Too Young: the 2 Tone Records Story (An Uncut & Times/Sunday Times Book of the Year) Filmed at the Brewhouse Birmingham 1 December 2023| Daniel Rachel
Too Much Too Young has been named a Times/Sunday Times Books of the Year. 'Jerry Dammers set out with a goal: to unite black & white, male & female, in punky ska that would serve as a riposte to the privations of Britain in the 1970s' Too Much Too Young: The Story of 2 Tone [...]| Daniel Rachel
How The Specials and 2 Tone empowered a generation to believe in a multicultural future Against a backdrop of division and despair, disaffected youth united through The Specials and 2 Tone to challenge the Thatcherite status quo DANIEL RACHEL 11 Nov 2023| Daniel Rachel
Musician-turned-award winning author THIS AIN'T ROCK 'N' ROLL: Pop Music, the Swastika, and the Third Reich A shocking and absorbing chronological account of pop music's complicated history with fascism and the imagery surrounding it 30.10.25 Pre-order now Buy Too Much Too Young AN UNCUT, ROUGH TRADE| Daniel Rachel
Noel Gallagher On The Art Of Songwriting by Daniel Rachel 12 December 2013 Always entertaining, here the former Oasis honcho talks about his craft, his one-time obsession with the weather and why songs about personal torment are bullshit... The following piece is an extract from the superb book Isle of| Daniel Rachel