Electric Shock

Witty and compelling * Esquire *
Dauntlessly comprehensive, elegantly parlayed survey of pop’s recorded history * MOJO *
a great history book, read it and stream – Max Bell * Record Collector *
What Electric Shock imparts… is delight and curiosity in the music it chronicles with such pithy vivacity. – Neil Spenser * Guardian *
this magnificent book is highly recommended for anyone with more than a passing interest in popular music over the last century or so – Alwyn Turner * Literary Review *
a magisterial book… a dense, thorough read, but well worth the effort – James Delingpole, five stars * Mail on Sunday *
Definitive music guide. * Bookseller *

Peter Doggett first wrote about feminism and gay liberation in There’s a Riot Going On, his 2005 history of the collision between rock music and revolutionary politics. Since then, he has published a series of books about the death of 1960s idealism, and its aftermath, as viewed through the life and work of the Beatles in You Never Give Me Your Money, David Bowie in The Man Who Sold the World and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young in his 2019 biography of the same name. His other books include a panoramic cultural history of popular music, Electric Shock. He lives in Sussex with the feminist artist and film-maker Rachel Baylis.

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