num_pages: 593
description: In August 1976 Eric Clapton made an inflammatory speech in support of Enoch Powell and black repatriation sparking an anti-racism campaign that would soon radicalise an entire generation. The following sixteen years saw politics and pop music come together as never before to challenge racism gender inequality and social and class divisions. For the first time in UK history musicians became instigators of social change and their political persuasion as important as the songs they sang.Through the voices of campaigners musicians artists and politicians Daniel Rachel charts this extraordinary and pivotal period between 1976 and 1992 following the rise and fall of three key movements of the time: Rock Against Racism 2 Tone and Red Wedge revealing how they both shaped and were shaped by the music of a generation.Consisting of new and exclusive in-depth conversations with over 100 contributors including Pauline Black Billy Bragg Jerry Dammers Phill Jupitus Neil Kinnock Linton Kwesi-Johnson Tom Robinson Clare Short Tracey Thorn and many more Walls Come Tumbling Down is a fascinating polyphonic and authoritative account of those crucial sixteen years in Britain's history from the acclaimed writer of Isle of Noises.Walls Come Tumbling Down also features more than 150 images  many rare or previously unpublished  from some of the greatest names in photography including Adrian Boot Chalkie Davies Jill Furmanovsky Syd Shelton Pennie Smith Steve Rapport and Virginia Turbett.
language: English
title: Walls Come Tumbling Down: The Music and Politics of Rock Against Racism, 2 Tone and Red Wedge
publisher: Picador