Speed-Speed-Speedfreak: A Fast History of Amphetamine
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| Rating | : | 4.67 (677 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1932595821 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 175 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-06-21 |
| Language | : | English |
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Three Stars Meh. Farren delivers the goods. Amazon Customer In Mick Farren's latest book, he examines the history and sociological significance of amphetamine and discovers (not too surprisingly) that the use of speed is woven throughout the tapestry of 20th century culture. Invented initially as a bronchodilator at the beginning of the industrial age, it didn't take long before Benzedrine became the fuel of the burgeoning entertainment industry, the assembly line industrial model and the war machines of governments across the globe.In Farren's inimitable gonzo journalistic style, he reveals the untold history of the one of the m. Mohair said Mick does it again!. Another brilliant read from the pen of Mick Farren and it's a topic he knows very well from his time spent as both a consumer of illicit substances and an observer of the carnage speed has left and is leaving from the 60s, the 70s punk scene, the rave scene and to the present.From the original synthesis in 1887 and the hope that it would be able to help asthma sufferers to its use by the Hilter and the Nazis, Elvis, Johnny Cash, the Warhol crowd, trailer park meth labs, the gay scene, the DEA and what is yet to come this is a completely compelling - and indeed - speedy r
All of the above were, at one time or another, to put it bluntly, speedfreaks.Speed-Speed-Speedfreak traces the criminal and cultural use of amphetamine and its growing use through each new and destructive cycle. Elvis Presley, the Hell’s Angels, Hunter S. Thompson, Truman Capote, the Beatles, Judy Garland, Hank Williams, the Manson Family, Jack Kerouac, Johnny Cash, JFK, and Adolf Hitler. The book will be printed in rounded pill capsule form, like the vaunted “black beauty” of pharmaceutical history.Mick Farren is the former lead singer of The Deviants and the author of more than forty books.