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Altered State: The Story of Ecstasy Culture and Acid House (Five star)

Altered State: The Story of Ecstasy Culture and Acid House (Five star)

by Matthew Collin (Author)

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    Paperback 1998

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Synopsis

When Ecstasy was first mixed with house music sometime during the 1980s, the reaction triggered a diverse youth movement. It affected music, fashion, the law, government policy and other areas of public and private life. This work trails the drug from California, through New York and onwards in the history of Ecstasy and the culture and politics that surround it.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 336
 Edition: Main
 Publisher: Serpent's Tail
Published: 01 Jun 1998
ISBN 10: 1852426047
ISBN 13: 9781852426040

Media Reviews
?At last somebody has written the real history of the last ten years, and written it with such wit, verve, empathy and profound intelligence. If you
ve been part of the scene in any way, this brilliant book will serve as positive affirmation. If you haven't, yet still feel moved to pontificate about it, you will no longer have the excuse of doing so from a position of ignorance. I can't recommend this marvellous piece of work enough and in a sane world it would sell more copies than any other book written over the last decade? Irvine Welsh ?The first full history of the dance boom which, fuelled by Ecstasy, has transformed British culture over the past decade: here you will also find the drive to transcendence, or oblivion, that is at the heart of British pop? Jon Savage 'Altered State is not just timely; it was crying out to be written * The Independent *
Author Bio
Matthew Collin has worked as a magazine editor, a foreign correspondent, a broadcast journalist and a features writer. He has been the editor of the Big Issue, the Time Out website and i-D magazine, and has worked in news for the BBC World Service. He has also written for a wide range of newspapers and magazines, including the Guardian, Daily Telegraph, Observer, Independent, Moscow Times, Face and Mojo. His previous books, This is Serbia Calling and Altered State, were also published by Serpent's Tail.