Wheels Out of Gear

Newly revised (2017) edition of a book first published in 2004 WHEELS OUT OF GEAR is a vibrant exploration of the 2-Tone Mod and Oi! movements of the late 1970s and early '80s set against the turbulent backdrop of Thatcher's Britain. To a soundtrack provided by the Specials the Jam the Angelic Upstarts and more Britain reeled beneath a firestorm of brutal and constantly escalating political confrontation. Wheels Out of Gear is an unflinching portrait of this tumultuous time a stoy which Uncutmagazine described as a fine book that is as much social history as musical biography and Record Collector called a fascinating and essential account of what happened the way we remember it.