Full name: Altered State: The Story of Ecstasy Culture and Acid House

Author: Matthew Collin Year: 1997 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Music, Non Fiction, History Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9781852426040 9781846687136 1852426047 1846687136

From its first publication in 1997, Altered State established itself as the definitive text on dance culture. This second edition includes accounts of the election campaign of Tony Blair which used an Ecstasy anthem as its musical theme, and the trial and acquittal of a 19-year-old for supplying the drug that killed Leah Betts, and her links to East End gangsters. Drawing on a wealth of background research and original interviews with key figures on both sides of the law, Altered State examines the causes and contexts, ideologies and myths of Ecstasy culture, dramatising its euphoric narrative from peak experience to comedown and aftermath, and shedding new light on the social history of the most spectacular youth movement of the century. Similar books: A Change Is Gonna Come by Craig Werner Yeah Yeah Yeah by Bob Stanley Last Night a DJ Saved My Life by Bill Brewster How Music Works by David Byrne Bootleg by Clinton Heylin Generation Ecstasy by Simon Reynolds Big Bangs by Howard Goodall Respect Yourself by Robert Gordon Perfecting Sound Forever by Greg Milner Sound of the Beast by Ian Christe She's a Rebel by Gillian G. Gaar Love Goes to Buildings on Fire by Will Hermes Black Metal by Dayal Patterson The Rest Is Noise by Alex Ross Our Band Could Be Your Life by Michael Azerrad Deep Blues by Robert Palmer Rip it Up and Start Again by Simon Reynolds Bass Culture by Lloyd Bradley Language of the Spirit by Jan Swafford Altamont by Joel Selvin