The book chronicles the history of the black leather jacket over a seventy-year span up to the mid-1980s, taking in all aspects of its social, cultural and political impact. In the introduction, Farren says: "The black leather jacket has always been the uniform of the bad. Hitler's Gestapo, the Hell's Angels, the Black Panthers, punk rockers, gay bar cruisers, rock 'n' roll animals and the hardcore mutations of the eighties all adopted it as their own."[1]
Initial prints of the book came in leather effect cover. The paperback version had a studio still of Marlon Brando in The Wild One.
Television documentaryedit
The book was adapted into a 60-minute television documentary shown on the United Kingdom television channel Channel 4 in 1988. Nick Mead directed and co-wrote the script with Farren, Paul Cowan produced. The voice over was provided by United States actorDennis Hopper, with Michael Vartan playing the part of the Motorcycle Boy.
Songedit
The title music for the television documentary was written and performed by the British heavy rock group Motörhead. Motörhead frontman Lemmy had known Farren since the late 1960s and they had often collaborated, composing songs for The Deviants, Hawkwind and Motörhead. The song remained unreleased until the 2003 Stone Deaf Forever! boxset was issued.
black, leather, jacket, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, apr. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources The Black Leather Jacket news newspapers books scholar JSTOR April 2019 Learn how and when to remove this template message The Black Leather Jacket is a book written by English journalist and author Mick Farren published in 1985 The Black Leather JacketCover of The Black Leather JacketAuthorMick FarrenCountryUSLanguageEnglishSubjectLeather jacketsPublisherAbbeville Press Plexus PublishingPublication date1985Pages96ISBN0 89659 573 0OCLC234240265Dewey Decimal391 1 19LC ClassGT615 F36 1985 Contents 1 Book 2 Television documentary 3 Song 4 References 5 External linksBook edit nbsp Customised Lewis Leathers black leather motorcyclist s jacket with Ace Cafe detailThe book chronicles the history of the black leather jacket over a seventy year span up to the mid 1980s taking in all aspects of its social cultural and political impact In the introduction Farren says The black leather jacket has always been the uniform of the bad Hitler s Gestapo the Hell s Angels the Black Panthers punk rockers gay bar cruisers rock n roll animals and the hardcore mutations of the eighties all adopted it as their own 1 Initial prints of the book came in leather effect cover The paperback version had a studio still of Marlon Brando in The Wild One Television documentary editThe book was adapted into a 60 minute television documentary shown on the United Kingdom television channel Channel 4 in 1988 Nick Mead directed and co wrote the script with Farren Paul Cowan produced The voice over was provided by United States actor Dennis Hopper with Michael Vartan playing the part of the Motorcycle Boy Song editThe title music for the television documentary was written and performed by the British heavy rock group Motorhead Motorhead frontman Lemmy had known Farren since the late 1960s and they had often collaborated composing songs for The Deviants Hawkwind and Motorhead The song remained unreleased until the 2003 Stone Deaf Forever boxset was issued References edit funtopia review Archived 2008 06 01 at the Wayback MachineExternal links editFuntopia official Farren website The Black Leather Jacket The Black Leather Jacket at IMDb nbsp This article about a non fiction book on popular culture is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This documentary related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Black Leather Jacket amp oldid 1165878873, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
