The Covert War Against Rock

by Constantine, Alex

• ISBN13: 9780922915613
• ISBN10: 092291561X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-04-01
• Publisher: Feral House

Summary

What You Don't Know About the Deaths of Jim,Morrison, Tupac Shakur, Michael Hutchence, Brian,Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Phil Ochs, Bob Marley, Peter,Tosh, John Lennon, and The Notorious B.I.G.,Many rock musicians have been outspoken and,powerful proponents for social change, making them,a threat to those eager to maintain the status,quo. In this comprehensive look at suspect rock,star deaths, conspiracy researcher Constantine,unearths the secrets that the music industry and,organised crime would prefer kept under wraps.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	xi
Foreword	xii
Prelude Assassination Politics of the Vietnam War Period: Fascism, American-Style and the Rise of Richard Nixon	1	(8)
A (Killing) Field Day for the Heat	9	(10)
Time Machine: The Birth of Top 40 Radio and Alan Freed's Near-Death Experience (Early Cia and Mob Influences on the Rock Music Industry)	19	(5)
Parapolitical Stars in the Dope Show	24	(11)
The Death of Cass Elliot and other ``Restless Youth''	35	(7)
A Murder in the House of Pooh	42	(11)
Brian Jones
Portraits in Carnage: The End of the Rock Festivals	53	(7)
I Don't Live Today: The Jimi Hendrix Political Harassment, Kidnap and Murder Experience	60	(16)
When You're a Stranger: Fragrance de Chaos---Investigative Findings on the Death of Jim Morrison	76	(11)
Like Coffins in a Cage: The Baez Contras and the Death of Phil Ochs	87	(13)
Who Killed the Kennedys? (And Sal Mineo?)	100	(17)
``Project Walrus'' and Holden Caulfield's Warm Gun	117	(14)
What'Cha Gonna Do? ... The Deaths of Bob Marley and Peter Tosh	131	(18)
Gang War: Sons of Chaos vs. Thugs a Tupac Shakur and Notorious B.I.G. Assassination Digest	149	(16)
Dancing on the Jetty: The Death of Michael Hutchence, et al	165