Description
Carsten Rasch’s irreverent memoir brilliantly uncovers the South African counter-culture punk and new wave scene of the late seventies and early eighties. As a drummer and intrepid music promoter, he explores those tumultuous times, veering madly between lucid moments of desperate innovation and psychedelic adventures teetering on the rim of sanity.
From a music festival in Port St Johns to disastrous concerts in the Platterland; from Juluka to The Dyslexix and James Philips to Mapantsula; from big ideas to narrow escapes and moderate successes to massive fiascos, roadblock, gig to gig, Between Rocks & a Hard Place is a blow-for-block rock ‘n roll story the dubious vantage point of being below the underbelly. It is also an aberrant coming-of-age tale set in a time of political madness and debauchery. And finally, it is a lesson on Horses.
