PR-000.5 - Book - Samuel Umland - The Residents present -The Third Reich 'n Roll - An ABC x 40

SAMUEL J. UMLAND – THE RESIDENTS PRESENT – THE THIRD REICH ‘N ROLL – AN ABC X 4

Paperback, 165 pages. Comes with a carrot Bookmark.!

*The Third Reich 'N Roll*. Released in 1976, the album stands as one of the most controversial in music history.Now, exactly 50 years later, author and Residents fan Samuel J. Umland has written a book about it to mark the occasion—a book we would like to introduce to you today.

This book offers the first comprehensive discussion of The Residents' *The Third Reich 'N Roll* (1976), one of the strangest, most unsettling records ever made. Situating the album within the political unease of the 1970s and the afterlife of the 1960s counterculture, it employs an innovative method to unpack the music's abrasive editing, its notorious Nazi imagery, and its enduring power to provoke. For fans of experimental music, cultural history, or the outer limits of rock, this book is essential reading.

Samuel J. Umland is a Professor of English at the University of Nebraska at Kearney, where he has taught film, literature, and cultural studies for over thirty years. His work explores the intersection of popular culture studies, film criticism, and experimental critical writing. He is the author of *Philip K. Dick: Contemporary Critical Interpretations* (1995), *Donald Cammell: A Life on the Wild Side* (2006), and *The Tim Burton Encyclopedia* (2015), as well as numerous book chapters, articles, and reviews. His latest book, on the science fiction film *The Man Who Fell to Earth* starring David Bowie, was published by Arrow Books in 2018.