1989: The Summer of Rave Documentary

The aptly named Rave Footage youtube channel has a number of Rave resources for those who like to reach for the lazers. This particular video is a BBC-produced documentary charting the free party phenomenon of the late 80s and early 90s, first shown 10th June 2006. Time to don your mickey mouse gloves, a  neon boiler suit, and some highly flammable UV sweatpants! Here are the details: 

BBC2 documentary charting the rise of the rave phenomenon which swept the country in the late 80's and 90's. The summer of 1989 saw a new type of youth rebellion transform the cultural landscape, as thousands of young people danced at illegal acid house parties in fields and aircraft hangars. Dubbed the "second summer of love" - not least because of the effects of euphoric new drug ecstasy - it was a benign form of revolution. But lurid tabloid headlines, cat-and-mouse games with the police, and a gangster element eventually turned the dream sour. Featuring interviews with rave promoters, newspaper editors, and the bands who made it big on the back of rave culture.

Here is Moby discussing this very subject in his latest podcast...

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