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Rhino Hi-Five: The MC5 by MC5 released in 2006. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
- Although their sound inspired a thousand hard-rocking imitators, the MC5’s original source of inspiration – or at least guitarist Wayne Kramer’s anyway – was free jazz.
- The MC5 opened for Big Brother and the Holding Company in Detroit and reportedly blew them off the stage. “There are some great stories of the MC5’s tenure at the Grande [Ballroom],” recalled Jerry Goodwin, a DJ at WKNR-AM in Detroit at the time.
- The MC5 played the 1968 Democratic National Convention…and Norman Mailer wrote about it. In his book Miami and the Siege of Chicago, Mailer had plenty to say about the experience of hearing the MC5 perform live.
- The band lost their record deal with Elektra because they spoke out about a chain of stores refusing to stock the KICK OUT THE JAMS album. Okay, actually, there’s a little bit more to it than that.
Sep 20, 2018 · The new MC5 vinyl box, Total Assault: 50th Anniversary Collection, comes out on September 21st. The Rhino Records set includes the three albums the MC5 released: Kick out the Jams (1969), Back in the USA (1970), and High Time (1971). All three are pressed on colored vinyl, and feature faithful reproductions of the original artwork.
Official MC5 playlist - Kick Out The Jams, Looking At You, The American Ruse, Let Me Try, Tonight.
TOTAL ASSAULT: 50TH ANNIVERSARY COLLECTION is a limited-edition boxed set that features all three of the band’s albums pressed on colored vinyl: KICK OUT THE JAMS (red vinyl) BACK IN THE USA (white vinyl) HIGH TIME (blue vinyl.
MC5 was an American rock band formed in Lincoln Park, Michigan, in 1963. The classic line-up consisted of vocalist Rob Tyner, guitarists Wayne Kramer and Fred "Sonic" Smith, bassist Michael Davis, and drummer Dennis Thompson.
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May 19, 2000 · Best of the MC5 (Rhino) Nostalgic books and TV movies have inundated the current generation with you-had-to-be-there visions of the Sixties. Yet missing from oft-told tales of love-ins and...
