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MC5 Brings Back Body Rock To Overthrow The Country

Mike Jahn, Pop Scene Service, 24 March 1969

NEW YORK (PSS) – MC5, the Detroit rock band, has released its first album, Kick Out the Jams. Headquartered in Ann Arbor, near Detroit, MC5 has received nationwide attention over the past few months as being the first "guerilla" rock group.

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