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The MC5: High Time

Greg Shaw, Phonograph Record, September 1971

WHENEVER I USED to say I liked the MC5, I would always preface the statement with some remark like "sure, I know they're a bunch of pretentious clowns, but...". It was none other than that noted connoisseur of Detroit rock, Lester Bangs, who taught me not to make excuses for my opinions.

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