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Report and Interview by Jaan Uhelszki, Harp, September 2004

EVERYONE knows the old saw about the Eskimos having over 400 words for snow and the Parisians' two-dozen fevered phrases for passion. ...

Fats Domino, Flying Burrito Brothers, MC5, Moby Grape, Neil Young, Paul Winter Consort, John Braden: Albums from the MC5, Neil Young, Flying Burrito Brothers et al

Review by John Mendelssohn, UCLA Daily Bruin, 7 May 1969

"I guess you could say our thing is a condemnation of everything that is false and deceitful in our society." — John Sinclair, of the ...

Up, The: New Political Rock Group: The Up Begins Where the MC5 Left Off

Profile by Mike Gormley, Detroit Free Press, 3 July 1970

ABOVE AND beyond his highly publicized political life, John Sinclair had a great interest in the rock 'n roll world. His band, the MC5, attained ...

Wayne Kramer, MC5, MC50: Legendary Rock Guitarist Wayne Kramer Talks MC5 Tour, Free Jazz Influences

Interview by Steven R Rosen, Cincinnati CityBeat, 23 October 2018

AMONG THE IMMORTAL rallying cries of Rock & Roll — a list that includes "You gotta fight for your right to party", "Sex and drugs ...

MC5: Rock & Roll Dope #3

Report by John Sinclair, The Fifth Estate, 4 July 1968

I PROMISED you when I started this column that I'd take you behind the scenes in the rock and roll industry so you can see ...

MC5: Rock And Roll Dope: MC5

Comment by Frank Bach, The Ann Arbor Sun, 25 June 1971

IT WAS A Friday night back in the fall of 1966 when Gary Grimshaw, myself and some brothers and sisters from Detroit set up some ...

MC5, John Sinclair: Rock And Roll Dope: MC5 Kick Out The Jams At The Grande Ballroom

Column by Frank Bach, The Ann Arbor Sun, 29 October 1971

IT WAS back in the fall of 1966 when Rob Tyner, lead singer for the then "Avant Rock" MC5, and myself got in Rob's beat up ...

MC5: The MC5: Rock frenzy points a way

Report by Lillian Roxon, Sydney Morning Herald, the, 4 January 1969

THOSE OF us who have watched rock with interest, believing it to be as good a barometer of the changing times as art or the ...

MC5: Kramer Climbs Back From MC5 Wreckage

Report by Mick Farren, NME, 27 April 1974

NEW BAND AND A NEW IMAGE: Mick Farren in Detroit ...

MC5: Kick Out The Jams

Review by Lester Bangs, Rolling Stone, 5 April 1969

WHOEVER THOUGHT when that dirty little quickie Wild In The Streets came out that it would leave such an imprint on the culture? First the ...

MC5 — Still The Bad Boys Of Rock

Interview by Richard Williams, Melody Maker, 8 August 1970

ONE THING that American rock bands can generally do better than their British counterparts is to channel their energy into the notes. ...

MC5: Kick Out The Jams (Elektra EKS-74042)

Review by Richard C. Walls, Creem, May 1969

'Ramblin' Rose'; 'Kick Out The Jams'; 'Come Together'; 'Rocket Reducer No. 62 (Rama Lama Fa Fa Fa)'; 'Borderline'; 'Motor City Is Burning'; 'I Want You ...

MC5, John Sinclair: Flash! July 26th, 1968: MC5 Attacked By Police On Job

Report by uncredited writer, The Warren-Forest Sun, 26 July 1968

JOHN SINCLAIR, FRED SMITH BEATEN, MACED, ARRESTED — CHARGED WITH ASSAULTING POLICE OFFICERS ...

MC5: Kick Out The Jams (Elektra)

Review by Charles Shaar Murray, NME, 4 June 1977

‘BROTHERS AND sisters...the time has come for each and every one of you to decide whether you are going to be the problem or whether ...

Jefferson Airplane, MC5, Rationals, The: Jefferson Airplane, the Rationals, the MC5: Ford Auditorium, Detroit

Live Review by Loraine Alterman, Detroit Free Press, 3 July 1967

The Jefferson Airplane, Soaring on Pop Power ...

MC5: The MC5: The Big Bang (Rhino)

Review by Jon Savage, Dave DiMartino, MOJO, February 2000

First overall retrospective of seminal late ‘60s/early ‘70s rabble rousers: includes material from all stages of their career. ...

Eddie & The Hot Rods, MC5: The Return of the MC5's Rob Tyner

Report and Interview by Giovanni Dadomo, Sounds, 1 October 1977

'Vocalist with legendary Detroit rock band seeks gig with hot British combo. Has own harp...' ...

MC5: The MC5: Kick Out the Jams (Elektra)

Review by Miller Francis jr., The Great Speckled Bird, 17 March 1969

"Works of art which lack artistic quality have no force, however progressive they are politically. Therefore, we oppose both works of art with a wrong ...

Jethro Tull, MC5: Fillmore West, San Francisco CA

Live Review by Philip Elwood, The San Francisco Examiner, 21 November 1969

Good Music and Giggling Foolishness ...

MC5, John Sinclair, Wayne Kramer: MC5: The making of Kick Out The Jams

Interview by Jaan Uhelszki, Uncut, May 2007

How Wayne Kramer and his Detroit proto punks turned a stage heckle into a battle cry to herald the death of the hippy dream ...