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Loading... The MC5's Kick Out the Jamsby Don McLeese
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. A really nicely written account of the days of mayhem. Lots of excellent historical research. I probably will never consider this one of my favorite albums but that doesn't mean I don't think it's one of the most important in the history of rock. ( ) no reviews | add a review
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When the Motor City 5 stormed the stage, the band combined the kinetic flash of James Brown on acid with the raw musical dynamics of the Who gone berserk. It's a unique band that can land itself on the cover of Rolling Stone a month before the release of its debut album and then be booted from its record contract just a few months later. Rock had never before seen the likes of the MC5 and never will again. Many of us who were floored by the 5 in concert were convinced that this was the most transcendently pulverizing rock we would ever experience, while many more who heard or read about the band dismissed the 5 as a caricature, a fraud, White Panther bozos play-acting at revolution. There was always plenty of humor to the 5-visionary knuckleheads-though the question was whether they were in on the joke. Frequently ridiculed during their short career, they've since been hailed as a primal influence on everything from punk to metal to Rage Against the Machine to the Detroit populist resurgence of the White Stripes, Kid Rock and Eminem. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)782.42166The arts Music Vocal music Secular Forms of vocal music Secular songs General principles and musical forms Song genres Rock songsLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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