MC5 and the White Panthers: The ill-fated revolutionaries. The MC5, arguably the original punk band, joined their manager, the poet and activist John Sinclair, in launching the White Panther Party in 1968 https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/mc5-and-white-panther-party/ #music #musicians #MC5 #JohnSinclair
"Kick Out the Jams" by MC5 released in February 1969.
Whew! It's loud in here.
#MC5 #KickOutTheJams
“If you think of all the rock music today that goes against the mainstream,” Wayne Kramer said in 1995, “The MC5 was the big bang that started that universe.” https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/the-mc5s-wayne-kramer-reformed-himself-in-prison/ #MC5 #music #musicians

We remember Wayne Kramer, co-founder and guitarist of the influential Detroit hard rock band MC5, who passed away two years ago today.

MC5 - Ramblin' Rose - Live Tartar Field, Detroit 1970

#Protopunk #KnowYourRoots #WayneKramer #RipWayneKramer #MC5 #History #PunkRockHistory #otd

2 years ago today 😢

Wayne Kramer, co-founder and guitarist for the influential Detroit hard rock band MC5, died of pancreatic cancer at the age of 75.

Photo by Doug Fulton

#protopunk #knowyourroots #waynekramer #RipWayneKramer #MC5 #history #punkrockhistory #otd

And now, after enjoying two Orange Goblin albums, a little MC5... as suggested by Plexamp's random album feature.

#NowPlaying High Time (1971) by MC5

album.link:
https://album.link/t/282689

#Music #HardRock #ProtoPunk #GarageRock #MC5

High Time by MC5

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