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| Group Members: Rob Tyner, Wayne Kramer, Fred "Sonic" Smith, Dennis Thompson, Patrick Burrows, Steve Moorhouse, Michael Davis, Bob Gaspar
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| Biography: Alongside their Detroit-area brethren the Stooges, MC5 essentially laid the foundations for the emergence of punk; deafeningly loud and uncompromisingly intense, the group's politics were ultimately as crucial as their music, their revolutionary sloganeering and anti-establishment outrage crystallizing ...Read full biography |
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Released: 1969 Label: Elektra Records Critics' Rating:  Rather than try to capture their legendary on-stage energy in a studio, MC5 opted to record their first album during a live concert at their home base, Detroit's Grande Ballroom, and while some folks who ...Read full reviewReleased: 1970 Label: Rhino Atlantic Critics' Rating:  While lacking the monumental impact of Kick Out the Jams, the MC5's second album is in many regards their best and most influential, its lean, edgy sound anticipating the emergence of both the punk and ...Read full review
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