• MC5 was an American rock band formed in Lincoln Park, Michigan, in 1963. The classic lineup consisted of vocalist Rob Tyner, guitarists Wayne Kramer and...
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  • Heavy Lifting is the third and final studio album by the American rock band MC5, released on October 18, 2024. It is the band's first studio release since...
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  • Back in the USA is the first studio album by the American rock band MC5, released on January 15, 1970. It is their second album overall, following 1969's...
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  • High Time is the second studio album by the American rock band MC5, released in 1971 by Atlantic Records. High Time was co-produced by the band and Atlantic...
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    Wayne Kramer (category MC5 members)
    the lead guitarist of the Detroit rock band MC5. Kramer and guitarist Fred "Sonic" Smith co-founded the MC5 in 1963, with vocalist Rob Tyner, bassist Michael...
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  • MC5: A True Testimonial, also written as MC5 * A True Testimonial, is a 2002 feature-length documentary film about the MC5, a Detroit-based rock band of...
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    MC5 were an American rock band founded in 1963 by guitarists Wayne Kramer and Fred Smith. The band's classic line-up included Kramer, Smith, vocalist...
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  • Rob Tyner (category MC5 members)
    American musician best known as the lead singer for the Detroit proto-punk band MC5. His adopted surname was in tribute to the jazz pianist McCoy Tyner. It was...
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    Michael Davis (bassist) (category MC5 members)
    as a member of the MC5. After dropping out of the fine arts program at Wayne State University, Davis became the bassist for the MC5 in 1964, replacing...
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  • Kick Out the Jams (category MC5 albums)
    Kick Out the Jams is the debut album by American rock band MC5. A live album, it was recorded at the Grande Ballroom in Detroit over two nights, Devil's...
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  • Fred "Sonic" Smith (category MC5 members)
    Fred "Sonic" Smith, was an American guitarist and member of the rock band MC5. He married and raised two children with poet and fellow rock musician Patti...
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    Dennis Thompson (drummer) (category MC5 members)
    known for playing with the 1960s–70s Detroit proto-punk/hard rock group MC5, which had a No. 82 US single with "Kick Out the Jams" and a No. 30 US album...
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  • Elevators and the Sonics. By the late 1960s, Detroit bands the Stooges and MC5 had used the influence of these groups to form a distinct prototypical punk...
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    No. 4 (album) (redirect from MC5 (song))
    "Glide" Weiland, R. DeLeo 4:59 9. "I Got You" Weiland, R. DeLeo 4:16 10. "MC5" Weiland, D. DeLeo 2:42 11. "Atlanta" Weiland, D. DeLeo 5:19 Total length:...
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    "Pop" after a local character whom he resembled. Shortly after witnessing an MC5 concert in Ann Arbor, Osterberg began using the stage name Iggy Pop, a name...
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  • Babes in Arms (album) (category MC5 albums)
    Babes in Arms is an album by the American band MC5, released in 1983. Originally released as a cassette, it has been reissued several times. The album...
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    mid-1960s, Sinclair took on the role of manager for the Detroit rock band MC5. The band's politically charged music and its Yippie core audience dovetailed...
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    Richard Manitoba (category MC5 members)
    (1978) and D.F.F.D. (2005). Manitoba also sang with a reunited version of MC5 from 2005 to 2012. Manitoba is Jewish, and was raised in the Gun Hill Projects...
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  • at You (Live)" (MC5) 7" Version: "There Ain't No Sanity Clause (Remix)" (Scabies, Sensible, Vanian, Dadamo) "Looking at You (Live)" (MC5) 12" Version: "There...
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  • rock's legacy remained alive into the early 1970s, with bands such as the MC5 and the Stooges, who employed a much more aggressive approach to the form...
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    Chicago, attending a Yippie organized event, approximately five miles north of the 1968 Democratic National Convention. The band MC5 can be seen playing....
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    Vanian sang with MC5 for their 40th anniversary singing "Looking at You", which was released as part of Revolution: A Celebration of the MC5. In 2008, Vanian...
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    Ertegun Award) Suzanne de Passe Award for Musical Excellence Jimmy Buffett MC5 (Michael Davis, Wayne Kramer, Fred "Sonic" Smith, Dennis Thompson, Rob Tyner)...
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  • transformation of acid rock into heavy metal. In this counterculture period, MC5, who began as part of the Detroit garage rock scene, developed a raw, distorted...
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    24. Canada: Global Television Network. 2007. "Bruce Botnick: The Doors, MC5, Pet Sounds". Tape Op. Archived from the original on October 5, 2022. Retrieved...
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  • Music) and Alan (Hawkwind) Powell (drums). In March 1979 Wallis joined ex-MC5 band member Wayne Kramer, Andy Colquhoun and George Butler for a series of...
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    of Cypress Hill, Jill Sobule, Boots Riley, Alexi Murdoch, Wayne Kramer of MC5 and others. On October 10, 2008, the Nightwatchman appeared on The Late Late...
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  • TSR 2107 – MC5 – Monstrous Compendium – Greyhawk Appendix (1990) – ISBN 0-88038-836-6 This appendix to the Monstrous Compendium series was designed for...
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    members Ray Manzarek and Robby Krieger. Astbury replaced Rob Tyner during an MC5 reunion in 2003, and has contributed guest vocals on several recordings by...
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    October 9, 2018. Retrieved October 12, 2018. "Soundgarden's Kim Thayil Says MC5 Anniversary Tour Helped Him 'Come Out of the Fetal Position'". Billboard...
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