Listen to full audiobooks for free on :#adhttps://amzn.to/499CVn8Title: MC5's 'Kick Out the Jams' (33 1/3 Series)Author: Don McLeeseNarrator: L. J. GanserFormat: UnabridgedLength: 3 hrs and 5 minsLanguage: EnglishRelease date: 07-26-12Publisher: Audible StudiosGenres: Arts & Entertainment, MusicSummary: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. Its 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, theyve 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.Disclosure: As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

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