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MC5

Summary: The MC5 (Motor City Five) was an American hard rock band formed in Lincoln Park, Michigan in 1964 and was active until 1972. Their music also included blues-rock , psychedelic rock , rock and roll and garage rock . ", Crystallizing the counterculture movement at its most volatile and threatening,", their far left political ties and anti-establishment lyrics and music would serve as a prototype for later punk rock musicians. The band consisted of Wayne Kramer and Fred ", Sonic", Smith (guitars) Michael Davis (bass), Rob Tyner (vocals), and Dennis Thompson (drums).

Filed under: Garage Rock, hard rock, proto-punk, punk, rock

Similar Artists: The Stooges, Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers, The Dictators, New York Dolls, Richard Hell and the Voidoids

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