MC5
American rock band
Biography
MC5 (also known as the Motor City Five) was an American rock band formed in Lincoln Park, Michigan, in 1963. The classic lineup consisted of vocalist Rob Tyner, guitarists Wayne Kramer and Fred "Sonic" Smith, bassist Michael Davis, and drummer Dennis Thompson. MC5 were listed by Parade as one of the best rock bands of all time and by VH1 as one of the greatest hard rock artists of all time. The band's music is widely recognized as influential, and their 1969 song "Kick Out the Jams" has been covered by many artists. "Crystallizing the counterculture movement at its most volatile and threatening", according to AllMusic critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine, MC5's leftist political ties and anti-establishment lyrics and music positioned them as pioneers of the punk movement in the United States. Their loud, energetic style of back-to-basics rock and roll included elements of garage rock, hard rock, blues rock, and psychedelic rock. Guitarist Tom Morello described MC5 as having "basically invented punk rock." MC5 had a promising beginning that earned them a January 1969 cover appearance on Rolling Stone and a story written by Eric Ehrmann before their debut live album was released. They developed...
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People
Songs recorded
- Kick Out The Jams74 versions
- Looking At You33 versions
- Borderline24 versions
- Come Together23 versions
- Motor City Is Burning22 versions
- Black To Comm20 versions
- Starship20 versions
- I Want You Right Now18 versions
- Tonight16 versions
- The American Ruse15 versions
- Ramblin' Rose13 versions
- I Can Only Give You Everything12 versions
- Sister Anne12 versions
- Tutti Frutti12 versions
- Rocket Reducer No. 62 (Rama Lama Fa Fa Fa)10 versions
- Born Under a Bad Sign9 versions
- I Believe To My Soul9 versions
- Revolutionary Blues9 versions
- Shakin' Street9 versions
- Back in the USA8 versions
- Call Me Animal8 versions
- Human Being Lawnmower8 versions
- I Want You8 versions
- High School7 versions
- Poison7 versions
- Shakin’ Street7 versions
- Teenage Lust7 versions
- Rama Lama Fa Fa Fa6 versions
- Ramblin’ Rose6 versions
- Fire of Love5 versions
- Future/Now5 versions
- Upper Egypt5 versions
- Baby Please Don't Go4 versions
- Empty Heart4 versions
- I Just Don't Know4 versions
- One of the Guys4 versions
- Over & Over4 versions
- Over and Over4 versions
- Skunk4 versions
- Skunk (Sonically Speaking)4 versions
- Skunk (Sonicly Speaking)4 versions
- The Human Being Lawnmower4 versions
- Baby Won't Ya3 versions
- Break Time3 versions
- Cold Sweat / I Can't Stand Myself / There Was a Time3 versions
- Gold3 versions
- High School (instrumental)3 versions
- I Don't Mind3 versions
- I'm a Man3 versions
- I'm the Man for You (Rama Lama Fa Fa Fa)3 versions
- Kick Out The Jam3 versions
- Little Red Riding GRMPH3 versions
- Look What You've Done Done3 versions
- Power Trip3 versions
- Rocket Reducer No. 623 versions
- Sister Ann3 versions
- Baby Please Don't Go (live 1966)2 versions
- Baby Won’t Ya2 versions
- Call Me Animal (instrumental)2 versions
- Down at the Bogaloo2 versions
- Future Now2 versions
- Gotta Keep Movin'2 versions
- Gotta Keep Moving2 versions
- I Just Don’t Know2 versions
- Intro / Ramblin' Rose2 versions
- It's a Man's Man's Man's World2 versions
- It's a Man's World2 versions
- Kick Out the Jams (live)2 versions
- Kick Out the Jams (original uncensored version 1968)2 versions
- Let Me Try2 versions
- Looking at You (instrumental)2 versions
- Movin’ on Up2 versions
- Rama Lama Fa Fa Fa (Rocket Reducer No. 62)2 versions
- Skull X2 versions
- Teenage Lust (instrumental)2 versions
- The Pledge Song2 versions
- Thunder Express2 versions
- Train Music2 versions
- Tutti-Frutti2 versions
- Tuttie Frutii2 versions
- 19th Nervous Breakdown
- American Ruse
- Baby Won't Ya (1970 Unreleased version)
- Barbarians at the Gate
- Because of Your Car
- Black Boots
- Black to Comm (live Sept 8, 1968)
- Blessed Release
- Blind Eye
- Borderline (2012 collection remaster)
- Bourderline
- Boys Who Play With Matches
- Brother J.C Intro (27th Oct 1968)
- Can’t Be Found
- Change, No Change
- Come Together (live)
- Come on Down
- Fantasy / Ramblin’ Rose
- Gotta Keep Movin
- Gotta Keep Movin (feat. Nicke)
- Gotta Keep Movin’
- Gotta Keep Movin’ (live)
- Head Sounds, Part Two
- Heavy Lifting
- Helter Skelter
- Hit It Hard
- I Am the Fun (The Phoney)
- I Believe
- I Believe My Soul
- I Believe To My Soul (30/31 Oct 1968)
- I Believe to My Soul (live Sept 8, 1968)
- I Just Dont Know
- I Put a Spell on You
- I'm Mad Like Eldridge Clearver
- I'm Mad Like Eldridge Cleaver
- I'm Mad Like Eldridge Cleaver (27th Oct 1968)
- I'm a Man (live 1966)
- Ice Pick Slim
- Ice Pick Slim (26th May 1968)
- Intro / Human Being Lawnmower
Albums
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