MC5 (Motor City Five) are an American rock band from Detroit, active primarily from 1964 to 1972. They are best known for the 1969 live album Kick Out the Jams and for influencing punk and garage rock.

Managed and mentored by John Sinclair; Kick Out the Jams was recorded live at Detroit's Grande Ballroom and released in 1969; the band's 1970 studio album Back in the USA was produced by Jon Landau for Atlantic Records; MC5 are widely cited as proto-punk influencers.

MC5 are a Detroit rock group celebrated primarily for their explosive live album Kick Out The Jams (1969). Reviews praise their raw energy and political edge while being mixed about studio passages like Back in the USA. The DeBaser reviews emphasize the band's influence on punk and garage rock and their ties to activist John Sinclair.

For:Fans of proto-punk, garage rock, punk history researchers and listeners of politically charged 60s rock

 And right now... right now... right now it's time to... kick out the jams, motherfuckers!!!!!!

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 These five guys from Detroit managed to create an album nothing short of explosive, surpassing the ordinary limits of rock already with their first album.

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 This second album by MC5 titled "Back in the Usa", in honor of Chuck Berry, was produced by music critic Jon Landau, future producer of Bruce Springsteen and Shania Twain, and perhaps for this reason it is much more ''mellow'' than their debut,

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