The MC5

[Zzzptm]

Everybody knows they did "Kick Out the Jams". But that first album of theirs wasn't their best. It's a shame that their second and third albums, which pretty much invented the powerdrive rock of the 70s, pointing the way to punk and desert alike, go so unnoticed by so many fans these days. Here's "Sister Anne" from their third album:

And these guys didn't just talk the talk... they rocked the rock! At the 1968 Democratic Convention, there were supposed to be a fair number of bands performing at the protests, but all of them decided not to actually perform... except the MC5. These guys played for 8 hours straight. 

You owe it to yourself to explore their catalog, especially Back in the USA and Time's Up, those second and third albums I mentioned. There's a lot to appreciate on these albums.

[Zzzptm]

Here's a video I put together with footage from Chicago 1968 and the MC5's "American Ruse", from Back in the USA. Of course, YouTube had to flag it for copyright shenanigans, but I don't run no ads on it, so I'm not worried.

[Zzzptm]

My last post about the MC5 tonight (unless someone posts in this thread before I go to sleep) is my other mashup video, this on combining "Kick Out the Jams" with footage from the Berkely riots of 1969.

[Billy Underdog]

^^^ This is so telling about the whole era.
To quote Kramer: " Huey Newton said there needed to be a White Panters Party. We thought "that's us"".
As i've said before; Punks are nothing but angry Hippies...