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Wayne Kramer, photographed by Leni Sinclair, 1969

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Wayne Kramer, 1970

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“Let me be who I am / and let me kick out the jams.” The MC5 may have gotten all the attention for the obscenity that kicked off their debut single, recorded live in front of a heaving mass of 3,000 Detroit rock-and-rollers all losing their minds, but the truth is, it’s a truly ferocious blast of sonic reckless abandon.

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Poster for a concert including the MC5, 1967

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#kickoutthejams #themc5 #robtyner #fredsonicsmith #waynekramer #michaeldavis #dennismachinegunthompson #brotherjccrawford #johnsinclair #brucebotnick #jacholzman photography ; #joelbrodsky #magdalenasinclair as bummed out as I am over the dissolution of #daftpunk there be no punk rock without this band and this record! Yeah I remember buying this album and playing #kickoutthejams in my Catholic Boarding School #reginamundi to all the wonderful priests chagrin, this album came out in February 22nd 1969 a date that lives in infamy and was recorded at #thegrandeballroom in #devilsnight yeah it’s all that! I had the pleasure of working with all the members in their various off shoots #destroyallmonsters #sonicsrendezvousband #gangwar and the fact that #pattismith met Fred at our beloved #bookiesclub870 says it all - this band was more than all that live, as I remember #theallmanbrothersband opening for them! This is a must of any punk rock connoisseur Enjoy Mother F***ers! (at Hollywood Hills) https://www.instagram.com/p/CLnv586lGpT/?igshid=qbq12jyn527o

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"In the late sixties Wayne Kramer and his brothers in the MC5 launched a heroic high energy rock and roll assault on US culture in an attempt to bring down the government with a gonzoid manifesto of 'dope, rock and roll and fucking in the streets'... Their revolution ended in mess of being kicked off two record labels, the band breaking up, some members descending into heroin addiction and prison. They never had a hit record, but the three classic albums they made, and their high energy philosophy/mythology inspired bands/artists like the Stooges, The Sex Pistols, The Clash, Ramones, Johnny Thunders, Dr Feelgood, The Patti Smith Group, Sonic Youth, Primal Scream and Julian Cope. The MC5 and Brother Wayne have given me spiritual strength, their music and religious belief in the power of rock and roll as a transformative and revolutionary force continues to influence rock and rollers all over the world. Read this book and be inspired!" - Bobby Gillespie • #waynekramer #thehardstuff #brotherwaynekramer #60s #TheMC5 #Detroit #KickOutTheJams #rocknroll #whitepantherparty #autobiography #book #vinyl #nowspinning #vinyligclub #vinylcollection #nowplaying #recordcollection #recordplayer #vinyladdict #vinyljunkie #recordcollector #vinylcollector #records #instavinyl #booklover #bookstagram (presso Bologna, Italy) https://www.instagram.com/p/BouU8JHCraZ/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1kabh490oddru

[twentyeyes138]

Just tryina stay alive with The MC5 #rainydayjams #themc5 #1969 #LetMeBeWhoIAm #AndLetMeKickOutTheJams