MC5

[scotty]

I just thought id post this again as im sure its been covered.A great performance to behold.

[kiramdear]

This is a little before your time, isn't it Scotty? I remember them well. Better to forget the hair, though. I want that 450/12 that he's playing ... top of my wish list

MC5, yeah, cool. The naissance of blues-based hard rock. Them, Grand Funk, Sabbath ( they were once a blues band) many more picking up the adrenaline count in the early seventies. Right on.

[scotty]

Kira,Im a mere babe in the wood!

[antipodean]

Thanks Scotty - love the MC5!

To add to that treasure, check out the 4001 and the 450/12 on "The American Ruse"

[kiramdear]

He's put Gibson pickups in that 450

[customxke]

It also ended up with a Gibson TOM. After seeing Sonic's Mapleglo 450/12 on the back cover of the "High Time" album, I had to have one. The first Mapleglo 450 I found was from 59, and that started me on the path to getting more and more '59 Rickenbackers in Mapleglo. Whenever someone suggests that Rickenbackers are for "twee" bands, I play them "City Slang" by the Sonic Rendezvous Band (Fred Smith's post-MC5 band). That usually shuts them up.

[captsandwich]

"And now from Nova Scotia, a lovely gal named Anne Murray."

[MattB]

If you dig the five at all, you gotta track down a copy of the "never officially released" bio film "MC5: A True Testimonial." Fascinating, if a bit depressing...

[jagdeluxe]

Hey Kyra was during my time though

[ken_j]

I remember hopping the fence, with not a dime in my pocket, at an oval dirt track in Mt. Clemens to see the MC5 in or around '69 or '70.

[whojamfan]

Absolutely one of the best bands of the 60s that never made it. Sheer power, great stage showmanship, great songs, and the power of a revolution behind them, the MC5 had it all. Too bad all of the other elements horribly sabotaged what should have been a superstar career.