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MAironmanrecords.bsky.social

The Story Behind the Song John Lennon Wrote to Help Free Imprisoned Politicial Activist and Ex-MC5 Manager, "John Sinclair" https://americansongwriter.com/the-story-behind-the-song-john-lennon-wrote-to-help-free-an-imprisoned-politicial-activist-and-ex-mc5-manager-john-sinclair/#JohnLennon#MC5

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Ttheartsdesk.bsky.social

★★★ MC5 - Heavy Lifting Guy Oddy finds an effectively posthumous album, 50 years after the Michigan anarchists' last, has enough to it to pique interest but is ultimately little more than a footnote.

Album: MC5 - Heavy Lifting
Album: MC5 - Heavy Lifting

MC5 were the original proto-punkers who led the charge against wafty hippy music in the late Sixties and early Seventies. They were touted by Lemmy as the blueprint for Motörhead’s early sound and the...

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Mmonkeypicks.bsky.social

Very excited to read about a new MC5 book in this month’s Mojo.

Snap of a sweaty MC5 and a 4-star review of MC5: An Oral Biography of Rock’s Most Revolutionary Band by Brad Tolinski, Jaan Uhelszki, Ben Edmonds
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JTjimmytwohands.bsky.social

The Stooges: it sucks and I feel alright Velvet Underground: it sucks and it’s alright MC5: it sucks and it’s not alright

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CRcarynrose.bsky.social

They planted a tree in honor of the band

A crowd of people standing around a maple sapling
A plaque reading 
HONORING ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME 
2024 INDUCTEES 
MC5
names of the band members 
FIRLY ROOTED, FOREVER REMEMBERED
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CRcarynrose.bsky.social

Reporting live from Lincoln Park, MI, where it’s MC5 day. They’re planting a tree in the band’s honor next to the bandstand where the band used to play. Jackson Smith is here as well as Becky Tyner and given the tigers are playing today it’s a great turnout

Lincoln Park bandshell
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SHapollospas.bsky.social

"High Time" by The MC5 is a good album and you should listen to it

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