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MC5

Real Name:
Robin Tyner (v), Wayne Kramer (g), Fred "Sonic" Smith (g), Michael Davis(b), Dennis Thompson (d)
Profile:
"And right now ...
And right now..
It's time to...
Kick out the jams motherfucker!"

The Motor City Five started in Detroit in 1966 and were responsible for some of the loudest, most energetic rock music to be created in the late sixties and early seventies. They were a huge influence on punk not only by their sound, but by their sheer attitude: they ran a newspaper advertisement saying "Fuck Hudson's" after Hudson's (a department store) refused to carry their record (Kick Out the Jams(1969)) due to the explicit lyrics. This eventually had them fired from their label, Elektra. They created two more studio albums before disbanding in 1972.
Members:
Dennis Thompson (2), Fred Smith, Handsome Dick Manitoba, Michael Davis (2), Rob Tyner, Wayne Kramer
Variations:
All | MC5 | M C 5 | M. C. 5 | M.C.5 | MC 5 | MC-5 | MC5, The | MCS | Motor City Five
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Discography

Releases:
I Can Only Give You Everything / One Of The Guys (7", Single)   AMG Records (2) 1967
Looking At You / Borderline (Single) ◄ (2 versions)   A-Square Records ... 1968
Kick Out The Jams (Album) ◄ (12 versions)   Elektra ... 1969
Kick Out The Jams / Motor City Is Burning (Single) ◄ (3 versions)   Elektra ... 1969
Looking At You / Tonight (7", Single)   Atlantic 1969
Tonight / Looking At You (7", Single)   Atlantic 1969
Back In The USA (Album) ◄ (7 versions)   Atlantic ... 1970
High Time (Album) ◄ (5 versions)   Atlantic ... 1971
Babes In Arms (Album, Comp) ◄ (3 versions)   Danceteria ... 1983
Live 1969/70 (CD, Album)   NKVD (2) 1991
Power Trip (10")   Alive Records 1994
Power Trip (CD, Comp)   Alive Records 1994
Ice Pick Slim (10")   Alive Records 1995
The American Ruse (10")   Total Energy 1995
'66 Breakout! (CD, Comp)   Total Energy 1999
Motor City Is Burning (Comp, Album) ◄ (3 versions)   Earmark ... 1999
Thunder Express ◄ (2 versions)   Jungle Records ... 1999
The Big Bang! Best Of The MC5 (CD, Comp)   Rhino Entertainment Company 2000
Extended Versions (CD)   BMG Special Products 2003
Purity Accuracy (6xCD + Box)   Easy Action 2004
Are You Ready To Testify? The Live Bootleg Anthology (2xCD + CD, Maxi)   Castle Music 2005
Live At The Saginaw Civic Centre First January 1970 (LP, Album, RE)   Get Back 2005
I Can Only Give You Everything (LP)   Get Back 2007
Back In The USA / Kick Out The Jams (2xCD, Album, RE)   Warner Music UK Ltd., Rhino Records (2), Atlantic, Elektra 2008
Kick Out The Jams / The American Ruse (7", Ltd)   Cleopatra 2008
Kick Out The Jams! Anthology 1965-1971 (3xLP, Ltd, Comp, Red)   Cleopatra 2008
Summertime Blues / Looking At You (7")   Cleopatra 2009
Vintage Years (Vinyl, Album, Comp)   NKVD (2)  
Appears On:
Some Enchanted Evening (Album) ◄ (4 versions) Kick Out The Jams CBS ... 1978
Machine Gun Etiquette (Album) ◄ (5 versions) Looking At You Chiswick Records ... 1979
Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde (7") Looking At You (Live) I.R.S. Records 1980
There Ain't No Sanity Clause (7") Looking At You (Live) Chiswick Records 1980
1966 Garage 1970 (LP, Album, Comp) Shakin' Street Garage Records (France) 1986
Daze Of Corndogs & Yoyos (LP, Album) Rocket Reducer No. 62 ... Pitch-A-Tent 1986
Transparent Radiation (12", EP) Starship Glass Records (2) 1987
Live Shepperton 1980 (CD, Album) Looking At You Big Beat Records, Big Beat Records 1988
Performance (LP) Come Together, Starship Glass Records (2) 1988
Just To Get Away (7", Single, Pic) Kick Out The Jams American Leather Records 1989
Threebie 3 (12", Ltd) Starship (Live) Fire Records 1989
Blitzspeer Live (LP) Kick Out The Jams Epic 1990
Chiswick Singles (CD, Album, Comp) Looking At You (Live) Teichiku Records 1990
Now Suck This... Dogface (7", EP, Comp) Call Me Animal Destroyer Records (2) 1990
Pump Up The Volume (Comp) ◄ (3 versions) Kick Out The Jams MCA Records 1990
The Worst Of The Damned (CD, Album, Comp) Looking At You Teichiku Records 1990
Padre Pio: The Stigmatist (7") Out Of Focus/Gold/Out ... Ajax Records (2) 1991
King Kong 2 (7", EP, Ltd) Kick Out The Jams King Kong 1992
Pajama Party (Comp, Album) ◄ (5 versions) Kick Out The Jams Vinyl Solution ... 1992
Spot The Loon (CD, Single) Kick Out The Jams Fellaheen 1992
Hooch (CD, Single) Rocket Reducer #62 Atlantic, Warner Music (Australia) 1993
Sessions Of The Damned (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) Looking At You Strange Fruit 1993
Lizzy (CD, Maxi, Promo) Rocket Reducer #62 (Ra... Atlantic 1994
Quad (7") Looking At You Rooster Rock 1994
The Singles (CD, Comp) Starship Taang! Records 1995
Translucent Flashbacks (The Glass Singles) (CD, Comp) Starship Fire Records 1995
Kick Out The Jams / You've Got What It Takes (7") Kick Out The Jams Gearhead Records 1996
The Perfect Prescription (CD) Starship Taang! Records 1996
Poison / Double Troubled (7", Ltd, Single, Red) Poison Amphetamine Reptile Records 1997
Testify (CD, Maxi) Looking At You (Live 1... Cleopatra 1997
ECW Extreme Music (CD, Album) Kick Out The Jams CMC International Records 1998
Doggone Your Bad-Luck Soul (10", Gre) American Ruse Man's Ruin Records 1999
Powertrip (Limited Tour Edition 2CD) (2xCD)   A&M Records, Polydor K.K. 1999
Roadwork Vol 1: Heavy Metall Iz A Poze, Hardt Rock Iz A Laifschteil (2xLP, Album) Black To Comm Stickman Records (Germany) 1999
Tired Of You (CD, Album) Teenage Lust Sub City Records 1999
Live!! (CD + CD, Mini) Kick Out The Jams Ki/oon Records 2000
Renegades (CD, Album, Ltd) Kick Out The Jams Epic 2000
Respect The Rock America (CD, Album, RP) American Ruse Man's Ruin Records 2000
Baader - Original Soundtrack (CD) Kick Out The Jams Normal, Indigo (2) 2002
Go Blue, Go Die (CD, Comp) Kick Out The Jams Smog Veil Records 2002
Go To California / Black To Comm / Broken Imaginary Time / Galaxy Gramophone (2x7", Ltd) Black To Comm Munster Records 2002
Sucking The 70's (2xCD, Comp) Black To Comm Small Stone Records 2002
Grace - 2CD Legacy Edition (2xCD, RM) Kick Out The Jams (Liv... Columbia, Sony BMG Music Entertainment 2004
Between Evil And Peace Tour 2005 (10", Ltd)   Nasoni Records 2005
Garage_Sessions #6 (CD, Comp) Shakin' Street Garage Records (France) 2005
Green Day Present Generation Punk (CD, Comp) The American Ruse New Musical Express 2005
Massive At The Blind School (Vinyl, MiniAlbum, Red) Looking At You Arresto Cardiaco  
Tracks Appear On:
20 Rock'n Roll Tops (LP, Comp) Tutti Frutti WEA Musik GmbH 1974
Superstars Of The 70's - Volume 2 - Heavy Metal (2xLP, Comp) Kick Out The Jams Warner Special Products 1974
Hard 2 (LP, Comp) Kick Out The Jams WEA Records B.V. 1982
Elektrock / The Sixties (The Jac Holzman Years) (4xLP, Box) Kick Out The Jams, Com... Elektra 1985
Classic Rock - Rock Renaissance (CD) Kick Out The Jams Time Life Music, Warner Special Products 1989
Born To Be Wild (2xCD) Kick Out The Jams WEA Records (Germany) 1991
Classic Rock - Rock Renaissance IV (CD) Shakin' Street Time Life Music, Warner Special Products 1991
Guitar Rock: 1968-1969 (CD, Album) Kick Out The Jams Time Life Music, Warner Special Products 1994
I Shot Andy Warhol - Music From And Inspired By The Motion Picture (CD, Comp) Kick Out The Jams TAG Recordings 1996
Ocean Of Sound 4: Guitars On Mars (2xCD) Starship Virgin 1997
Punk Legends - The American Roots (CD) Kick Out The Jams Jungle Records 1997
Caiga Quien Caiga - 40 Clásicos Originales Del Rock (2xCD) High School DRO EastWest S.A. 1999
Unconditionally Guaranteed Volume 6 (CD) Kick Out The Jams / Em... Uncut Magazine 1999
Gimme Shelter Vol. 2 (CD, Comp) Empty Heart Uncut Magazine, Uncut Magazine 2001
Punk. (2xCD) Kick Out The Jams Columbia 2001
Baader - Original Soundtrack (CD) Kick Out The Jams Normal, Indigo (2) 2002
Rough Trade Shops - Rock And Roll 1 (2xCD, Comp) Skunk (Sonically Speak... Mute Records Ltd. 2002
Music Guide Vol. 1: Instant Garage (CD) Kick Out The Jams Mojo Magazine 2003
Skate To Hell - The Extreme Skaterock Collection (CD + CD, Enh) Kick Out The Jams Warner Music UK Ltd. 2003
Spacelines - Sonic Sounds For Subterraneans (CD) Ramblin' Rose Munster Records 2004
Gimme Danger (CD, Comp) Skunk (Sonically Speak... Uncut Magazine 2005
Green Day Present Generation Punk (CD, Comp) The American Ruse New Musical Express 2005
Süddeutsche Zeitung Diskothek 1970 (CD) Looking At You Süddeutsche Zeitung 2005
The Roots Of The Sex Pistols (CD) Shakin' Street Mojo Magazine 2005
25 Ans De Musique D'Avant Nova (25xCD, Comp + Box, Ltd) Motor City Is Burning Nova Records 2007
Punk / F**k Art Let's Danse (2xCD, Comp) Kick Out The Jams Music Club Deluxe 2007
Stooges Jukebox (CD, Album) Looking At You Mojo Magazine 2007
Easy Action (CD, Comp, Smplr) Looking At You Easy Action 2008
Maximum Overdrive (CD, Comp) Rocket Reducer No. 62 Classic Rock 2008
Rare Trax DVD - Highligths Aus Dem Beat-Club 1967 Bis 1972 (DVD, Comp, Car) Kick Out The James (Be... Rolling Stone (Germany) 2008
So Indie It Hurts: Roir Rocks Volume One (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) Skunk (Sonically Speak... ROIR (Reachout International Records) 2008
The Roots Of The Ramones (CD, Comp, Promo, Car) Kick Out The Jams Rock Classics 2009
Kings Of Pop Music Vol. 1 (LP, Mixed) Motor City Is Burning,... Elektra  
Unofficial Releases:
Eureka! Birdman (LP) Kick Out The Jams Police Records (2) 1979
Keep Warm Burn Out The Rich (7", Whi) Kick Out The Jams Bag Ladies Record Company, I Blew A Fart/S.B.D. 1992
Rvng Prsnts MX2: Diabolic & Julian S. Process (CDr) Kick Out The Jams (Tes... Rvng Intl. 2004
Rock 'n' Roll War (LP, Unofficial) American Ruse Mission  
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