The MC5, who came roaring out of Detroit in the mid-'60s, were much more than a rock-'n'-roll band.
The five-piece group were musical innovators who helped create both punk and heavy metal, and collaborated with avant garde jazz players. They also dabbled in revolutionary politics, playing the infamous 1968 Democratic convention in Chicago, putting out a single whose opening lines had to be censored and waving the freak flag with a manifesto that promised "rock 'n' roll, dope and f---ing in the streets."
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