John Sinclair was locked up for selling a joint to two police officers, but friends The Stooges and MC5 tried to intervene.

Fugazi emerged in the late ‘80s from a tightly knit Washington, D.C., punk scene where friendships and collaborative ...

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Here's a look at The Iguanas, the group that pre-dated The Stooges, and before James Osterberg became known as 'Iggy ...

The MC5 guitarist had worked on its design before his passing last year, and now it serves as an immortalization of his proto ...

American Songwriter may earn a commission when you purchase through our links. With MC5 guitarist Wayne Kramer’s passing In February 2024, rock ‘n’ roll lost not only one of its most influential ...

MC5 were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame by Tom Morello on Saturday. The band made it in on the Musical Excellence award after being nominated six times over the years.

Don Was has spoken to NME about working on the first MC5 album in 53 years and the sad loss of the band’s sole surviving member Wayne Kramer to cancer just months before its release. Kramer died ...

Before there was the Clash, Nirvana or Rage Against the Machine there was the MC5. "The MC5 was playing punk rock music before there was a name for it," says Tom Morello, a Rock & Roll Hall of ...

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NEW YORK – Before there was the Clash, Nirvana or Rage Against the Machine there was the MC5. “The MC5 was playing punk rock music before there was a name for it,” says Tom Morello ...

If the essence of Detroit music is relentless forward motion, the MC5 delivered that with the most frenetic joy to its audiences. “They were the James Brown Revue crossed with the Rolling Stones ...