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 ...

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 ...

NEW YORK (AP) — 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 ...

Anti-Establishment the MC5 Ironically Get Into the Establishment With Rock & Roll Hall Fame Invite NEW YORK (AP) — Before there was the Clash, Nirvana or Rage Against the Machine there was the MC5.

Considering MC5’s sixth nomination for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame a couple of years ago, Wayne Kramer took a benign view of the honor. “Either way, it’ll be OK with me,” Kramer ...