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The MC5's Kick Out the Jams (33 1/3)
Don McLeese
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Description for The MC5's Kick Out the Jams (33 1/3)
Paperback. When the Motor City 5 stormed the stage, the band combined the kinetic flash of James Brown with the raw musical dynamics of the Who gone berserk. Frequently ridiculed, they've been hailed as a primal influence on everything from punk to metal to Rage Against the Machine to the Detroit populist resurgence of the White Stripes, Kid Rock and Eminem. Series: 33 1/3. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: AVGP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 120 x 9. Weight in Grams: 124.
When the Motor City 5 stormed the stage, the band combined the kinetic flash of James Brown on acid with the raw musical dynamics of the Who gone berserk. It's a unique band that can land itself on the cover of Rolling Stone, a month before the release of its debut album and then be booted from its record contract just a few months later. Rock had never before seen the likes of the MC5 and never will again. Many of us who were floored by the 5 in concert were convinced that this was the most transcendently pulverizing rock ... Read more
When the Motor City 5 stormed the stage, the band combined the kinetic flash of James Brown on acid with the raw musical dynamics of the Who gone berserk. It's a unique band that can land itself on the cover of Rolling Stone, a month before the release of its debut album and then be booted from its record contract just a few months later. Rock had never before seen the likes of the MC5 and never will again. Many of us who were floored by the 5 in concert were convinced that this was the most transcendently pulverizing rock ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Series
33 1/3
Condition
New
Number of Pages
136
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780826416605
SKU
V9780826416605
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About Don McLeese
Don McLeese wrote about rock for the alternative weekly Chicago Reader, as the award-winning pop music critic for the Chicago Sun-Times and Austin American-Statesman and as a frequent contributor to Rolling Stone, Request and other national music magazines. He is now an associate professor of journalism at the University of Iowa, where he continues to contribute to national music, literary ... Read more
Reviews for The MC5's Kick Out the Jams (33 1/3)
"'A brilliant series of pocket-sized books focussing on a classic album. Each one a work of real love.' NME"