DETROIT - 1967: The rock group MC5 (L-R Fred "Sonic" Smith, Dennis "Machine Gun" Thompson, Rob Tyner, Wayne Kramer and Michael Davis) pose for a photo in front of an American flag in 1967 in Detroit, ...

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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. The Detroit band, ...

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 Fame ...

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 Libertyville native Tom Morello, a Rock & ...

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,” the ...

More of a solo album by guitarist Wayne Kramer (even though drummer Dennis “Machine Gun” Thompson appears on a couple of tracks) with guest spots by an army of famous friends from Rage Against the ...

MC5, the iconic group from Lincoln Park, will receive an Award for Musical Excellence from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, in a ceremony that will air live on Disney+ on Oct. 19. Leading up to the ...

The first time music journalist Ben Edmonds heard about the MC5, it was from musician friends in a band called Magic Terry and the Universe. He liked what his friends had to say about the band, so ...