This is why music sucks now. I wouldn't spit on most of the bands we have today if they were on fire, and my saliva was their only chance to survive. I'd have totally given some rhoadie a bj to go backstage and meet the MC5, if I'd been around back then. Okay, maybe not REALLY, but I'd've thought about it.
it's a joke these guys aren't more appreciated or acknowledged for being the revolutionary band that they were. Induct these guys into the Hall of Fame tomorrow. Davis, Kramer and Thompson with the memories of Sonic and Tyner are by far the most deserving people not in.
This performance is now 41 years old and most of today's Bands still couldn't match it!!
I bought the 'Kick Out The Jams' Album from a stall in London's 'Petticoat Lane' Market in the early '70s (it was Mono FFS!!) and have been a fan ever since.
I saw them the day before this. They were at Soldier Field in Chicago July 18th at an all day concert. We paid about seven bucks to see MC5, Iggy Pop and The Stooges, Funcadelics, Chicago, Leon Russell, and alot of other good bands (a band called "Pig Iron" Rocked!!). MC5 Killed. Iggy was great. but the Funcadelics... Whoa!! Over forty years later and the day and the performances by these three acts are still burned in my memory!!
Where is all the badass fury now that bully America projects its military might around the globe? If it hadn't been for the draft, young Americans would never have rebelled against the Vietnam War; they would have been compliant sheep like today's young. Some of the 60s rebels, like Todd Gitlin, are now apologists for Obama's wars and his attacks on civil liberties (in the manner of G. Bush). Many a so-called rebel voted for Obama and his war machine.
Amazing band. Great energy. These guys rocked. Noticing how many stage moves by Wayne and rob and fred were stolen by other bands later. Very cool. LONG LIVE THE MC5. thanks for posting this!
How can these people be standing still like that! Little did they know that they would never see a show like that in their entire lives again. The Motor City Five at their peak, you must be soulless to stand still like that. Clearly ahead of their time.
The british band that matched them at times..when they wanted was the Pink Fairies..whom they played with in there one trip to England. Smith and Kramer were awesome..oh and it aint Detroit..ITs Lincoln Park, Mich. Home of the MC5 and Deniz Tek of Radio Birdman..
The British bands straight copy-pasted MC5s sound and stage moves without any shame. Check out Deep Purple performing Speed King or Led Zep`s earlier shows. They saw MC5 in 1968, returned home and started to do exactly the same. Originators my arse.
Saw MC5 on tour again in about 2007. Having spent ages as a teen learning Wayne Kramer's lead guitar solo for this song it was unbelievable watching him play it live after so many years.
Listening to the original album again it's such a shame the production is so dreadful. This song could sound 10 times better with more bottom end.
Still, great band and and great song. Thanks for posting!
Too young for the MC5, but saw Sonic's Rendezvous Band play many times in the late 70's. Fred 'Sonic' Smith was usually insanely intoxicated and that didn't help the music. Seeing this video from the 1970 is incredible. they were tight, solid and rocking. This has renewed my appreciation for the MC5.
The guy we see in the beginning? That's Jon Landau. He ruined the MC5's second album, and every Bruce Springsteen record he produced. The J.Geils band fired him after hearing what he did to the MC5. So, I have seen the DEATH of Rock 'N Roll, and it's name is Jon Landau.
I really smile at posters who A) never experienced the MC5 at their peak and B) seem to think they were more influenced than influencers.
The first time I saw the band it was an experience worthy of the word "awesome". We weren't high but stunned. The sound was deafening (in a good way), the crowd totally nuts. JC Crawford fired everyone up like a revival preacher and when the lights went on, it was truly show time. I could go on, but why? Just enjoy and relive the very brief run of the 5 ...
pretty funny looking at the commentary- i was at this show, free, along with savage grace, alice cooper, commander cody and the lost planet airmen.....if people were sittin', that was cause they were trippin' ....no idea how to react my ass....this had been going on for at least 5 years at this point....we got sick of seeing bob seeger play at our high school dances- these people are not awe struck..this was regular stuff you could see in most neighborhoods around the detroit area
you can tell that many of the people in the crowd have no idea how to react to this music. reminds me of when I saw AC/DC with Angus Young running around crazy when they opened for Aerosmith, Foreigner, Van Halen and Pat Travers in 1978. People were like wtf?
Unbelievable Great. What Power and energy This band was way beyond its time. It destroys most rock bands today with its pure simple yet at the same time sophistication .Plus rip rooring leads. Awesome
this is just fucking perfect. from that backbeat backing it up to the lyrics, to the guitar solos, to just how fucking ridiculously cool/wired kramer is. insanely good. this wont be bettered in 1000 years
I was at the Sunday Tartar Field concerts also-but I think this had to be 1968 or 69-not 1970. Sometime in 1969(after this) the MC5 moved away from John Sinclair & the White Panthers. On 10/18/1969 the MC5 opened for Zep at the Olympia and the Detroit audience nearly booed them off as a sellout(Sequin jackets, less energy..). I was there too(Lee Michaels & Grand Funk RR also)Soon after, "Livin in the USA" came out and this type of performance disappeared. Still great Rock & Roll, though.
ACHTUNG NICHT WEITERLESEN JETZT AUCH NICHT AUS NEUGIER DENN ICH HABE DEN FEHLER GEMACHT UND AUS NEUGIER WEITERGELESEN wer dieses Kommentar liest und es nicht in 7 Videos schreibt wir dieses Jahr grausam sterben wer es macht wir dieses Jahr viel Glück haben
@gibsongold1970 amen brother.i was a teenager 68-72 and was lucky to live through this era as a young man.thanks to youtube i can relive my youth.it's exc!
@marcoamedrano I was use to hearing the MC5, I was one of their original fans.
I knew a couple of the guys and they were really nice! they were great Live at the Grande!! my fave local band from the Detroit area!! now if only Wayne Kramer would add me as a facebook friend,,,jeez!!
@marcoamedrano It was so freaking awesome...every band you can think of except Beatles & Stones were there and I saw most of them..But the MC5 were so high energy and awesome LIVE...I was there when they recorded their album at the Grande..I can hear myself yelling..
@luvwings Many opine that the MC5 gave the best rock show in all history, better than the Stones, or The Who. But to have been there when they recorded the debut album is amazing! I saw the Ramones at CBGB often and younger folks tell me how lucky I was to see them, but to have seen MC5 at the Grand (and probably The Stooges too, right? ) takes the cake. Unique.
@marcoamedrano Of course! saw the Stooges all the time, was a friend of Ron & Scott Ashetons sister and we went to Iggys house when he wasn't at home! and she showed us his personal record collection
@luvwings Well, Iggy was the pioneer punker. The Stooges were the proto-punkers. The others that followed in the 70's and 80's - Johnny Rotten, Darby Crash, Stiv Bators - did nothing but imitate Iggy Stooge's every single move. Again, so lucky to have seen them back then.
@marcoamedrano this show was great, but inside the Grande was better because the sound was like a monster bouncing off the wall...The MC5 was a music monster that came alive...
@luvwings Hey luvwings, been a while! Hadn't seen this video in months. This is something to watch every so often, and each time I watch the MC5 my jaw drops. No today one can come close. No one then, either! They were really incredible, and again, you were so privileged to have seen them in the Grande.
Check out the bullshit at 1:40 on. Theyre chopping it up big time. Wayne going off his BOOBS @ 2:13.....this is a record of pure energy....one of the best American bands ever totally in their prime before the "smack" fucked it all up................RESPECT!
Wow. Nobody ever mentions Wayne Kramer when they talk about great guitarists, but seriously, how much fun is he to listen to?! Great look, too--like Oscar the Grouch.
hahahaha bored its just that back then a lot of people cared about music and going to a gig was a was a magical experience not an excuse for getting wasted
Go look at any concert footage from 68 to about 75. People pretty much sat and observed. Even in the woodstock footage you see like one out of thousands dancing around. The rest sitting and observing like it is in most other countries to this day.
@netned and there still is not a Majority in which i can see that dances and moves with feel and rhythm,just egofreaks beating shit up,gee,ginnypig,coincidence..?
@PixelPwner Dig that. I see punk rockers trying to claim MC5 as there own. MC5 was Hard Revolutionary Rock. Nothing punk about it. Try and call these guys punk or spit on them and they would kick your ass for ya! They can actually play there instruments...and are clearly influenced by soul and R&B.
@netned That's right. I just used to sit and listen and let the music wash over me and through me. It was a concert and I sure was, and usually, sure did, get my money's worth......even if it was free!!!
they are what you would call "entranced" the problem is nowadays..people are entranced by TV, IPODS, Twitters ..and you get so see those bored faces EVERYWHERE.
These clips from Wayne state are some of the highlights of the unreleased Doc on the 5, "true testimony" check out demonoid for the full uncut Promo (3 hr) divx..I just got it ready as a torrent.
Serious punk rock sh*t...notice how most of the hippies in the audience look shocked & don't know how to react !! Wonder if The Mars Volta have ever seen/heard this band...I think we all know the answer to that one....
MC5 ABSOLUTLY ROCK YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH a great cover of this was done in late 70s by the fantastic and very talanted punk band called THE DAMNED the guitarist brian james ur a god .............................
The Audience was not ready for this yet......but the times were a chang'n about this point from early 60's mellow pop rock, to serious heavy rock that would soon come.
My pops was there, he said 1/2 the crowd was not into this type music, but they did get into it and talk about MC5 after the show holmes. So, me lookn at you..., check the crowd out, some were at this show just to be there, whatever.
@fremderum dude no one has done rock like this period. these guys were so ahead of there time it's not even funny. don't think for an instant anyone could replicate this.
The first MC5 album was the only album that did the band justice. After listening to it, you just had to see the band live. I saw many major acts in my day, but a night with the 5 would leave you spent, like a night of good sex. I cannot explain it, the durgs? the volume? My youth? I don't know, but thank God for youtube that I am able to relive those times.
This is why music sucks now. I wouldn't spit on most of the bands we have today if they were on fire, and my saliva was their only chance to survive. I'd have totally given some rhoadie a bj to go backstage and meet the MC5, if I'd been around back then. Okay, maybe not REALLY, but I'd've thought about it.
PatternistSlave 3 days ago
1:26 The most epic moment in garage music
windtalkers1993 4 days ago
Still no signs of a mosh pit :)
maschoff69 3 weeks ago
This kicks BUTT!!!!!!!!
bambamsatx 1 month ago
Back In The USA is one of the Top Ten greatest albums of all time--but try telling that to the people who 'matter'.
jannyrcobs 1 month ago
it's a joke these guys aren't more appreciated or acknowledged for being the revolutionary band that they were. Induct these guys into the Hall of Fame tomorrow. Davis, Kramer and Thompson with the memories of Sonic and Tyner are by far the most deserving people not in.
BuddyLeon80 1 month ago 3
wayne kramer is tha shit .......hell yeah!!
electrohippy68 2 months ago
Brother Wayne had the best lead guitar stage moves ever.
TubobRainbowUnicorn 2 months ago 2
thatz da mutherfockin shyzzles mayne
VoodooUprising 2 months ago
F*CK ME SIDEWAYS!!!
This performance is now 41 years old and most of today's Bands still couldn't match it!!
I bought the 'Kick Out The Jams' Album from a stall in London's 'Petticoat Lane' Market in the early '70s (it was Mono FFS!!) and have been a fan ever since.
What a great clip this is - thanks to Poster...
HalsteadGuy1 2 months ago
Now these guys know how to put on a show!
siouxie921 4 months ago
Boring
guidedbythespirit 4 months ago
I saw them the day before this. They were at Soldier Field in Chicago July 18th at an all day concert. We paid about seven bucks to see MC5, Iggy Pop and The Stooges, Funcadelics, Chicago, Leon Russell, and alot of other good bands (a band called "Pig Iron" Rocked!!). MC5 Killed. Iggy was great. but the Funcadelics... Whoa!! Over forty years later and the day and the performances by these three acts are still burned in my memory!!
bmessiah 4 months ago
Powerful! The energy, aggression, power, and style that rings true. The MC5 at their best!
RaleighNightwolf 4 months ago in playlist More videos from BossGuitars
SHIT ON TOAST ! What a great sound.
angryhandjob 4 months ago
RE the crowd....SHOCK AND AWE!
tacey505 4 months ago
Without a doubt the greatest R&R vid ever made, just fucking classic
tacey505 4 months ago
OH HELL YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!
amber71dawn 5 months ago
this is true rock n roll i gotta learn kick out the jams mother frs
LetArtsLive 5 months ago
America was not worthy of the MC5...Britain appreciated them better...
notfragile33 5 months ago
wayne kramer reaching beast mode!
nunestunes 5 months ago
Where is all the badass fury now that bully America projects its military might around the globe? If it hadn't been for the draft, young Americans would never have rebelled against the Vietnam War; they would have been compliant sheep like today's young. Some of the 60s rebels, like Todd Gitlin, are now apologists for Obama's wars and his attacks on civil liberties (in the manner of G. Bush). Many a so-called rebel voted for Obama and his war machine.
nicmart 5 months ago
Amazing band. Great energy. These guys rocked. Noticing how many stage moves by Wayne and rob and fred were stolen by other bands later. Very cool. LONG LIVE THE MC5. thanks for posting this!
nycbren64 5 months ago
The fucking greatest ! and no one knows about them which is like wtf ?!
JoeAndNickgs 6 months ago
How can these people be standing still like that! Little did they know that they would never see a show like that in their entire lives again. The Motor City Five at their peak, you must be soulless to stand still like that. Clearly ahead of their time.
dannyapeshit 6 months ago
I like the shirt that rob used.... ha ha ha
javier911019 6 months ago
Can somebody please tell me where this footage is from, like what it the name of the documentary and whatever??
ColinTheButthead 6 months ago
love it...............
pinkingpark 8 months ago
The british band that matched them at times..when they wanted was the Pink Fairies..whom they played with in there one trip to England. Smith and Kramer were awesome..oh and it aint Detroit..ITs Lincoln Park, Mich. Home of the MC5 and Deniz Tek of Radio Birdman..
dahleric74 8 months ago
The British bands straight copy-pasted MC5s sound and stage moves without any shame. Check out Deep Purple performing Speed King or Led Zep`s earlier shows. They saw MC5 in 1968, returned home and started to do exactly the same. Originators my arse.
the13er 8 months ago
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one of the best groups to come from this planet
MultiAmbass 8 months ago in playlist Detroit Rock City
one of the best groups to come this planet
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Saw MC5 on tour again in about 2007. Having spent ages as a teen learning Wayne Kramer's lead guitar solo for this song it was unbelievable watching him play it live after so many years.
Listening to the original album again it's such a shame the production is so dreadful. This song could sound 10 times better with more bottom end.
Still, great band and and great song. Thanks for posting!
tobydarling 8 months ago 6
this band is definily the best band of hard rock,and rob tyner was an angel
javier911019 8 months ago
wayne kramer is GOD
fenix478 8 months ago
Too young for the MC5, but saw Sonic's Rendezvous Band play many times in the late 70's. Fred 'Sonic' Smith was usually insanely intoxicated and that didn't help the music. Seeing this video from the 1970 is incredible. they were tight, solid and rocking. This has renewed my appreciation for the MC5.
DeeDonner 8 months ago
@DeeDonner
Sonic's Rendezvous Band was pretty fucking great at the 20-30 shows I attended.
mc5nrg 8 months ago
LOUDER !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
JackM2409 8 months ago
Thee M C Mother Fuckin' 5
saintsaji 9 months ago
i would wash wayne's feet everyday and live a happy life
rockromance1 9 months ago
I see George "mosely the punk" Moseman in the background here!!!!!
69zenos 9 months ago
Back when I still listened to the radio I don't recall ever hearing these guys being played. Why?!
undeadgods 9 months ago
The guy we see in the beginning? That's Jon Landau. He ruined the MC5's second album, and every Bruce Springsteen record he produced. The J.Geils band fired him after hearing what he did to the MC5. So, I have seen the DEATH of Rock 'N Roll, and it's name is Jon Landau.
Hister333 9 months ago
@Hister333 Back in the USA is a great rekkid.
quintincollins 8 months ago
Black couple bopping @03:12...the rest of the crowd seem to not know what they're watching...band nice and raw...no audio fudging here...
SolarTiger 10 months ago
@SolarTiger
We knew exactly what we were seeing. MC5 ruled the roost in Detroit at the time......people were in awe.
Rob Tyner held the crowd in a trance ALWAYS.
billeemusic 9 months ago
who is the person talking in the beginning?
rockromance1 10 months ago
@rockromance1 - President McKinley
mg196 9 months ago
@mg196 thank you anyway
rockromance1 9 months ago
You want the real sound of revolution? These dudes have chunks of The Doors, Joplin and the Airplane in their stool.
thewizardofcovington 10 months ago
If we moved, we might miss something....
luvwings 11 months ago
three idiots
JAMMA68 11 months ago 2
Simply awesome!
garye77 11 months ago
rob tyner is tha king!
fenix478 11 months ago
Whats wrong with these people? Nobody's texting or talking on their cells. What a boring bunch!
drtymrty 11 months ago 2
@drtymrty I would be willing to bet most of the crowd is under the influence of illegal narcotics.
motorcityquig 10 months ago
there alright.BUT NOT THIS COOL.
gibsongold1970 1 year ago
HI!
ON WHICHDVD ARE THE RECORDINGS AVAILABLE?
THANK YOU IN ADVANCE!
GREETINGS FROM GERMANY. DIRK
DE61 1 year ago
I really smile at posters who A) never experienced the MC5 at their peak and B) seem to think they were more influenced than influencers.
The first time I saw the band it was an experience worthy of the word "awesome". We weren't high but stunned. The sound was deafening (in a good way), the crowd totally nuts. JC Crawford fired everyone up like a revival preacher and when the lights went on, it was truly show time. I could go on, but why? Just enjoy and relive the very brief run of the 5 ...
chaajoad 1 year ago
what a great guitarist wayne kramer!!
fishermanfranky 1 year ago
pretty funny looking at the commentary- i was at this show, free, along with savage grace, alice cooper, commander cody and the lost planet airmen.....if people were sittin', that was cause they were trippin' ....no idea how to react my ass....this had been going on for at least 5 years at this point....we got sick of seeing bob seeger play at our high school dances- these people are not awe struck..this was regular stuff you could see in most neighborhoods around the detroit area
theunkowndemocrat 1 year ago
Too cool for school..
LostInCrates 1 year ago
you can tell that many of the people in the crowd have no idea how to react to this music. reminds me of when I saw AC/DC with Angus Young running around crazy when they opened for Aerosmith, Foreigner, Van Halen and Pat Travers in 1978. People were like wtf?
ruffbizness 1 year ago
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the crowd doesn't move...
cameroncameroncamero 1 year ago
the crowd doesn't move...
cameroncameroncamero 1 year ago
@cameroncameroncamero they're awestruck
ColinTheButthead 1 year ago
Jaw dropping stuff! It doesn't really get much better than this.
johnwolcot 1 year ago
wow rock on for ever.
roy4067 1 year ago
can you imagine this song with keith moon on drums? WOOOOOOOOOOOW!!1
valerock667 1 year ago
Wayne Kramer should hunt down Kid Rock and beat the living hell out of him so ht he may realize what a true Motor City rock and roll badass is.
kieser78 1 year ago 10
@kieser78 May I direct you to a Bill Hicks bit called "Let's hunt and kill Billy Ray Cyrus"
YouCube7 6 months ago
@YouCube7 You may.
kieser78 4 months ago
I agree with keiser78...Kid Rock is a 'Bad Ass Wanna Be' compared to Wild Wayne and the MC5!!!
danz2611 3 months ago
Unbelievable Great. What Power and energy This band was way beyond its time. It destroys most rock bands today with its pure simple yet at the same time sophistication .Plus rip rooring leads. Awesome
vailsburghighlife 1 year ago
this is just fucking perfect. from that backbeat backing it up to the lyrics, to the guitar solos, to just how fucking ridiculously cool/wired kramer is. insanely good. this wont be bettered in 1000 years
IndependentGeorge76 1 year ago 2
thumbs up if u think that MC% deserves a place in Guitar Hero
DarthMeymar 1 year ago 2
@DarthMeymar They're in World Tour you dupe
Beverprod 1 year ago
I was at the Sunday Tartar Field concerts also-but I think this had to be 1968 or 69-not 1970. Sometime in 1969(after this) the MC5 moved away from John Sinclair & the White Panthers. On 10/18/1969 the MC5 opened for Zep at the Olympia and the Detroit audience nearly booed them off as a sellout(Sequin jackets, less energy..). I was there too(Lee Michaels & Grand Funk RR also)Soon after, "Livin in the USA" came out and this type of performance disappeared. Still great Rock & Roll, though.
onethumbpicker 1 year ago
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ACHTUNG NICHT WEITERLESEN JETZT AUCH NICHT AUS NEUGIER DENN ICH HABE DEN FEHLER GEMACHT UND AUS NEUGIER WEITERGELESEN wer dieses Kommentar liest und es nicht in 7 Videos schreibt wir dieses Jahr grausam sterben wer es macht wir dieses Jahr viel Glück haben
Caniboy115 1 year ago
Just..... YESSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!
ladidah9 1 year ago
The finest Rock ever! WoW! I remember this performance when it happened and it was a life-changer!!!
michelesaintthomas 1 year ago
Dig that way cool super-rare smoked Danny Kramer's playing! His "Looking at You" solo is one of the most iconic in ROCK, and that axe cuts it!
Nyquilcoma 1 year ago
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HOLY SHIT!!! That move Wayne Kramer does at about 3:50 is AWESOME!!! I had to watch it over and over and over!
rawerner666 1 year ago
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rawerner666 1 year ago
@rawerner666 HOLY SHIT!!! That move Wayne Kramer does at about 3:50 is AWESOME! I had to watch it over and over and over....
rawerner666 1 year ago 22
@rawerner666 Check the Ramblin Rose clip from this same show--a catalog of ultra cool Wayne moves!
asdesas 6 months ago
All we ever had on campus when I went to Wayne State was Rhythm Corps.
kieser78 1 year ago
damn
SomRandomLoiterer189 1 year ago
At 4:30 it's the young Howard Stern ahahah
choadman1 1 year ago
this is Their Best song really . i was there .. this is the real shit !Nothing in life Will compare To the Mc5 !
suzesrc 1 year ago
wayne kramer is the performingest bad ass ,, you cool bitch wayne baby !!
spadge321 1 year ago
Head banging at 2:32. Decades before there was head banging.
3bar 1 year ago
Isn't that crazy? We have to watch to a 40 years old vdo to hear and to see real Rock'n'Roll! MC5 and White Panther Party for ever!
inn7516 1 year ago
Wouldn't have to tell me this was filmed in Detroit. Knew it, the instant I saw the beach ball.
limomansuds 1 year ago
Early sighting of Napoleon Dynamite standing beside the speakers with the starry t shirt on 8-)
lewisner 1 year ago
@lewisner Thats me a-hole
michiganphoto 1 month ago
wow. nice dance moves
rizzlaxl 1 year ago
Fukkin bloody good amp sounds.
Kelly14UK 1 year ago
black people in the crowd shakin' and know it's dope. everybody else is blown away by the power. They are stacking marshall amps. Detroit owns!
vikingluv7 1 year ago 2
Absolutely the business. THIS is what it's all about, why we love the big beat so much. It can NOT get any better. Ta for posting!!
Thereyago21 1 year ago
Does anybody know the entire set lists for this show??
elevatorsfan 1 year ago
MC5 Motor City 5
luvwings 1 year ago
WHAT'S THE BEST MEANING OF MC5?
MC5 = MOTOR CITY 5
OR
MC5= MEGA CHINGONES 5
GREETINGS FROM MEXICO. PEACE¡
bloomfield79 1 year ago
did they ever jam with Bob Seger?
dennis789111 1 year ago
sorry ladies and gentleman,we will NEVER see a real rocknroll band
like these guys for a long, long, long time.
gibsongold1970 1 year ago 27
@gibsongold1970 yea man!! that,s absolutely true
slobinsan 1 year ago
@gibsongold1970 what about white stripes?
will1972giannotti 1 year ago
@gibsongold1970
well,
Eternal Tapestry is on their way - that's for sure
matttttt84 10 months ago
@gibsongold1970 amen brother.i was a teenager 68-72 and was lucky to live through this era as a young man.thanks to youtube i can relive my youth.it's exc!
steve89z 10 months ago
@gibsongold1970
KUDOS---The best part, correct me if wrong I believe most of the shows played at Tartar Field were free.
These guys poured it all out ,regardless,hard to find that today.
macedonian66 9 months ago
@macedonian66
They were indeed free concerts
billeemusic 9 months ago
@gibsongold1970 No holds barred, wave your fists in the air, total shit-kicking tidal wave of sound! Today's "music" F'ING SUCKS!!!!!
31wst 9 months ago 6
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spadehammer 7 months ago
@gibsongold1970 we had the hellacopters, who were sometimes basically the mc5 reincarnate, but they, too, are gone now. alas...
nonetheless, this is the pinnacle of awesomeness.
spadehammer 7 months ago
this is the definition of high energy!
rascal1126 1 year ago
@rascal1126 You probably know this, but for those that don't, that's exactly what the band described their music as back then - high energy rock.
marcoamedrano 1 year ago
@marcoamedrano I was use to hearing the MC5, I was one of their original fans.
I knew a couple of the guys and they were really nice! they were great Live at the Grande!! my fave local band from the Detroit area!! now if only Wayne Kramer would add me as a facebook friend,,,jeez!!
luvwings 1 year ago
@luvwings What a unique experience. That's yours forever. The grande ballroom must have been something else.
marcoamedrano 1 year ago
@marcoamedrano It was so freaking awesome...every band you can think of except Beatles & Stones were there and I saw most of them..But the MC5 were so high energy and awesome LIVE...I was there when they recorded their album at the Grande..I can hear myself yelling..
luvwings 1 year ago
@luvwings Many opine that the MC5 gave the best rock show in all history, better than the Stones, or The Who. But to have been there when they recorded the debut album is amazing! I saw the Ramones at CBGB often and younger folks tell me how lucky I was to see them, but to have seen MC5 at the Grand (and probably The Stooges too, right? ) takes the cake. Unique.
marcoamedrano 1 year ago
@marcoamedrano Of course! saw the Stooges all the time, was a friend of Ron & Scott Ashetons sister and we went to Iggys house when he wasn't at home! and she showed us his personal record collection
luvwings 1 year ago
@marcoamedrano I saw the Stooges perform many times..he was crazy...
luvwings 1 year ago
@luvwings Well, Iggy was the pioneer punker. The Stooges were the proto-punkers. The others that followed in the 70's and 80's - Johnny Rotten, Darby Crash, Stiv Bators - did nothing but imitate Iggy Stooge's every single move. Again, so lucky to have seen them back then.
marcoamedrano 1 year ago
Cool! America needs a band now to KICK OUT THE JAMS MOTHERFUCKER!!!!
BPCpresents 1 year ago
Woah, What did wayne do at the end there?
Patzeppelin69 1 year ago
@bobyoung53
I thought they were too stoned to be able to do that.
Substantive64 1 year ago
This DETROIT rock in it's purest form.
bobalverson 1 year ago 2
I´m born too late.
beray41 1 year ago 3
I'm the girl, who keeps flippin' her hair
luvwings 1 year ago
@luvwings wow u so hot lady
DenSnuskigaFilmen 1 year ago
@luvwings wow, for real? What was it like being there? Could you hear anything after the show?
marcoamedrano 1 year ago
@marcoamedrano this show was great, but inside the Grande was better because the sound was like a monster bouncing off the wall...The MC5 was a music monster that came alive...
luvwings 1 year ago
@luvwings Hey luvwings, been a while! Hadn't seen this video in months. This is something to watch every so often, and each time I watch the MC5 my jaw drops. No today one can come close. No one then, either! They were really incredible, and again, you were so privileged to have seen them in the Grande.
marcoamedrano 1 year ago
Check out the bullshit at 1:40 on. Theyre chopping it up big time. Wayne going off his BOOBS @ 2:13.....this is a record of pure energy....one of the best American bands ever totally in their prime before the "smack" fucked it all up................RESPECT!
BandwagonJumper007 1 year ago
OH MY GOD! It's like a freight train.
stonerbudkap 1 year ago
Check out 3: 53 That is one of the most intense ROCK and ROLL moves ever!!!
rawerner 1 year ago
Wow. Nobody ever mentions Wayne Kramer when they talk about great guitarists, but seriously, how much fun is he to listen to?! Great look, too--like Oscar the Grouch.
bobblehead67 1 year ago
That guy on the right at 1:13 is creepy.
Voy0 1 year ago
Way ahead of the game!
jcs937 1 year ago
hahahaha bored its just that back then a lot of people cared about music and going to a gig was a was a magical experience not an excuse for getting wasted
arizonablues 1 year ago
untouchable....mc5 were THE REAL DEAL
bruceycambell 1 year ago
are u crazy
suzesrc 1 year ago
we were anything but
suzesrc 1 year ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
Everyone looks bored
TheGradumate 1 year ago
Go look at any concert footage from 68 to about 75. People pretty much sat and observed. Even in the woodstock footage you see like one out of thousands dancing around. The rest sitting and observing like it is in most other countries to this day.
netned 1 year ago 24
@netned and there still is not a Majority in which i can see that dances and moves with feel and rhythm,just egofreaks beating shit up,gee,ginnypig,coincidence..?
VIVA LA MC5!!
PixelPwner 1 year ago
@PixelPwner Dig that. I see punk rockers trying to claim MC5 as there own. MC5 was Hard Revolutionary Rock. Nothing punk about it. Try and call these guys punk or spit on them and they would kick your ass for ya! They can actually play there instruments...and are clearly influenced by soul and R&B.
openeyes691 1 year ago
@netned That's right. I just used to sit and listen and let the music wash over me and through me. It was a concert and I sure was, and usually, sure did, get my money's worth......even if it was free!!!
flamesounds 1 year ago
@netned I always wondered about that.
Khultan 10 months ago
@TheGradumate
they are what you would call "entranced" the problem is nowadays..people are entranced by TV, IPODS, Twitters ..and you get so see those bored faces EVERYWHERE.
These clips from Wayne state are some of the highlights of the unreleased Doc on the 5, "true testimony" check out demonoid for the full uncut Promo (3 hr) divx..I just got it ready as a torrent.
freqazoidiac 1 year ago
MC5 Rule! Detroit Rock n Roll!
MrPeteyBalls 1 year ago
I love it when Wayne Kramer and Fred "Sonic" Smith are doing the tandem guitar moves. zi fucking love MC5!
elixxrx66 1 year ago
CLASS PAY ATTENTION THIS IS MUSIC!!!
revttcoco 1 year ago 4
fuckin high velocity! I love it.
or200 2 years ago
awesome, all the aggression of punk with guitar solos.
jimmyp73 2 years ago
At :34, it looks the acid is kicking in for Tyrone.
motorcityquig 2 years ago 2
yeah look at them paving the way for punk and ushering in the new era of Rock n roll...and the people are barely moving hha
moLeOnPoT 2 years ago
Serious punk rock sh*t...notice how most of the hippies in the audience look shocked & don't know how to react !! Wonder if The Mars Volta have ever seen/heard this band...I think we all know the answer to that one....
electriccircus5 2 years ago 3
@electriccircus5 I thought the same thing...
wedgeii2 2 years ago
Black Sabbath got the same reaction in 1970.
stonerbudkap 2 years ago
hey,it could be worse,tmv could be a cover band.....
PixelPwner 2 years ago
Just awesome.
Wayne Kramer....fuckin' hell...!!
theylive23 2 years ago 3
holy shit.
palsaradise 2 years ago 3
1:40 - 1:48 rock and roll !!
mondo56 2 years ago 6
MC5 ABSOLUTLY ROCK YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH a great cover of this was done in late 70s by the fantastic and very talanted punk band called THE DAMNED the guitarist brian james ur a god .............................
brambledown1 2 years ago 3
Correction: 0:25 - 4:30 rock and roll !!
AttemptedNova 2 years ago 2
The Audience was not ready for this yet......but the times were a chang'n about this point from early 60's mellow pop rock, to serious heavy rock that would soon come.
misft13 2 years ago 2
You are completely WRONG. I was at this show and we definitely knew what we were getting.
NiKKiSiCiLy 2 years ago 3
My pops was there, he said 1/2 the crowd was not into this type music, but they did get into it and talk about MC5 after the show holmes. So, me lookn at you..., check the crowd out, some were at this show just to be there, whatever.
misft13 2 years ago
Reckon the audience took a wrong turn somewhere just outside squareville
theslice2 2 years ago
man,they don't do rock like this nowadays...at all!!
fremderum 2 years ago 26
@fremderum dude no one has done rock like this period. these guys were so ahead of there time it's not even funny. don't think for an instant anyone could replicate this.
Nobodie92 1 year ago
@fremderum
Passion and power. The 5 were AMAZING.
guitarkat99 1 year ago
Compare Bowie and Tony Visconti - early Spiders - Man Who Saved the World Album - 2 years later.
gt40mk2 2 years ago
who sold*
fremderum 2 years ago
When is this documentary going to come out already, for Christ's sake? Too bad they dumped Jesse Crawford, too.
Vince70 2 years ago
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ethicomm 2 years ago
raw! that's what rock is all about,not the synthesized shit out there today.i hate modern music.
steve89z 2 years ago 5
The first MC5 album was the only album that did the band justice. After listening to it, you just had to see the band live. I saw many major acts in my day, but a night with the 5 would leave you spent, like a night of good sex. I cannot explain it, the durgs? the volume? My youth? I don't know, but thank God for youtube that I am able to relive those times.
motorcityquig 2 years ago 11