Read it here.

I hung with these guys in Ann Arbor in the mid-60's and went to a lot of their shows, even jammed with them once on-stage at the Grande Ballroom. While all the pandemonium was going on, Michael Davis always held down a solid groove. I, for one, will miss him.

Kick out the jams!

Kids my son's age (17) are still digging the MC5.

Rest in peace.

Wow, you see that performance and you can see a bunch of later bands like the Stooges, the Clash, etc. Great stuff. RIP.

The Stooges hung out with the MC5 and were often their opening act.
The MC5 sometimes referred to them as our "baby brothers."

and the Stooges.

I was a youngster (well, younger than JC, but not much) during that time in the Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti/Plymouth/Livonia area. You'd see those two bands on the bill often.

My favorite memory of the MC5:

In the early 70's my band was the house band (every other month) at a rock club in Ypsilanti. When big acts were in town we were the warm-up. The PA was ours. Part of the PA were JBL 2395 slant-plate horns. They worked great for shallow but wide rooms - smooth and nice dispersion. They looked like this:




We found (by trial/error) that we needed to watch what we were sending to those horns. The drivers didn't handle a lot. Mentioning this to the MC5 sound-man, he assured us he would be careful. There may have been some hearing loss involved (understandable, they were a LOUD band) as he desired more and more high frequency sound - the driver diaphragms blew during the 3rd song.

Thanks to a brief argument with Jeremy (which I lost), I got turned onto MC5. Can't say much about them for certain - I wasn't a historian.

Great band; ahead of its time.

Yeah I heard about this. I don't think I've ever met him. Bummer. RIP.

When I say, "It's about time to...", my 3 1/2-year-old son says, "Kick out the jams, daddy! Rock n' roll!"

I knew that...I meant to say Ramones

it was so long ago, but I seem to recall the phrase being "kick out the jams m*t*er-f*c*er!". definitely a record to party loud to and irritat the neighbors. young, dumb and full of... I sure miss those days.

The 5 were all good guys. We miss Michael, Fred and Robbin.