http://www.arthurmag.com/2010/02/24/ten-out-of-5/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:21:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://www.arthurmag.com/2010/02/24/ten-out-of-5/comment-page-1/#comment-177661 Ten Out Of 5: A comprehensive guide to the MC5’s recordings, for the curious, the enthusiast and the hopeless completist | Fri, 26 Feb 2010 13:49:22 +0000 http://www.arthurmag.com/?p=11679#comment-177661 [...] To dig the band was almost an act of faith, an investment in the idea that somewhere in this shrouded world there could exist a gang of strobe-lit blue-collar psychosexual freebooters and political daredevils who played like God, lived like pigs, and freed everyone they touched. Crazy? Oh no no no. The MC5 were it. They were IT. And if they weren’t it, you could be certain that nobody else was. They hyped themselves, they hyped each other, they were hyped by their manager John Sinclair and by and by it became the truth—rhetorically inflated and musically bombastic but yes, the truth. They were the only band reckless enough to play to the protesters outside the ‘68 Democratic Convention in Chicago (moments before the baton charge), reckless enough to harness the dynamics of roots rock in the service of a free-jazz mindblow. Continue reading  TEN OUT OF 5: A comprehensive guide to the MC5’s recordings, for the curious, the enthusiast and t.... [...] [...] To dig the band was almost an act of faith, an investment in the idea that somewhere in this shrouded world there could exist a gang of strobe-lit blue-collar psychosexual freebooters and political daredevils who played like God, lived like pigs, and freed everyone they touched. Crazy? Oh no no no. The MC5 were it. They were IT. And if they weren’t it, you could be certain that nobody else was. They hyped themselves, they hyped each other, they were hyped by their manager John Sinclair and by and by it became the truth—rhetorically inflated and musically bombastic but yes, the truth. They were the only band reckless enough to play to the protesters outside the ‘68 Democratic Convention in Chicago (moments before the baton charge), reckless enough to harness the dynamics of roots rock in the service of a free-jazz mindblow. Continue reading  TEN OUT OF 5: A comprehensive guide to the MC5’s recordings, for the curious, the enthusiast and t…. [...]

]]> http://www.arthurmag.com/2010/02/24/ten-out-of-5/comment-page-1/#comment-177644 Allen Thu, 25 Feb 2010 09:44:28 +0000 http://www.arthurmag.com/?p=11679#comment-177644 thanks for posting this, it's an awesome primer! \m/ thanks for posting this, it’s an awesome primer! \m/

]]> http://www.arthurmag.com/2010/02/24/ten-out-of-5/comment-page-1/#comment-177641 TYNER TESTIFIES - ARTHUR MAGAZINE – WE FOUND THE OTHERS Thu, 25 Feb 2010 01:33:56 +0000 http://www.arthurmag.com/?p=11679#comment-177641 [...] We’ll be posting some articles on the MC5 from Arthur No. 9 shortly. here: TEN OUT OF FIVE. [...] [...] We’ll be posting some articles on the MC5 from Arthur No. 9 shortly. here: TEN OUT OF FIVE. [...]

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