MC5: Detroit’s Industrial Punk Revolution

This episode follows MC5 from their Detroit roots, through the radical politics of John Sinclair’s White Panther Party, to their incendiary live album Kick Out the Jams. We examine how factory‑grown grit, low‑budget recording, and aggressive performance forged a proto‑punk template that would echo through later scenes in America and abroad.

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