Motorcity is Burning

VINYL FORMAT. If metal and punk could claim one common ancestor then the MC5 would definitely be it. Distorted guitars and ear-shattering feedback matched by epileptic stage antics and anti-establishment ethics -- these Motor City natives had unwittingly broken the code to the future. Although this unbridled high volume approach, backed by the guitar wizardry of Fred 'Sonic' Smith and Wayne Kramer, earned the band a contract with Elektra for their 1968 debut LP Kick Out The Jams, they were soon dropped by the label. John Sinclair's (the group's manager) 'White Panther Party' (which condemned the draft and supported the Black Panthers) apparently didn't go over too well with the moms and dads of America, and the 5 soon found themselves under FBI surveillance accused them of being part of the ever-popular 'Communist Conspiracy' to corrupt the youth of America. This collection of rare live recordings dates back to these dangerous early days and includes several rare tracks.