Artist: Mc5
Genre: Proto-Punk/Rock
MC5 (Motor City Five) were an American rock band from Lincoln Park, Michigan, whose raw, politically charged music helped lay the groundwork for punk rock. Their 1969 debut album 'Kick Out the Jams' captured their explosive live energy, with its title track becoming a rock anthem. The band's association with radical politics, particularly the White Panther Party, made them one of rock's most controversial acts. Though commercial success proved elusive, MC5's influence on punk, garage rock, and alternative music was immense. The Clash, The Damned, and countless subsequent bands cited them as crucial influences. MC5 represented rock's revolutionary potential during a turbulent era.
Mc5 vinyl records
57 Mc5 new and used vinyl albums and singles UK sellers
MC5 Back In The USA (Very rare original 1970 UK 11-track stereo LP on the plum & red Atlantic label including the uncensored version of Teenage Lust housed in a fully laminated picture sleeve with 0870 dated poly lined inner. The sleeve has just a little minor creasing some laminate lift along the spine and a spot of ringwear but no rips or splits
£217.00 used
EMCEE 5 Bebop 61 - Bebop From The East Coast 1960/1962 (1987 UK 11-track vinyl LP. Picture sleeve. The sleeve shows only light shelfwear and the vinyl shows a few light signs of storage and little play MC587) Track Listing: 1 The One That Got Away 2:48 2 Stephensons Rocket 3:51 3 Preludes 5:57 4 John OGroats 6:56 5 Leftys Tune 5:05 6 Groovin At The Downbeat 4:42 7 Mikes Dilemma 4:04 8 Coxs Pippin 3:22 9 Bells Blues 3:51 10 Dobsons Choice 4:46 11 The Bridge 1:42
£14.00 used
MC5 High Time (Essential 1971 US 8-track stereo LP on the green & orange label the final longplayer from the legendary Detroit garage band ending on the belting eye-of-the-hurricane track Skunk (Sonicly Speaking). This copy was pressed at Preswell [PR etchings in run-outs] & mastered by George Piros [gP] heavy duty pasted gatefold sleeve with deletion cut to the righthand side edge
£84.00 used
MC5 Heavy Lifting (2024 UK/EU limited edition double album 2-LP the all new studio album from MC5 featuring Tom Morello Slash Vernon Reid & original MC5 drummer Dennis Thompson with their first recordings in 50+ years. This special editionincludes a bonus LP featuring previously unreleased live recordings from the MC50 tour celebrating 50 years of Kick Out The Jams
£34.99 new
MC5 Heavy Lifting (2024 UK/EU limited edition 13-track LP pressed on Arctic Pearl Coloured Vinyl the all new studio album from MC5 featuring Tom Morello Slash Vernon Reid & original MC5 drummer Dennis Thompson with their first recordings in 50+ years. Gatefold picture sleeve with hype sticker factory sealed) Track Listing: Heavy Lifting is the new studio album by Detroit’s punk rock pioneers MC5
£29.99 new
MC5 Kick Out The Jams (Legendary 1969 proto-punk debut from Detroits finest. 2023 UK/EU limited edition 8-track LP issued as part of the Rhino Rocktober series and pressed on striking Clear & Red Splatter Vinyl. Recorded live at the Grande Ballroom featuring the instant classics Ramblin Rose Rocket Reducer No
£24.99 new
MC5 MC50 - 10 More (2025 UK/EU 10-track LP pressed on 180-gram Vinyl. Celebrating the 50th anniversary of Kick Out the Jams. Recorded during the MC50 Tour 10 More capturing Wayne Kramer and an all-star lineup reigniting the explosive energy of MC5 featuring Kim Thayil (Soundgarden) Brendan Canty (Fugazi) Billy Gould (Faith No More) and Marcus Durant (Zen Guerrilla)
£26.99 new