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Home » MC5

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Punk Rock and Donuts founder Jeremy Kitchen on a callback to when punk was smart

by Salem Collo-Julin August 6, 2019October 1, 2021

Current musical obsessions of Punk Rock and Donuts founder Jeremy Kitchen, Udüsic vocalist Sarah Ryczek, and Reader listings coordinator Salem Collo-Julin

Posted inMusic

The MC5 celebrate the 50th anniversary of Kick Out the Jams

by Leor Galil September 19, 2018August 18, 2021

Wayne Kramer and worthy sidemen play Metro in honor of the protopunk classic.

Posted inMusic

Seventies wizard rockers Bad Axe made their posthumous recorded debut in 2014

by Steve Krakow June 5, 2017August 18, 2021

Bad Axe got a regular gig thanks to Rahm Emanuel’s mom and a belated vinyl release thanks to Permanent Records.

Posted inMusic

Chicago protopunks the Crucified released a notorious EP in 1977

by Steve Krakow September 27, 2016August 18, 2021

The Crucified predated the codification of punk as a musical style, so to modern ears their only record sounds more like great, no-frills hard rock.

Posted inBlogs

CIMMFest opening night: The Smart Studios Story revisits the Madison recording studio that helped birth indie rock

by J.R. Jones April 11, 2016August 18, 2021

The Smart Studios Story, opening the Chicago International Movies & Music Festival, revisits the Madison recording studio that nurtured the indie rock of the 90s.

Richard "Handsome Dick" Manitoba;  Little Richie Speck of Tutu & the Pirates, aka Dave Springer
Posted inFilm

Artist on Artist: Handsome Dick Manitoba of the Dictators NYC talks to Little Richie Speck of Tutu & the Pirates

by Luca Cimarusti May 12, 2014August 18, 2021

Handsome Dick Manitoba of the Dictators NYC talks to Little Richie Speck of Tutu & the Pirates.

Mark Perro of genre-leapfroggers the Men.
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Artist on Artist: Mark Perro of the Men talks to Raw Nerve’s Ryan Lowry

by Chicago Reader March 13, 2012August 19, 2021

Mark Perro of the Men talks DIY, country music, and the impossibility of plagiarism in punk

Posted inBlogs

Long-delayed MC5 Documentary May Soon See Commercial Release

by Peter Margasak March 16, 2011August 19, 2021

After more than seven years of legal limbo, just one last hurdle remains between the rock documentary “MC5: A True Testimonial” and its commercial release—and you can help.

Posted inBlogs

What’s in store for Record Store Day

by Miles Raymer March 27, 2009August 19, 2021

Vinyl fetishists, start your engines: this April’s Record Store Day promises a heap of amazing special releases.

Posted inBlogs

MC5 documentary clears hurdle

by Peter Margasak April 9, 2007August 19, 2021

The MC5 documentary by Chicago filmmakers David Thomas and Laurel Legler might actually see release.

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