Current musical obsessions of Punk Rock and Donuts founder Jeremy Kitchen, Udüsic vocalist Sarah Ryczek, and Reader listings coordinator Salem Collo-Julin
Tag: MC5
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The MC5 celebrate the 50th anniversary of Kick Out the Jams
Wayne Kramer and worthy sidemen play Metro in honor of the protopunk classic.
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Seventies wizard rockers Bad Axe made their posthumous recorded debut in 2014
Bad Axe got a regular gig thanks to Rahm Emanuel’s mom and a belated vinyl release thanks to Permanent Records.
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Chicago protopunks the Crucified released a notorious EP in 1977
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.
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CIMMFest opening night: The Smart Studios Story revisits the Madison recording studio that helped birth indie rock
The Smart Studios Story, opening the Chicago International Movies & Music Festival, revisits the Madison recording studio that nurtured the indie rock of the 90s.
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Artist on Artist: Handsome Dick Manitoba of the Dictators NYC talks to Little Richie Speck of Tutu & the Pirates
Handsome Dick Manitoba of the Dictators NYC talks to Little Richie Speck of Tutu & the Pirates.
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Artist on Artist: Mark Perro of the Men talks to Raw Nerve’s Ryan Lowry
Mark Perro of the Men talks DIY, country music, and the impossibility of plagiarism in punk
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Long-delayed MC5 Documentary May Soon See Commercial Release
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.
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What’s in store for Record Store Day
Vinyl fetishists, start your engines: this April’s Record Store Day promises a heap of amazing special releases.
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MC5 documentary clears hurdle
The MC5 documentary by Chicago filmmakers David Thomas and Laurel Legler might actually see release.