NEW YORK (AP) — Before there was the Clash, Nirvana or Rage Against the Machine there was the MC5. “The MC5 was playing punk ...

Don Was has spoken to NME about working on the first MC5 album in 53 years and the sad loss of the band’s sole surviving member Wayne Kramer to cancer just months before its release. Kramer died ...

One irresistible facet of the MC5’s live show was that they ramped up the energy with choreographed, showband stage moves that were intrinsically Detroit, and very Motown: “We loved Motown ...

The co-founder and guitarist of influential Detroit punk rock band MC5 died from pancreatic cancer aged 75. Despite being ill, his death was sudden and unexpected. “I still haven’t really ...

MC5's third and latest album Heavy Lifting—which might very well be their last—debuts on multiple charts in the U.K. this week.

CLEVELAND — Decades after unleashing a broadside of Detroit rock energy — and following years of frustrating snubs — the MC5 ...

MC5 were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame by Tom Morello on Saturday. The band made it in on the Musical Excellence award after being nominated six times over the years. The Detroit band, ...

Growing up in suburban Detroit, Chris McNulty was a die-hard rock lover from early childhood — a fan whose passions included ...

The Clash had a complex relationship with the USA, but their music was endlessly indebted to the pioneering sounds of American rock bands like The MC5.

If the essence of Detroit music is relentless forward motion, the MC5 delivered that with the most frenetic joy to its audiences. “They were the James Brown Revue crossed with the Rolling Stones ...

MC5 was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame on Saturday. The band made it in on the Musical Excellence award after being nominated six times over the years. The Detroit band, often ...

Before there was the Clash, Nirvana or Rage Against the Machine there was the MC5 NEW YORK -- Before there was the Clash, Nirvana or Rage Against the Machine there was the MC5. “The MC5 was ...