Anti-establishment the MC5 ironically get into the establishment with Rock & Roll Hall Fame invite
Before there was the Clash, Nirvana or Rage Against the Machine there was the MC5
By MARK KENNEDY
Published - Oct 16, 2024, 11:26 AM ET
Last Updated - Dec 16, 2024, 06:17 PM EST
NEW YORK (AP) — Before there was the Clash, Nirvana or Rage Against the Machine there was the MC5.
“The MC5 was playing punk rock music before there was a name for it,” says Tom Morello, a Rock & Roll Hall of Fame guitarist for bands like Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave.
“They built the lattice on which bands like The Stooges, The Ramones, The Clash, the Sex Pistols, Rage Against the Machine and System of a Down ply their trade.”
The MC5 — short for Motor City Five — are getting into the Rock Hall this year, only months after the deaths of the two last original members, drummer Dennis “Machine Gun” Thompson and guitarist and singer Wayne Kramer.
