#MC5

A true fan favorite! In genuine Motor City fashion, here's the MC5 in an unparalleled afternoon of raw rock and roll as they kick out the jams to the backdrop of a busy Detroit highway. This is the finest quality ever found on the world wide web!

[@WayneKramerMC5]

I'm going to make a comment here about this video/audio master. It came to my office preserved with the edit of "mutherfuckers". We focused more on the quality of the video and audio rather than the fact that the lead vocal had been altered with that millisecond of silence. So .... let's rock. w.

[@mikec6617]

Thank You Brother Wayne. Please know that people still love and kick out the jams to the Five. Take Care.

[@fuzzballzz36]

Rock on, Brother Wayne! This is a truly great performance.

[@laughingdaffodils5450]

It's a small alteration in a long performance, and it's better to have the performance preserved rather than not. However, it should be fully restored. The edit is an abomination.

[@tinyb69]

At least they didn't edit out that classic footwork. Best to you, Brother Wayne.

[@clumpybrown]

I never tire of watching this performance. Never.

[@ronaldlivington137]

I am a Black 64 year old man born and raised in Detroit. I have always loved Detroit rock and roll ( and Hendrix ). I was at this concert at Wayne State U. I was lucky to see the great Motor City 5 many times, they were the GREATEST LIVE BAND EVER !! That’s means a lot because in Detroit in those days, we saw all of the top groups on a regular basis. Grand Funk, Zep,Hendrix,The Who, Black Sabbath,Johnny Winter,Funkadelic,Santana - I saw the New York Dolls open for Kiss @ the Michigan Theatre before the both hit big. Man those days were AWESOME!! But NOBODY commanded an audience and stage like the GREAT MC5 (Rob Tyler and I both had big Afros also) PEACE.

[@jimiplayscobo5877]

Did you see the Amboy Dukes in 69? I seen them on the steps of the Detroit library. I was 13 at the time. I was standing next to a huge black guy with a bullwhip around his shoulder maybe it was you:) I was a skinny white guy a little scared and he looked down at me and smiled and all my fears melted. That was before I seen Jimi at Cobo. I used to go to the East Towne lots. A friend of mine had a big afro too. We used to hide joints in his hair going before over the border from Windsor:) Lots of great memories going to Detroit:)))

[@lencolby4605]

Except Tyner's Afro was a perm!

[@ronaldlivington137]

Len Colby True, but was still great.

[@JRain234]

@@lencolby4605 That's not what Wayne Kramer said in his book, he said Rob used to try like hell to straighten it but the fro just came right back. That's what he said in his book anyway.

[@brianciupka7784]

@@lencolby4605 yeah as in his hair was permanently kinky ALL his life , and so fucking what !

[@pleasehaveacookie]

R.I.P Wayne Kramer. The power of your music will live on forever.

[@gravelevel3084]

Just heard and had to come back to this beautiful clip immediately. So privileged to have seen them, what, 15 years or so agoÉ With Mark Arm and Evan Dando singing. What a show! I caught one of Dennis Thompsons discarded, broken sticks and had him sign it. Still have it too. Fuck. Rest in Power, Brother Wayne. They threw the mold away after you, boy, goddamn.

[@artrogue4150]

Rip Wayne! Damn it. Kick out the jams in the afterlife

[@corey6393]

@@gravelevel3084 Came here cuz I just heard about it, too. Fuck.

[@buschovski1]

Right on man. He was awesome.

[@bathsheba56]

I've come back to this show again and again just for another dose of sheer rocking power. And now I've learned that Wayne is gone . So sad, but you know, man, you've changed me and spoken to so many lives. Thank you, my brother!

[@ronaldlivington137]

Black Rocker here, I never thought my wonderful memories of Brother Wayne Kramer and the mighty MC5 would garner the most likes for this video masterpiece. I am truly , truly DEVASTATED to hear of the passing of my favorite live group’s awesome guitarist, Brother Wayne. He was more than an amazing musician. The MC5 shows were a promise that WE , Black and White, could ALL be brought together by the mighty power of the “5”. The 5 and Wayne will always be my favorites and I will spend this day listening to them and reminiscing about those glorious days. PEACE ☮️

[@sirgalahad3574]

Wonderful testimony. The 70's were something. We've stepped back and it's sad, almost by design.

[@ronaldlivington137]

@@sirgalahad3574 Thanks man appreciate it 👍🏾🎸

[@elizabethkovala2887]

Beautiful

[@bevmilner6638]

Me too!

[@rudolfrojas]

A true testiment of affection from a true fan of the MC5 and Wayne Kramer, the larger than life musician and humanitarian. Thanks for this.

[@birdeeismyname]

RIP Wayne, the world is a much sadder place today. I've watched this video a million times and will watch it a million more.

[@peterwhite507]

I can't stop watching it

[@allybabble]

The Greatest...

[@tarakb7606]

​@@peterwhite507 Same here.

[@melissatyree566]

I never get tired of seeing it either, I see something new every time I see it. My boys were very limber. Fabulous band.

[@NoGodsNoMasters1885]

"I guess you guys aren't ready for that yet...but your kids are gonna love it."

[@chopperking007]

M J Fox...end quote...

[@VenturiLife]

Totally, it's like these guys were 10-15 years before their time... This was 1970...

[@guritevzadze314]

Shades2 more likely 7-8 years ;)

[@Lppolymath90]

True. In fact, this is the only group I ever heard Joey Ramone speak favorably of.

[@kamuelalee]

Back to the Future level shit, amazing!

[@jimray4428]

You won't believe this, but a month or so before this show in Ohio, the MC5 played my senior Prom. I kid you not. It was May of 1970, the Mckeesport Pa. High School class of 1970 Prom at the Rostraver Gardens , not far from Mckeesport. It was a crazy night. They didn't go on until about 4 in the morning and saved Kick Out the Jams till last. As soon as Rob Tyner said motherf#@#er, our Vice Principal pulled the plug on them. Show was over! Their sound system blew the doors off of the hall, and our teachers were going nuts. No one was prepared for what they were seeing. And the young teacher who ok'd the booking of the MC5 nearly got fired. It was a night i still smile about 51 years later.

[@marine4lyfe85]

That's incredible! As an Ohio boy, I can't imagine getting the MC5 as our prom band..lol.

[@DaveAnchovies]

did they just play Teenage Lust over and over?

[@The_OneManCrowd]

My Uncle, Leo Thomas, was in the McKeesport drum line and played in a local rock band. He worked at Bechtel-bettis his entire life and died when he was only 52 about 15 years ago from mesothelioma. My entire family is from McKeesport/Glassport but I moved to Florida when I was young. Does he sound familiar to you? They were from a place called "Crawford Village". You guys were around the same age.

[@jimray4428]

@@The_OneManCrowd Yes I remember that name and I will look in the yearbook to see if he graduated with me. There were 840 kids in my class so its hard to remember everyone. Thanks for replying.

[@The_OneManCrowd]

@@jimray4428 Very cool thanks. Everyone is gone now my mom was the last of us she lived in Westmoreland County out in the country but passed over five years ago. I have no connection to the area anymore but vividly remember mom driving us to McKeesport and the smell of the coke mills across the river. My grandmother worked for Joe Winzeck catering for years and we would eat there when we'd visit. Seems like another lifetime ago now.

[@jeffreysmith2530]

Fantastic video from 1970. In 1970 I was 21 and now I'm 75.....MC5 still blows my doors off.

[@TheDogPa]

ROCK ON!!!!

[@Noblesavage77]

Get it 🤘🔥🤘

[@normancarlisle5847]

Me too!!!🎉❤!!!

[@user-mr8cw5nl8n]

Thank you Wayne Kramer. You’ll be missed🌹

[@paultownley101]

How in the BLUE HELL are they not in the R&R Hall of Fame??? Punk long before punk became fashionable.

[@drenklaf]

NO SHIT!!! I've SHOUTED that for fourty years! Maybe more!

[@MattAzhell]

Damn straight. MC5 and Stooges were the spark that inspired many of us to start bands back in the day.

[@hemitodd]

The godfathers of punk rock, definitely the spark that lit the flame

[@russellgoff6524]

Fuck that establishment shit. MC5 don't pimp for nobody.

[@ezechielpequay5894]

​@SERVEewerIDOLonEWERknees If you believe that MC5 are a proto-Metal band, so you have to listen to their full discography. THEY ARE a fucking Punk Rock band. They song Teenage Lust is a good example. Punk didn't begin in 76. In 70/74, the term was already used for exemple by Yves Adrien (to speak about The Stooges and MC5) in the 1973 January numero of the magazine Rock'n'Folk

[@wbmaris]

Every couple of months I watch this again and always end up thinking “holy shit”

[@onethumbpicker]

I do too. I was there in front and can see what I looked like when I was 17 during 'Looking at You'.

[@bonsummers2657]

@@onethumbpicker … and I think 'what crap'

[@CarolineMartin]

Still don't see the big deal

[@marcoriganelli4421]

me too

[@blackmore4]

@sha broussard I agree with you about the music not being "dangerous" but then I don't think that any music is. I think there's a lot more going on here than "coke" though.

[@VinylCollektor23]

Doesn't matter how many times I've seen this this is the epitome of rock n roll. Loud and passionate.

[@freedomfromreligion1701]

My family leaves when I "kick out the jams."Except my kids.

[@davidjones2048]

Ya baby

[@jsnbkr66]

RIP Wayne. Your importance to Rock cannot be overstated. Forget Jann Wenner and the hall of fame. We, your fans, will always love you.

[@ronaldlivington137]

If you notice there are more than a few BLACK ROCKERS in the crowd. I was one of them. My friends and I would would get some Boone’s Farm and some herb and go see to these fantastic Detroit bands & the national acts at The Olympia, Cobo Hall (at a KISS concert I sat on stage - on Ace’s side - on the tour after their 1st live album) , Birmingham Palladium, State Fair grounds,Masonic Temple etc. Many times saw - Bob Seeger, Frijid Pink, SRC , Mitch Ryder, Stooges, I even saw Wayne Cochran ( u must see him on KZbin)and of course the mighty,mighty MOTOR CITY 5 !!. We all loved each other back then. The White kids treated us great, we had Great Times !! One of my best friends back then and fellow Black Rocker and concertgoer was Comedian/ Actor - David Alan Grier ( he was on Jimmy Kimmel last night). Man, GOOD TIMES IN MOTOWN !!

[@janarnold5569]

Dude, rock n roll isn't a matter of your colour. I'm a muso and I don't give a rats arse If the blokes in the audience are black, white or blue. There's no space left for racism at a rock concert. Anyone who thinks different can kiss my arse and that's all I gotta say about that. Rock on dude!

[@eddiem5997]

Did you ever see Death play?

[@carolwolf9614]

I remember those beautiful times as well. My kids don't believe me when I tell them that race wasn't a thing back then. Oh how I miss that easy, blissful love we felt for one another. And then i always point my kids to...Jimi Hendrix?????? Love from the UK

[@ronaldlivington137]

Carol Wolf : You are 100% correct. Luv u back.

[@mickeyg7219]

Well, the MC5 was associated with the White and Black Panthers after all.

[@hirampriggott1689]

Wayne Kramer's Ramblin Rose tickles my stomach😂.....especially when he does that sideways moonwalk during the solo.

[@dezertfox3130]

I admit I’m very late to the party for the MC5, I’ve watched this video 40 times in 30 days. It’s like a triple espresso of raw energy

[@devinangola3458]

Fuk yeah it is!😉

[@timcoppinger3373]

Me too, absolutely brilliant!

[@pete3883]

I'm only 69 yrs. old, but I think they did more than high energy coffee?

[@latetodagame1892]

Better late than never! 👍

[@carl_anderson9315]

Wayne playing Rambling Rose here is the perfect representation of the power of youth at its rawest state.

[@crlaw75]

The fancy footwork on the stage to.

[@Instramark]

Well said.

[@MrSneaksful]

also the power of Marshall stacks

[@williamhilligoss624]

70s was a great time to be alive living when rock could roll.R.i.p Wayne

[@chuckmenosky5106]

This is ten and a half minutes of the greatest footage in music history. I can't tell you how many times I come back to this or suggest it others.

[@renatohebeja2665]

I think the same

[@danielfournier735]

Met em !!!! Was here !;!!! My friends sister dated Wayne. Downriver mi. His guitar playing sidestep is priceless.

[@AgentXPQ]

Watching on July 19th, 2020, 50 years to the day after this was shot.

[@catinthehat906]

Wonder if that kid's ears at 4:33 ever recovered- must be in their mid 50's now.

[@vickicook3094]

july16, 2021 and till i can't!

[@meredithkurtzman6047]

Holy shit…the best rock film ever. Watched many times,still makes me wanna break some furniture at age 70.

[@vickicook3094]

68 and almost did...but it would't break!

[@michaelwaters8879]

I’m 70 as well. First time I’ve seen a video of the MC5 performing live. Just like you noted, my first reaction was holy shit! Geeze that energy on a live stage is a TKO!

[@kp8747]

All 5 are together again. "Thunder in the night forever!"

[@ronbo11]

When life is beating you down or you're depressed, come to this video and get a JOLT of pure Rock N Roll energy for your Soul and be revitalized! Works for me. Every time!

[@renatohebeja2665]

For me too ,every time I am bad I come here to this show

[@deadguy29]

This recording of the mighty MC5 is so epic and powerful. The Band seemed it could’ve burst into flames by the sheer energy displayed onstage

[@jkjk-hk9lb]

As great a r&r performance ever recorded.

[@PAULLONDEN]

"could’ve burst into flames" ......What's the scientific term for that....."spontaneous combustion" ....they certainly were in danger of that ......💨🔥

[@deadguy29]

@@PAULLONDEN sheer energy and power, cheers!

[@lechanneldemysterieuxmante1807]

Master of Surf Guitar Dick Dale once spoke of how he wanted to explode on stage from the sheer power of him and His guitar. These Destroyt Beasts epitomize that. Those that rock as hard as Dick Dale, Kramer, Sonic, Bon Scott, Lemmy all should explode or spontaneously combust when it is their time to go. It’s just the rock n roll thing to do.

[@shruggzdastr8-facedclown]

Rob Tyner has got to be one of the all-time underappreciated frontmen in Rock history!!

[@Charlie_Tango_Radio]

That sideways moonwalk at 00:56!!!

[@blueyzblue6391]

@@Charlie_Tango_Radio That's Wayne Kramer...the owner of this channel. Rob Tyner is the lead singer with the afro.

[@kennethalfastsen4656]

53 years ago today. I remember it fondly. It shaped my musical taste to this day

[@jefferypitts343]

I am still coming to terms with the loss of wayne, he was and mc5 will forever be my biggest musical influences, he was the guy i wanted to be, im an old man now, that hasnt dampend my spirit.

[@jeffreysmith6234]

Guy in the back hitting a joint then tried to pass it to the black dude with the big fro. Forever caught on tape. Awesome.

[@christophergraham7194]

If you look just before, the black dude had it first- hitting it hard! He must've passed to the white dude when the camera cut away and when he tried to give it back he said "I'm good!" Lol.

[@sharrri23]

That was a cartoon toke! Only big boys need apply.

[@eddiem5997]

🔥

[@xiutxui1689]

time stamp?

[@gogolex]

Se está dando un toque....... pacheco

[@Boudas72]

They seem like they don't give a shit but they know exactly what they doing. Order through chaos. Their performance is a masterpiece.

[@jamesaufdenberg4630]

Im 65 and from Cleveland, and i remember my next door neighbor in 1968 playing these guys. He just got back from NAM and i was 11 yrs old and it caught my ear as being very different music. A few yrs later, bought their music!!🙂😀

[@ajmurraymints]

RIP Brother Wayne. Thanks for all the great music and your pioneering in attitude and action

[@markconnorsmusic]

This should be mandatory viewing for anybody wanting to start a band. This is how it's done folks!!

[@michelelaraia7358]

And I listen and watch!🙋🇮🇹🤳😉🙏👏👍🍾😎

[@SaberToothGary]

Fuckin A, right!!

[@ronames6394]

:)s ... Amen Brother !

[@PAULLONDEN]

But don't look surprised when your band implodes in four years. Doesn't antimatter , how did that saying go ? "Better To Burn Out Than Fade Away" ?

[@fuzzballzz36]

Absolutely!

[@MattAzhell]

RIP Wayne,your influence was monumental. You guys pushed the boundaries of rock and roll.

[@almurphy5433]

Never heard of the MC5 until a few days ago. They're more captivating than most famous rock group performances because they're a spontaneous powerhouse!

[@LeshaAnn]

Welcome!

[@SuperRizzoman]

same here !!!! and hour ago i watch a ramones documentary and mention new yor dolls and mc5 and then giving a listen to this bands.....blow my mind !!! this rocks...... and only happen 50 years ago!!

[@MundaSquire]

They make punk look tame.

[@dontFUDGEitup83]

RIP Wayne Kramer- MC5 were SO ahead of their time it’s crazy

[@Instramark]

I am 66. Have been trying to tell young people some of what the 60's were like. This video states my case.

[@user-kk2ey1pj5r]

Preach brother

[@renatohebeja2665]

I am one of those young people but I’d give everything even my life to go just for a single day in 1969 at the rock and roll show i wanted to go

[@Instramark]

@@renatohebeja2665 Concerts were all over the place in every configuration you can think of. There were places, block by block, just about everywhere in most cities and towns that had live music. You could say we took it for granted. Vietnam had a lot to do with it. Napster, the Internet killed it along with cable TV, tougher drunk driving laws. Controversial tech like auto tune and DAW software that requires little music knowledge didn't help. I was a working pro lead guitar player from 68 to 95. IMO, 95 was when it was gone for good ..,. But, It was a lot of fun as a job while telling the "man" to you know what!

[@renatohebeja2665]

@@Instramark I have studied everything from 1966-1992.I listen only to this period that was not even born.I like a lot the late 60s,early 70s pure rock and roll peace love anti war.I play guitar as well my hero is Alvin Lee(ten years after).Saw the Woodstock for the first time in 2008 when I was 6 years old.I see many consider MC5 as punk but I don’t think so.The duo smith Kramer have a lot of solo that punk don’t have solo,it’s a different energy this never seen to any other band of the era

[@Instramark]

@@renatohebeja2665 Wow! Alvin Lee! His Woodstock performance still stands a lotta ground. It's not that all music has to be rock because it doesn't. It's just a shame there is so little venue. I do think that folks your age are capable of desiring to place emphasis on the live scene. It's way cool to dial up you tube and learn modes in a day but playing regularly in front of an audience builds a different set of chops and skills. What is your guitar and amp. Do you even use an amp? Are you acoustic also or only?

[@markymark8246]

A place to go once time travel is invented ✌️

[@roloa7741]

Yeah, sign me up for that trip!

[@avalondreaming1433]

@@roloa7741 Me too. My bags are packed.

[@Nantosuelta]

sure as fuck want out of this worthless generation

[@roloa7741]

AvalonDreaming Heh heh heh, good for you Avalon! I’ve still not received a ticket tho. You?

[@avalondreaming1433]

Rolo A No ticket for that show but funny you ask this- I received my Stones tickets just yesterday! May be thier last tour. Wouldn't exactly be the same though. Imagine a concert hall, let'let's just say the Fox Theater in Detroit., a room full of people who just dosed, and some of this coming through the speakers. I imagine we could get back min time that way. Lol! No brown acid though!

[@markwilliams5606]

Am 64. Raised in Detroit. Am white. Love . We had great music. The best Rock and roll. The best Sou! Motown.Smoky. Temptations. Seger

[@assrammington7961]

Nobody cares you’re white. It’s hilarious how on every LEFTIST political band everyone instinctually mentions what race they are. Leftism creates more racists than Rightists ever could.

[@josephargentiero5964]

Stumbled across this video, while scrolling for daily local new. Sitting my office at work, reminiscing my I’ll spent youth listening to MC-5. The 70’s were awesome.

[@robertomainetti4836]

Wow! They amaze me any time I watch a video. They are so powerful and groovy to make me jump, dance and scream joyfully. I can't Imagine how Crazy I would have turned if I have seen them live

[@robnamowicz8073]

Wayne had the greatest guitar player dance moves, always loved his 'mashed potato' across the stage, fine times indeed!!!

[@brendansmalley3655]

When wayne kramer starts dancing at the beginninig of lookin at you, he looks like the coolest rock star ever, not givin a f***. Robs vocals are great too.

[@timothyaylesworth8752]

Totally agree...and you can bet that Rob couldn't hear himself at all and yet his vocals were right on! Cheers from Canada!

[@stanleywilliams3019]

I never heard any MC5 music before in my life. Now will never forget them!

[@zigwil153]

Lightyears before their time.... truly amazing

[@WhiteHouseAussies]

My first live rock concert. What a way to start. Changed my life.

[@vinyldiary6664]

Pretty badass if you ask me!

[@kotjmf1968]

Lucky dude!

[@eddiem5997]

Fuckin A

[@houseofsolomon2440]

Same here!!

[@knowledgewillincrease7508]

I just want to thank the photographers who filmed this and whomever saved the films for prosperity. I know how much work it all is. Thanks for the upload too.

[@KurtSlotkowski-hj8jd]

You mean ... 'for posterity'.

[@timothyharrison8953]

Videotape

[@andipandi5641]

@@KurtSlotkowski-hj8jd do you mean that you lack the imagination to realize that - as long as it is obvious from what a person says what they mean - it really does not matter what fecking words that they use ??

[@andipandi5641]

altho it is a shame that somewhere along the way some cunt has come along and removed the word "motherfucker" at 2:59 ..

[@bagintree]

Yeah, and videotaping something in those days was pretty cumbersome. You had to haul around those clunky camcorders.

[@dankowalski6925]

MC5, Seger, Iggy and Motown. Wow!! To be a Detroiter. Love it

[@zepps88]

Brother Wayne. Your MC5 influenced the influencers of some of the most powerful genre's in modern music. Punk rockers and metal heads, bang your heads to this man. RIP

[@user-nz9ui6ll2u]

Es exacto lo que usted dice. Muchos comentarios solo mencionan al punk cuando es evidente su contenido de rock pesado (hard rock y heavy metal). Igual disfruto de ambas manifestaciones de rock.

[@PhoenixProdLLC]

Rock n Roll will never die and neither will the MC5.

[@steveritt]

Never get tired of watching this

[@EmeryCeo-zw4jp]

Wayne- those moves….YOU ARE responsible for air guitar… the rock and roll world thanks you!

[@rockencook]

RIP Dennis Thompson, Last Man Standing. Such a great band, such great memories.

[@germann85]

This should be required viewing in junior high. "Kids, here's a real band."

[@boataxe4605]

Except that they will also learn that “The more you suck it the more it grows”.

[@hgffrank]

Agree 100%, that shit sucked.

[@atlasking6110]

Kids, here's a real band that sucked ass.

[@blackbaghero1218]

I'm a 60 years old french drummer. I'm still playing on stage and making records.( Selling it IS another story) All this started with the MC5. It changed my life forever.

[@danielrubin3771]

This might be the single most important "artifact" of rock and roll in existence

[@houseofsolomon2440]

As an amateur bass player, I can't even imagine what it would be like to be in a band with Wayne Kramer & Fred Smith. Mind blowing...

[@everly-shadystudios9900]

Proud to be from the MotorCity and still am! And That drummer went through sticks like s*** through a goose

[@johnallen2771]

I saw MC5 many times in the '60s and we thought it was the greatest music in the world. Now they have bigger amplifiers and such. In context, this was 2 months after the Kent State University shootings, which I was at, and 4 students were killed and 9 wounded. One of those killed was Allison Krause, my roommates girlfriend. We were radical as hell back in those days. We hated the establishment and wanted peace in Viet Nam and freedom for the people. I lived in Detroit and then my parents moved to Cleveland but I kept going back to Detroit for concerts. I think I saw every group in America and the music was just oozing out of Detroit. There was some really good hashish that was coming in from Windsor, Ontario, and we got really high. Ted Nugent, Bob Seeger, J. Geils, all Detroit bands and on and on. I used to hitchhike everywhere and I was at the Chicago Democratic Convention in 1968, too, where we almost shut down the convention because the cops were beating so many people. I'm not trying to glorify this era, I'm just saying it was one hell of a trip to be seeing it all happen back then. Every day was exciting and exhilarating. I can't forget those times.

[@derekmiller2194]

Thank you...love to hear good lived stories

[@atpdx]

John you're a national treasure - thanks for the insight. 🤘

[@RichardMcLamore]

k. so. why's there a confederate battle flag on one of the amps?

[@thisisthenameiwanttouse646]

@@RichardMcLamore Because it stood for rebellion. Thats all. Don't turn it in to something it wasn't. Look at the mixed crowd all enjoying the music. That is what it should be about. Those times were much more divided than now politically. You are child's play compared to protests back then.

[@rickmolen7977]

@@RichardMcLamore It's rebellion. Its better than all of the multivariant alphabet flags that are establishment now.

[@dr.ulyssesswlabr6642]

Out of all the major covers I've seen of Kick Out The Jams, NONE even come close to any version by the original MC5. Amazing power!

[@SteveOuimette]

What a freaking SOUND! I so wish I would have been around to witness this back in the day. The power, attitude, rawness (I mean, Wayne's moves are just so sick) and VOLUME. Damn, I love everything about this.

[@tacey505]

I was a stoner in the early sixties and looked down on MC5, I now realize how truly great they are/were

[@gallows24]

OMG! The roadie casually smoking a reeffer and passing it around as the band plays? Priceless!

[@user-lp5pi6hz5d]

Just incredible oh to have been there such energy and raw power

[@davestonehill6177]

Man ....this was one under-rated band!

[@AnthonyMonaghan]

The very essence of rock n roll. incredible.

[@bikerdrummer]

This will just never get old!!!! Pure wild rock'n'roll!!!!

[@f.w.2054]

Occasionally watch this when I need to get the juices flowing again. Then I go back into hibernation!

[@amittaizero]

That's one of the most amazing things I've ever seen.

[@andrewburgess633]

Drummer is so good- pile drivin with some great fills! keepin the 5 in drive!

[@jimsteele2072]

Thats right! Nice playing, one crash, and one ride, sounded HUGE ! 😆

[@Rock-iw7ov]

Screw the R&R Hall of Fame... no Mc5, no BOC, no Grand Funk, no Iron Maiden, no Humble Pie... They're too good for it! This is high voltage, white knuckled, bare boned, rock n roll at its finest, it doesn't get any better, brothers and sisters!!! This is the greatest Rock N Roll footage on the planet!

[@patricialambert3110]

On the other hand--if there were a METAL Hall of Fame--ALL those bands you named get in (no doubt about it!)

[@MrLifesavers1]

This performance displays the true power of the MC5. A historical performance defining Detroit rock in the 60's.

[@Sachy70]

RIP Wayne. You are a bedrock of rock, punk and all that lovingly kicks ass... Worldwide.

[@jeffjohnson8697]

That friggin killer bass holds those songs together as everything else goes into complete chaos. Amazing Detroit bluesy rock.

[@StealthyAssassin007]

Michael Davis is underrated

[@stevefoudray487]

Great tone between the guitar parts.

[@serjsidey7348]

The 70s is when electric bass was the most important instrument in the band.

[@jgilbertify]

Yeah bro ... we bassist's always... always hold it Together!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@carrikrueger9696]

true, but also Fred's beastly rhythm guitar and aggression, Happy Birthday Fred Sonic Smith 😍 a true legend! A beast!

[@RockandRollMusic00]

Total energy. The version of 'Looking At You' here is utter manic brilliance.

[@wheezvonklaw284]

The beginning sends shivers down my spine. Fucking incredible version!

[@WilliamTBooth]

Remember those big hair days in the late 60's and when Rock was "LOUD AND SNOTTY.".I'm now 76 and I still "ROCK"

[@rjlohr]

...gotta be the best MC5 clip I've ever seen. One of THE greatest rock bands of all time, end of story/case closed...gotta love Brother Wayne Kramer's James Brown slide off the stage at the end of "Ramblin' Rose"...

[@acbenepe]

There's videos of Lou Reed around this time also doing a full-on James Brown mic moves etc.

[@larkat4]

I am there at the front of the stage on the far left of the screen! My brother Charlie is there too at times. I was an engineering student at WSU and saw the MC5 at the Grande Ballroom and other venues 22 times. After a career at Chrysler (engineer on Jeep and Dodge and Ram truck) I retired to San Diego. Thanks Wayne Kramer for your amazing documentary about your home-grown radical innovative band that was so loved by us in the 313. Thanks to drummer Dennis Thompson and band manager John Sinclair who are still with us today, for making my youth so charged with exciting music. Thanks to the DJ's at WABX, one of the premier underground rock radio stations that I visited many times in the historic art deco David Stott Building. My sister married DJ Jack Broderick. She met him riding up the elevator with me to the 33rd floor to loan Dan Carlisle my reel-to-reel tapes of WABX for his 5th anniversary show in 1973. Grateful to have experienced this progressive era including 1968 which was as tumultuous as 2020.

[@dmnddog7417]

Man, that's awesome!

[@keepfitforunfitpunkswithdo3070]

Cool tale thanks😊

[@matttibbits5654]

Are you the one wearing glasses Larry?

[@tamlivesay9022]

This is an amazing story!

[@unclefoiley819]

If I wasn't only 2 years old I would have been there.

[@crlaw75]

Rest in peace, drummer Dennis Thompson, the last surviving member of the band (thus ending it).

[@BrytonBand]

Rest In Power, Brother Wayne. Thank you so much for you and the 5's resistance to the system, changing not just music, but so many lives with your revolutionary blast of rock and roll.

[@kfclarke3591]

For all that’s in it, probably my favourite 15 minutes of ANYTHING!

[@roloa7741]

Kf Clarke Hahaha, I’m starting to feel that way too!👍🤩😃

[@Omgirrl]

MC5 changed my life. End of. Detroit gave us MC5 and the Stooges. Ya'll rock.

[@kotjmf1968]

The MC5 was the "catalyst" that changed the course of my life. I shudder to think of where I would have gone. It would not have been good.

[@wobblyjack9481]

Thanks Detroit. From Scarborough, North Yorkshire. ☮️

[@ronames6394]

;)s ... I Highly C;oncur, Life became exciting ! The great Motor C:ity had ALL the great Musicians n Music.

[@vicbedoian2574]

I remember seeing MC5 in a downtown park in Berkeley around this time. They were accompanied by Abbie Hoffman after the Chicago 8 trial. Amazing and groundbreaking.

[@calvinbealer7264]

Another Great 😃👍 Band That Definitely Deserve to be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

[@jayceorourke5672]

Yes! I have finally found a rock'n'roll band with BALLS

[@MercurialSilence]

At the Drive-In and MC5 had the best, purest rock n roll energy.

[@papperlapapp82]

Jepp... Especially the drummer😂

[@ericmoreton3650]

If you want to hear other bands with balls of the MC5, check out Black Flag, The Stooges, The Replacements first 2 records, and The Rollins Band. Let's put Black Sabbath in there for good measure also. Rock out my friend! Long live real music!

[@velvetraptor8540]

Just found this. OMG. I'm 67 years old, an old Detroiter girl who "had" to watch these guys like 20 times because they were ALWAYS the front band for anybody who was Somebody, when they played at The Grande Ballroom on Grand River, or at an outdoor music festival. Now it's important to understand that we ran with the most sophisticated crowd that there was in Detroit at that time and we HATED MC5. We HATED them. We thought they were TRASH. We went outside to smoke when they came on stage. "EEEUUUUWWW, them again!" Well I'm here to tell you I'm contrite. I'm shocked and embarrassed. I'm here to tell you that we didn't get it. The MC5 were only 30 years ahead of their time. But some Detroiters DID get it, but maybe you had to be a genius to be in that crowd. In other words, I think this is where Jack White got a good bit of his singing style. Van Gogh didn't sell even one painting in his lifetime. And I was too dumb to understand this music.

[@velvetraptor8540]

Didn't have to suck it. Just looked at it.

[@chezruss]

NO your first reaction was right - Trash!

[@steveleonard8835]

hey,between two thighs,we were the grunge dudes you probably saw smokin weed all the time

[@velvetraptor8540]

Between Two Thighs. Gotta love it.

[@InfiniteRhombus]

MC5 tried to tell you, you didn't listen, devo tried to tell you, you still didn't listen, history repeats itself.

[@scotttaylor7767]

This band is so far ahead of their time it’s insane! It’s Punk and metal and hard rock all rolled into one. Thank goodness this film exists so you can see how good they were !

[@davidbell7831]

Born in Detroit 1952 will be 70 in 2022 this just takes me back

[@MENFUSSMIKE]

That crowd had NEVER seen ROCK N ROLL quite like that and i reckon the same still holds true 50 years later. STAY ALIVE WITH THE MC5

[@dwhat6088]

This footage just gives me LIFE!

[@Foxxx1953]

Can’t believe I never even heard of them but the eighties were the bad years for me. Just listened because he died, amazing rock n roll! What a mover, what a sound! RIP

[@devilsforkdigital1490]

It's never too late to discover great and important music.

[@devilsforkdigital1490]

PS The Damned do a great cover of Looking At You. Might wanna check them out too.... ;)

[@yragj6556]

Rock on Wayne! Loved your spirit and commitment to those less fortunate.

[@rolandramirez4557]

This reminds me of Back to the Future when Marty McFly started shredding in front of people who’d never heard anything like that before. Same shit here

[@renadromey620]

Great comparison!!!

[@peterg.bassist]

I was born near Detroit and saw the MC5 perform live on stage in 1970! ...just incredible!

[@BSIII]

Did you ever see Funkadelic? I hear they all shared the same bill many times. Id give anything to see the og lineup.

[@user-qy5of1bi7s]

Wayne Kramer was absolutely amazing he can rock harder than most people today when he was 60 years old

[@danielthomas8507]

kickarse Mr Krammer.............. rest in rocknroll peace brother, thanks for the music

[@IStandAlone1]

The greatest live performance ever recorded.

[@walesdad]

I've heard very little by the MC5 and this is the first actual footage I've ever seen of them.All I can say is that I feel sorry,nearly fifty years after the event,for the poor sods who had to follow that.They looked sensational.

[@jaredblanke2168]

The first time I heard The MC5 is one of those moments that are crystallized in my memory. Pulling that first album out of my dad’s collection, I had no idea what that first song I heard would do to me. Thanks for all the years of blowing my mind, Wayne. RIP

[@davidmccann9811]

The MC5, Hendrix and Cream, were the first three bands that were responsible for my dad constantly telling me that I would "do permanent damage to my ears and go deaf" if I carried on listening to them. 50 years later I'm still blessed with better than average hearing.😆