RIP Wayne. You were the one who, when I was 15 years old has shaped my musical taste for the rest of my life. (I’m almost 70 now)

@jerk5959

5 ай бұрын

Wayne died? Glad I saw his MC50 tour.

@GageTheRageGamer

5 ай бұрын

Yeah, he did die. He died on february 2nd of Pancreatic Cancer.

@user-kg8ik1qq6l

5 ай бұрын

Just heard a rerun of his interview on NPR

@wildmanfisher

2 ай бұрын

Being able to say this shaped your music taste is just such a blessing. Hats off to ya!

@DaveB-hg7el

2 ай бұрын

Yes myself as well, from someone who's now 65 somehow. Grew up in Columbus ohio, hearing this. Wow, peace ✌

RIP the five members of MC5 Michael Davis (June 5, 1943 - February 17, 2012), aged 68 Rob Tyner (December 12, 1944 - September 18, 1991), aged 46 Wayne Kramer (April 30, 1948 - February 2, 2024), aged 75 Dennis Thompson (September 7, 1948 - May 8, 2024), aged 75 Fred “Sonic” Smith (September 14, 1948 - November 4, 1994), aged 46 You will be remembered as legends.

@muffs55mercury61

5 ай бұрын

I didn't know they were all gone. I remember that Rob died relatively young.

@MDK2_Radio

5 ай бұрын

@@muffs55mercury61not all, Dennis Thompson is still alive but he’s the last man standing.

@schreineinAV

5 ай бұрын

All four members? They were called the ‘motor city Five’ (MC5) for a reason…. There was 5 of them! Rob Tyner (RIP) Fred ‘sonic’ smith (RIP) Wayne Kramer (RIP) Michael Davis (RIP) Dennis Thompson (still living)

@gostrum1

5 ай бұрын

@@schreineinAV They were originally a 4 piece band. But they preferred the name Motor City Five

@johnnyhammer

5 ай бұрын

The curse of the MC5!

"Guess you guys aren't ready fo that yet... but your kids are gonna love it".

@mikefelix6338

3 жыл бұрын

LMAO

@davidroberts7282

2 жыл бұрын

The post-Vietnam generation who saw and rightly viewed the utopian hippy ideals of the 1960's as a naive failure, would understand the nuances, anger, and sense of disappointment from their parents and older brothers and sisters in the punk generation that burst out of the New York and London undergrounds by the mid-70's.

@jayanxiety

2 жыл бұрын

The "Summer of Love" didn't make a stop in MC5's neighborhood...These kids just weren't ready for the "call to arms" that was the MC5!

@jeromewagschal9485

2 жыл бұрын

@@jayanxiety Well... Detroit wasn't really California...

@gmcg923

Жыл бұрын

Yep, everyone in the audience is like, "WTF is THIS?" Marty needs to go to back to 1970 and invent slam dancing.

No matter how many times I watch this it's still not enough. It's like time travelling.

I love how suddenly everyone starts to get up.

Probably one of the greatest performances ever. Superb.

@DutchVai

5 ай бұрын

Raw. Powerful. Alive......... Amps pushin' air.

The high-voltage circuit that connects Hippie funk and New Wave radicalism, and the birth pangs of both Punk and Metal.

@otiskareem6043

2 жыл бұрын

i realize it is quite randomly asking but do anyone know of a good place to stream new movies online?

@midnightstorm4290

2 жыл бұрын

@@otiskareem6043 shut up lol

@ToneTraveler

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely agree!

I am 14 years old and am hearing this for the first time. OOOOMMMMMGGGGGGGG POWER

@marksavage1744

Жыл бұрын

Check out the LP "Dirty Diamonds" by the mid-70s Pittsburgh band Diamond Reo. There's even a track titled "Power". They were fierce live! Also check out Cactus (from early 70s and still putting out good hard stuff today...... Other bands....Monster Magent.....Budgie... Motorhead.....The Hellacopters.....The Paybacks....lots of great music out there.....almost forgot The New York Dolls playing "Jet Boy". Rock on!

@jimiplayscobo5877

5 ай бұрын

Funny I was 14 when I first heard it too but that was 1970 lol

@shayneoneill1506

4 ай бұрын

Yep. MC5 where the original OG wild boys. These dudes where not just hard onstage, they lived their art, and where involved with revolutionary stuff trying to change the world, and they scared the people in power so much the government even sent in a tank once to try and stop their show. Thats how wild this stuff was to people in the 1960s. These guys where the real deal. The only act I can think of that came close to the raw fury of the MC5 from that era was Iggy pop's stooges. At least until the punk era started 5-6 years later and people finally remembered that MC5 and the Stooges where right and rock and roll was meant to be wild

@rsvp9146

3 ай бұрын

+1 on Budgie. Also check out Captain Beyond

@drengskap

3 ай бұрын

Passing on the chalice to the next generation...

Some of the most infectious rock and roll footage ever shot?!!

@shruggzdastr8-facedclown

Жыл бұрын

Check out that crowd getting up on their feet within the first ten seconds!!

@newadventure5609

22 күн бұрын

Powerful performance! I wish I had been there.

this is amazing.... a band playing with that much ferocity must have been jaw dropping back in the late 60's early 70's.

@GreatPolishWingedHussars

Жыл бұрын

Forerunner of punk!

@tacey505

Жыл бұрын

not sure the crowd knew what they were witnessing

@robertcampbell2793

Жыл бұрын

@@tacey505 Oh yes they did!!!

@ngolian

Жыл бұрын

And forerunner of twerking: kzread.info/dash/bejne/YqismqmihKmxXaw.html

@michaelbruns449

10 ай бұрын

Led Zeppelin was also back then.

This was a free concert put on by WABX at Wayne State's Tarter field.I was There setting in the stands left of stage.Savage Grace and Cat fish Hodge play too. One of my first and most memorable concerts.

@MickE4033

3 жыл бұрын

You're lucky then......I need to wait for a time machine.

@andrewachille6968

2 жыл бұрын

I work down around wsu. Any idea where the field used to be or if there’s anything there now?

@dougwilliamson174

2 жыл бұрын

@@andrewachille6968 It was on the other side of the lodge freeway from campus and their was a pedestrian over pass from campus to the football field. Think there's housing their now?

@andrewachille6968

2 жыл бұрын

@@dougwilliamson174 yes you are right I was bored the other night while working and went on a little trek and found it well the general area of where it was. But yes there is housing there now

@klaasj7808

Жыл бұрын

Sure you were also in the twin tower

We will miss you, Brother Wayne Kramer... Keep on kickin' the jams in the afterlife! 😢🙏🤘

Inducted for the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame, congrats! Only took half a century🙄

I was at this concert and saw The Fabulous MC5 a zillion times. I was at the Grande when Leni Sinclair made the movie and when they recorded the album. Always a great show when Wayne, Rob, Dennis, Fred "Sonic Mad Dog" Smith and Michael were on the bill. Great to be a hippie in Detroit back in the day.

@ToneTraveler

Жыл бұрын

This is an amazing performance! I wasn’t born yet, but have played in Detroit/A2 for decades and there has never been a scene like back then. Our band ,in 2004, opened up for John Sinclair and his Blues Scholars at the 555 gallery in Detroit. It was an MC5 DVD release party. That was a great show, mellow compared to the MC5. They F*cking brought it; Kick out the Jams!

@papam351

Жыл бұрын

@@ToneTraveler I went to Wayne State and we saw John Sinclair all the time. The MC5 opened for Jimi Hendrix the first time we saw him at the Masonic Temple in Detroit.

@user-cq7ti7yh5p

Жыл бұрын

I am a japanese in69 I listenedMC5

@papam351

Жыл бұрын

@@user-cq7ti7yh5p I'm 72 and still get excited when I watch an old video of the MC5. It takes me back to the good old days.

@bobsimilar3304

Жыл бұрын

67 still here in Lincoln Park rocking to the best MC5 and every great band that is followed! Wayne Kramer has became a true humanitarian! Here in Lincoln Park Historical Museum is filled with their memorabilia, house and garage still stand are those early songs were written, Town & Country Music A&R music, and the A&W still stands on Southfield where Fred was a short-order cook oh, a few years back at the Bandshell, the mayor of LP gave them the key to the city. Checkout MC5 on swinging time

Tyner is off the charts, amazing!

Can’t stop watching this - so wish I’d been there!

@kotjmf1968

Жыл бұрын

I am right there, with you!

To see this concert in color is amazing!!

Absolutely wild and pure unadulterated rock...punk or otherwise

@maxsugar6394

Жыл бұрын

great!!!!! They play in germany Beat Club 1972... I haven't slept for 2 days.

one of the few really BIGGER THAN LIFE bands ever. incredible.....

One of the greatest bands of all time. Totally raw and completely real. The studio enhanced elevator garbage corporate music stuffed suits push out over the airwaves can't even begin to compare with the MC5 just doing a sound check.

@DiogenesOfCa

3 ай бұрын

As a teen in the 70's, The Eagles come to mind

The audience is shocked and mesmerized...lol

@petersonlafollette3521

2 жыл бұрын

Seems like they grabbed the group conscience for politically what was in the air.

@hammer44head

3 ай бұрын

and not a girl to be found...hmm....

One of the most monstrous riffs ever created for Rock!

I grew up around the motorcity and my uncle use to hang with these guys and heard some wild stories about them. These guys were ahead of their time that's for sure

The minute I saw this, everything musically that was worthwhile in the mid to late 70's made sense.

If not THE all-time greatest R&R guitar tandem, Kramer and Smith have got to be pretty fukken high up on that list -- among the top-5, at least!!!

@GuyTunes

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely blew them all away, I wish we`d had the band around for longer.

So much great music came out of Detroit. I saw the MC5 in 1971 at the Grande Ballroom in Detroit where they were kind of the house band, unfortunately Wayne was so high he passed out a few times during the performance. I absolutely live this performance and would really like to see the whole show...in black and white like it was originally filmed.

The kid getting pushed off the stage, may have been one of the first Stage Dives..

Rest In Peace Wayne!

Tyner was a great frontman, iconic.

The fucking energy of MC5!! Just incredible!! Now that's what I mean by Rock -n- Roll

@muffs55mercury61

5 ай бұрын

Yep they were the best at kicking out the jams !!

Saw you guys when you came to Berkeley in 60’s. Epic. Jaw dropping. RIP Wayne.

Four things, @0.17 The guy, bottom centre with glasses looking round in total awe fucking raw excitement. The kid climbing the speaker stacks all thru the gig. And the kid onstage at 2.05,.. Man! The kid on her old man's shoulders @ 2.35 left of screen.

Such awesome live footage of these guys. They sound great and look like they're having a riot playing!

If not for these guys, we probably wouldn't have Public Enemy and Rage Against The Machine. RESPECT.

@petersonlafollette3521

2 жыл бұрын

Although too young to follow them, I now see their musical dynamics and radicalism.

@paulvece3714

2 жыл бұрын

@@petersonlafollette3521 I hear ya dude, this song was almost old enough to get into a PG13 movie by time I came out the womb lol

@dssvlogz4444

2 жыл бұрын

This songs old enough to be my dad😬😬

@gmcg923

Жыл бұрын

If not for these guys, we wouldn't have A LOT of great music.

@fabricio4794

Жыл бұрын

No...Without James Brown PE never existed....and RATM too...not this guys...

Never missed an ABX free concert. Best bands in the country and they were local. MC-5, Savage Grace, Nugent and the Amboy Dukes, SRC and on and on.

Grateful to live in a world blessed by the guitar of Wayne Kramer. He will be missed.

Wish there was more live video footage out there. My mom is behind Dennis!

@BobHopePot

5 ай бұрын

There’s a longer 10 minute version with more songs!

Didn't need to be colorized. It adds to the historical value. People need to know that the 5 were killing it that far back.

the distorted colors make this seem like a transmission from another universe..at that time in 1970...basically was

RIP Wayne and the original guys. Such legends.

I love how everyone quickly realizes you can't sit down to music like eand gets up

@rupowell2821

2 жыл бұрын

Yes it’s like Moses splitting the seas 😁

@harryzimmerman7991

Жыл бұрын

It's the reason Earth got louder and heavier and became Black Sabbath, get people off their asses and shut the chattering up during their sets

RIP drummer Dennis "Machine Gun" Thompson. 🤘🏾😢🥁

Surely, he never said that! He must have said "Can you please pass the jam, mother?". Ah well... Thanks for uploading; this is a great video of a truly magnificent performance.

When it faded out early I realized I'd been holding my breath watching this. That's damned effective

RIP Dennis. Last of the 5 to leave us.

There was soooooo much great music in the big D at this time…..

RIP Dennis Thompson

1000 of the views are mine. that ENERGY is fucking epic

This is the greatest thing I’ve ever seen!!!!

@joetotale1

3 жыл бұрын

This is rock and roll man! I reckon those hippies in the audience must have shat themselves! Especially if they were tripping 😆😆😆

@Paul-dz7xi

3 жыл бұрын

@@joetotale1 😎 1:26

R.I.P. Dennis Thompson

Incredible, much love from the Motor City

Peak rock n' roll. The energi here is incredible

The singer is passion, conviction, cocaine and sweat, all personified in his incredible presence on stage and in performance

@catinthehat906

6 ай бұрын

With the best white Afro you'll ever see.

@boataxe4605

4 ай бұрын

@@catinthehat906Grand Funk’s Don Brewer would argue.

this IS the Time machine.. brings us right back to then and then back to now.

Fantástico! Isso sim é rock n roll!

It’s a minor miracle that Wayne Kramer even lived to 75! Most Rockers barely make it to 45.

@KaiserBlade

3 ай бұрын

The Rolling Stones what?

@detroitdabber313

2 ай бұрын

@@KaiserBladeoh wow! ONE example!

WOWSERS!!! Wayne Kramer is just a fucking tornado, this may be the best concert video ever

Il live uno dei migliori vinilii del rock di tutti i tempi

The greatist intro ever!

Must of been mind blowing to be 17 in 1970 and seeing this! Fuck yeah.

@marksavage1744

Жыл бұрын

I was only 9 in 1970, but I was surrounded by lots of musicians and was already enjoying so much fantastic music. Too young for the concerts then, but so grateful for all the live footage available today!

Guys I’m 40 fkkin years old , I’ve been a musician for 20 of those 40 years …… and I just now stumbled upon this gem 😂😮

@donniewoodland8467

5 ай бұрын

Really? Watch. Punk ..the documentary grate history...

They were having so much fun. When a band is really into it the music will be great.

Thank you for the music, rest in peace ❤

Stunned audience right there.

@greasyflight6609

4 ай бұрын

A collective "WTF" moment

Pure adrenaline.

That bass line is killer!

Man the whole crowd must have been so stoned they couldn't move!! They all just staring into space!

@johncollins211

3 ай бұрын

Bro they had never seen shit like that. They all certainly stood the fuck up though when it started.

Just stacks of Marshals I love it

This is damn good, thx for posting!!

Long Live The MC5!

definetly the crowd wasn't ready for it yet, but their kids sure loved it

Decent work on what it is some of the best footage of them . Please do the rest of Tartar Field or at least Wayne's fine performance with the band on Rambin Rose. This was a real treat to see after so long as just B& W footage. Great job !!!!.

@STPfuzzDemon

2 жыл бұрын

"Looking at You"

I say,that was a good day out. Splendid.

Rare black Dan Armstrong Ampeg guitar!

Very good band, greetings from Buenos Aires Argentina

So long Wayne, safe travels

Love how the security lightly pushes the dancing Hippie back in the crowd.

@DiogenesOfCa

3 ай бұрын

He was the first stage diver. It's funny because I have done that and been kicked, punched, picked up and tossed by security in the 80's

Wow finally in colour! Thank you!

Absolutely fantastic This is how it should be done

Wayne Kramers smile thru out them power chords says it all.

...but your kids are gonna love it

I so wish there was a higher quality version of this.

You see all those people rise to their feet , that’s a mufuggin testimony!!!!!!!! RIP BROTHER WAYNE KRAMER.

Sowing the seeds of punk rock for the next generation.

This band kicks ass!!!!

Pioneers 🤘

won't be done again....real shit....you will never be cooler than Fred....got that?

@rupowell2821

2 жыл бұрын

Yes sir!! ✊

Awesome.love it!

Even the stage security was cool about the fan jumping on the stage and dancing. Just a nice little push, nothing personal, off the stage. You know the Detroit Rockers just get it. The town, the music, the fans, everyone's on the same page! I'm not from Detroit but I wish I were!!

WOW!

Kick out da jams! Awesome!

Thank You for restoring this piece of art ❤🎉

I remember buying this classic, great to see live, at last

This goes on in my head when I ride my motercycle!❤

And then there were none 😔

@mano1971music

2 ай бұрын

The Heavens have them now

@MrWayout74

2 ай бұрын

@@mano1971music If they got there and more importantly if you believe in that.

Knee caps were bitten!

Forward thinking people can see/hear this and realize,....."Holy S***"

Rock song and band of the Century! Kick Out The Jams! MC5!!!

What's astonishing (to me) about this clip is how well the vocals stand out from that wall of rock fury.

You have to let the spirit take you, otherwise don't step on the stage.